Needing More Water!

I thought I would share a pic of my favorite coffee mug with you.  Bet you cannot guess where I bought it???  Two years ago (about the time I hit the 40 lbs. milestone) I went to Boston, NYC, Hartford, and then all the way back down to Arkansas.  Be sure to watch the clip all the way to the end.  Ahh... memories!

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My breakfast today is black coffee (ZERO pts!) from my favorite mug and oatmeal with strawberries (4 pts).  I am full!  One thing I am trying to do is to add a FRESH fruit or veggie to every meal.  It is definitely helping stay fuller longer. 

I weighed this morning and was not real pleased with what I saw...

175.5

That means I am UP half a pound.

I know what to do, now I just need to do it.  One big change I need to make is to drink more water.  I typically go straight from coffee in the mornings to Diet Coke the rest of the day.  If I can make myself drink more water I KNOW it will make a HUGE difference and IT WILL BE WORTH IT! 

When I was at my smallest, I actually hit 159 lbs.  One of the things I did was drink LOTS of water.  Our bodies NEED water!  Do you drink water?  Any tips for trying to get the amount that I need?

New YUMMY Breakfast!

Okay, well it probably is not really anything new.  It is new to me though! 

I could tell I am living a little healthier when I was in Kroger scanning the cream cheese spreads and thought "Hey!  You have strawberries in your cart!  Just get the plain Weight Watchers spread."

Today's breakfast: (5 pts)
1 slice of double fiber bread (The brand I got was 3 pts a slice.  Oops!)
Butter spray
Toast in oven.
After toasted, add 1 serving of Weight Watcher's cream cheese spread (2 pts)
Sliced strawberries on top of that. (ZERO pts)

I will have to say it is SO good!  There was also a time when I would have turned my nose up at this.  Hooray for progress!

Speaking of progress...
I weighed last week on the Wii and I am back down to 175.  I was at 187.  Twelve pounds!  God is good! 

My newest goal (which I set along with a precious friend) is to lose 15 pounds by December 9th.  This is her 50th bday and we are going to accomplish our goal with HIS help!  It can be done!

"The LORD is my portion," says my soul,
"therefore I will hope in him."  -Lamentations 3:24

I would love to hear all about your journey!  Do you have any good breakfast ideas to share?  Have you reached a goal recently?  Have you set any goals lately?  What scripture(s) has the Lord used to help push you through temptation?