I've GOT IT!

Funny this has taken 18 MONTHS, but I've FINALLY figured it out. As a result of digging into what the Lord has told me, I needed to have success in the water category.

He's been telling me ten glasses. Ten. Non-negotiable. How much is ten glasses of water?

If a typical glass is 8 ounces...then ten of those would be 80 ounces. Eighty? That's not too much. I was thinking my 14oz glasses and having ten of those...which would be 140oz (nearly a gallon).

80. Huh.

That seems doable. I can do that if I use water bottles instead of my glasses.

Five 16.9oz water bottles covers the "ten glasses" (84.5oz to be exact).

So HOW?

Yesterday I tried filling a water pitcher, but it didn't all fit. And I don't like it sitting out all day...I want to be able to see how far I am throughout the day so I'm looking for a visual.

This morning, I wrote on my freshly cleaned whiteboard. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (bottles). And then, instead of crossing off the "1" and going UP, I crossed out the "5" and counted DOWN! The first two bottles are easy...I can do that without thinking. When I filled up for the third time, I crossed off the THREE...and THAT was awesome, because all I had left were the "1" and "2", which for some weird reason, felt LESS than if I had the "4" and "5" (!)

OH, in addition, I always lose my water bottle at home. It gets mixed up with all the other half full bottles, so I put a red rubber band on it. THERE.

Anyways, by 7pm, I had done it! WHOOHOOOO! I'm hydrated! Can't wait to do it again tomorrow! Yipppppeeeeee!