Water My Thinking?!

First off, I'm thinking about water. I've read a bunch about water intake, and I'm pretty sure my way too much coffee-drinking butt has been dehydrated for a long time. Not serious, health disabling dehydrated, but not properly hydrated to reap health and weight benefits. It seems, and I'm no expert on this, but drinking water actually helps you lose weight.  Even CNN ran a story on drinking water to lose weight. It helps curb appetite (feel like snacking? drink some water.), it makes a person less bloated (your body isn't holding in water in fear of not getting enough), and if you're properly hydrated you'll be able to do more reps in your workouts without feeling fatigued.

My friend Kim pointed out some great flavored waters as well. Cucumber, lime, lemon? Sounds great!

That was only part of this post, though. The truth is that today has been the hardest day I've had. Here I am, in the beginning of week three, and I'm exhausted and craving a big, greasy burger and sweets (tons of sweets).

It all started at 2:30 a.m. this morning when my neighbor woke me up coming home. Follow that up with a 4:00 a.m. alarm to be at work by 6:00 a.m. (three hours earlier than normal) and skipping breakfast only to stare at cheesy sausage and egg biscuits, fresh donuts and cookies all day. Yeah, it was a rough day to eat right. Luckily, the water kept my appetite down for the most part (I drank about 3/4 of a gallon), but I didn't really eat much of anything all day.

Ten hours or so later, I left work and headed home. So, I went for a run that was really more of a walk. Well, there were a couple minutes of running involved, but it was pretty much a 30 minute walk. I finally ate dinner and felt a little better. I kept it healthy, but probably didn't take in 1,000 calories today...way too few calories.  I have to be sure not to skip breakfast anymore.  See, until I started this quest/blog/whatever I'm doing, I hardly ever ate breakfast. Today, I felt like I never really got going because I skipped breakfast. It kickstarts the metabolism and offers the calories to give a first burst of energy. Couple that with hydration...I'm ready to sleep and try again tomorrow.