Drink and Be Merry!

Drink and Be Merry!

Well, that should catch the attention of almost every one...

This phrase alone, generally means its party time!

I get that, I used to be in the Navy, and as well as you can imagine...well never-mind.

However, I am putting rules 2 and 3 together for the reason that I consider them both equally important to my health, and to how much weight I lost.

The resolution I made last year, was to drink as much water, as any other drink I took.

Why?  I realized that there was a significant amount of calories I was neglecting to take into account, for my diet.  It was what I was drinking.  My personal habit, was such that, I would have between 10 to 15 drinks a day of soda, milk, juice, etc...  Keep in mind, this was not servings, this was the convenient container size, the large cup in the cupboard, the 20 oz bottle from the machine, the 32 oz drink at the local fast food joint.  So as you can imagine, a significant source of calories for me was the liquids I was consuming.

So why am I advocating some one to drink?  I am advocating for a person to replace 1/2 of what they are drinking (that is non-water) to be water.  I do understand that this will be no easy task.

PLEASE NOTE: Ice does not count, unless you consume it.

Now for the Be Merry part...

I am talking to those of us that truly know that they are just not happy, probably even depressed, or worse.  You know, what you feel inside, not what other people see, or what you present yourself to be to others.

Having a good, happy attitude is conducive to losing weight.  I did not realize this either until I did a little research online...hmmm.

Maybe this Drink and Be Merry thing has a little merit.

Start small, I did.  It took work and effort, but I started saying the words like "Have a good day" to people.  I also used my words, "please" and "thank you."  I even did small acts of kindness, like helping out a few children at the register in front of me, because they didn't have enough change to get what they came into the store for.  After a while, I was not as depressed, and I was less grumpy.  I still do this, and my overall attitude has improved. 

I also believe that breathing better helped with improving my attitude as much as the actions above did.  That's why the rule for breathing is number one.

So the short strokes are:
 - use more ice in your drinks
 - replace up to 1/2 of your liquids with water
 - use the words that lead you to a better attitude, and it will follow
 - Also, work on your own self-talk, this will speed up the process

While I could write more in depth as to my situation and why these helped me, I will save that for a different venue.

Until the next post,

Drink and Be Merry!

Dan