Mrs. G's Journey to Better Health

Drinking plain water is a challenge for me. It needs to be cold. After a while, drinking cold water also becomes a challenge. Flavoring the water is my next step, Kool-Aid or ice tea. So far these two flavored drinks are working for me. In order for them to count as water, they need to be 0 calories. In general, regular sugar is listed as having 9 calories per serving. That can add up quickly since I am aiming to drink six to eight glasses of water a day. Four servings of sugar per drink would be 216 - 288 calories. For easy math, I'm looking at 300 calories taken out of daily caloric budget. Grrrr. A zero calorie sweetener would be a better choice. According to Splenda (R), they are a zero calorie sweetener. Yahoo! I started adding it to my drinks. Hmm... Splenda is made from real sugar? Wait. How did they pull this off. It tastes sweet like sugar, but not exactly like sugar. According Splenda's website: http://www.splenda.com/products/packets "Each packet has less...

The stitches are out, the swelling has shrunk, the bruising has disappeared. I am walking with a minor limp and minor pain that is tolerable. At the end of the day it can get annoying but it is not holding me back anymore. Yesterday, I went into my SparkPeople.com SparkPage and made a blog entry and set some goals... In effort to be more active in my SparkTeams, I have narrowed it down to 4 SparkTeams. Of those 4 teams, I am focusing on participating in 2 of them for the following 2 weeks, then 3 of them for the following 2 weeks and finally all 4 after that. The 2 I have selected to start with is TwitterTeam and FitBit Users Unite! I have joined the Team Goals of drinking 8 cups of water per day. This is a big challenge for me because I do not drink much water. I do drink lots of coffee and flavored drinks, but not water. According to my friend who is a member of Weight Watchers, water is any drink that has no calories, no sugar, and no caffeine. That being the case, I won...