THE JWT WEEKLY CHALLENGE: Drink Healthy! Feel Better!!

Anytime you set a goal for yourself, it's usually easier if you have a support group. That's what this is about. I'm trying to work on things in my own life, or maybe one of the members asked me to throw an idea out there, so that we can work on it together.

Last week we set a goal to call somebody you hadn't talked to in a while. I got to call and/or text a lot of family members last week. The highlight was probably my cousin Jackie, who I hadn't talked to in forever. It was great to get to talk to her. I wouldn't have done that if it hadn't been for the challenge.

So this week my challenge is to DRINK NOTHING BUT WATER! I walk around carrying a jug of water with me all the time. It's true. People make fun of me. But I try to drink water all the time. Most of the time I do really good at sticking to my goal. Other times, not so much.

What's hard for me is that I work so much, and a lot of times I'm out on the road, at a meeting, at a ballgame, etc. It's just so much easier to get a soda. I'm thirsty. I breakdown and have a Coke.

Case in point, last week was the district basketball tournament. They had an AWESOME hospitality room at Bunceton High School (great job ladies!). Well the food was GREAT, and it was FREE! So I had to eat an extra slice of that red velvet cake with the chocolate pudding and whip cream icing on top (it was un-be-lievable!). They had coolers full of soda. I had a diet Pepsi.

It's just so easy to fall into that sort of thing. Well right now, I'm probably about 10-15 pounds above my "playing weight" LOL. It wouldn't hurt me to eat better. A lot of times, the easiest way to get back in shape and really feel better is drink more water.

So that's my goal this week. And I really think these challenges work, because if you set your mind to it, you can do almost anything for just one week. So nothing but water for one week. That's my new goal. Starting right now, Monday morning, nothing but water for this guy.

Who else is with me? Just leave me a comment below that says "I'm in" and we'll check back with each other throughout the week. Nothing but water. Here we go! #JWT