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Day 137

A lot of you (okay, like four of you) have asked me how I drink so much water/healthy beverages.  So here are my secrets:
  • I buy bottled water (on sale!).  I resisted this for a long time because of the plastic involved, but I wasn't doing so hot with the Brita pitcher, and I promise that I recycle all of my bottles.  It helps me know how much water I have had (1 bottle = 2 glasses).
  • At work, I use a cup with a built in straw.  Straws make it easier and more mindless to drink more water.  You know, because then you don't have to tilt your head back, since THAT's so difficult...
  • I've trained myself to drink water every time I'm at a stop light.  It's like a really lame drinking game!  And since I drive on Route 50 to and from work, that's not hard to do.
  • I switched from sweet to unsweetened tea.  I used to drink a lot of sweet iced tea, and it's still my favorite special treat beverage.  I read an article positing that if you switch to unsweetened iced tea for two weeks, your taste buds will get used to it.  The first week sucked, but it worked, and now I don't notice.
  • I also gradually stepped myself down on milk, from 2% to 1% to skim.  Now 2% milk tastes like cream to me.
  • I don't like the taste of soda (every once in a while I want one with pizza or Mexican food) or coffee (I like coffee flavoring, just not a big whole glass of it).  When I drink soda or coffee, I shake for the whole day.  Funsies!
Anyway, I hope that's mildly helpful.  It took a lot of trial and error before I figured out what worked for me.  (Water with a splash of juice?  Nope.  Sparking water?  Nope.  Flavored water?  Nope.)
Remember to recycle!
Breakfast was a cup of rice chex, a half cup of milk, and two glasses of water.  Total: 4 points

 Lunch was a cup-ish of Brunswick Stew, a tangerine, a cup of milk, and two glasses of water.  Total: 7 points

 Celebration snack was a chocolate chip cookie and a glass of milk.  And what were we celebrating?  Not killing any colleagues, of course.  Total: 6 points
Cookies and milk love each other.  Jesus loves my coworkers.  I'm still undecided.

 Dinner was two ounces of ham, a half cup of cheesy broccoli rice, a salad with a teaspoon of oil, and two glasses of water.  Total: 6 points
Broccoli!  Cheese!  Rice!
Then I took a long soak in the tub to try to help my seriously aching calves.  After that, I did some yoga to try to stretch things out, which was only marginally successful at best.  And then I had some British cookies, cheese, and crackers.  It is my understanding that it helps with calf pain, and I don't care what you say.  Total: 11 points

 And THEN, because I know you care about my calf muscles SO MUCH, I woke up at 5 a.m. and lefty was throbbing.  I got out of bed and I could barely walk.  So I had some Advil, and iced it.  And now I'm elevating it.  And I guess I'll go to the doctor on Monday.  Eff!
Why, little calf?  Why?!?

 Liquids: 8/6
Dairy: 3/2
Vitamin: 1/1
Healthy Oil: 1/2  
Fruits/Veggies: 5/5
Protein: 4/2
Whole Grains: yes, rice chex
Exercise: yes, wii fit yoga
Total: 26/26 points
Weekly Points: 8/49 for the week

 And what do we have to say to the nice people today, Kate?
That's right.

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