Yay!! Congrats for getting back on track! The water for the shakes does not count in your daily intake. I can't stand sink water so I buy the aquafina bottles from Walmart ($4 a case) and I make sure I drink 2 before I leave work and usually 1 bottle with dinner and another before bed. Sometimes to get the water down I add a packet of crystal light to it and that seems to make it easier. My doctor said to count diet soda, crystal light, etc. as water intake just not the shakes. I've read other posts on here not to count those as water.
Do you have other family members in the house that are drinking the pepsi too? Try to keep it out of the house because going to get it is more of a pain then not having it... well I'd hope so anyway lol.
Everyone in my life knows about my diet. I work for a company that does management consulting and *motivational speaking*... everyone here is positive and motivational about anything you do lol. I find it's strangers that have never heard of MF or anything like it that take the "Oh that can't be healthy" attitude. Most of the time I try fending them off by explaining that I am doing this with the supervision of my doctor and most of the time they seem ok with it once they hear that.
I also had things coming up. I even have one even this weekend for my fiance's work. We put in our meal choice way back when and once I started the diet he tried to change it from beef to chicken or fish but it was too late. I'm planning to fill up on salad and only eat a couple bites of the meat. I decided 3 weeks ago that if I waited for these things to pass that something else would come up before I could start and it'd end up being a vicious cycle. I passed up the first big dinner I was supposed to attend, made it with a lean green for easter and then will do my best on Sat. But instead of waiting I'm 3 weeks into my plan and 17 pounds down. I'm so glad I didn't wait.
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