Acccckkkk! Wow am I seeing how little I drink water. I sincerely thought I did much better than this.

Great comment up there on awareness, small steps, not demanding perfection. So true

I'll shoot for a "C" now.  

to your query Moose_lips,  we are all a work in progress here. I see these challenges as a way of keeping track of the changes we want to make. Awareness is the first step to making a change.

8 glasses per day is really good...if you want to increase it, that's fine but do not make this a pressure situation of 'I must do this'.  Sometimes, we let good things in our life slide away because of very high expectations.  

You are doing great. Do whatever works for you. 

My "stop lying" to myself more than a year ago was to stop drinking diet pop. Which I did! I find I want interesting and refreshing alternatives. Anyone ideas?

I drink cranberry juice with soda water and a squirt of fresh lime. That is delicious.

Dr. Carlos recommended Pomegranate juice. I tried that it is really delicious and seems to make my stomach feel good. It's pretty expensive so it's a weekly treat. He said it is wonderful for digestive flora and overall health. I mix it with 1/3 glass water, sometimes.

What else can we do with water to make it taste great? In the Olden days (lol, meaning say 20 years ago) plain old water tasted so refreshing. But now it's dull and flat, most of the time.

What would a squirt of fresh orange do, do you think?

Not meaning to say we have to add anything to our water. But for me after omitting pop it helps me stay off pop to make some of my water intake more interesting.

Anyone have other ideas?

Thanks for the tip on installing a "reminder program" your work station computer.  I don't use a Mac so I did a search and found a freeware product c alled "Timeleft."

Thx, 

have already had 2 glasses this morn & still have the rest of the day to go...can't wait to see the final total for today.

cheers,

J