Haras

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Hi

 

Is Haras your first name? You didn't sign your message.

 

I never recognize the signs of thirst. It's something that never occurs to me.

Other than coffee in the morning, maybe a tea in the afternoon, and red wine

with supper, I don't drink anything else. My body must be starved for

moisture. Once in a while I have a glass of juice but not as often as I should.

I prefer the fruit or veggie to the juice.

 

I bought a new water bottle yesterday in a pretty colour that I really like.

I'm hoping it will grab my attention more than the stainless steel that

disappears into the background.

 

I do have a one cup coffee machine and that's what I used this morning. I also

have a French press but it's a larger size and I haven't figured out how much

coffee/water to put in it. The directions came with making the entire press of

coffee.

 

Keep up your good work

 

Audrey

 

 

 

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Haras (rhymes with Paris) is what everyone calls me.

 

Now that you mention it, there was a little more work that I had to do to

get in the water habit. Sometimes in the beginning I had to force the water

a little. I did Weight Watchers for a while, and sometimes I knew that the

apple or bar or other snack I was about to eat was going to have to last me

for a bit, so I'd make myself have a swig of water between every bite. I

don't do that quite as regularly anymore, but my body did start to demand

water more often.

 

As for the French press, you might want to also have a smaller one. I used

to have one that only had room for one cup of coffee. If it's larger,

there's too much temptation to just fill the whole thing. For me at least,

some habits only become habits if I find a way to force them to become

habits by limiting my other options.

 

And if you're trying to limit your caffeine intake, maybe see if you can cut

out the tea. Or at least cut it down. Sometimes I just make up rules for

myself, like I can't have certain food or beverages if I had them the day

before, or if for some reason I know I'm going to have them the next. I

always have bubble tea when I go out on Saturdays, so I can randomly decide

to get a cup today, but then I can't do it tomorrow and I can't do it Friday

because I'm going to have one on Saturday.

 

Some of what I do may seem weird and random, but it works for me. Not

everyone's comfortable with seemingly random rules, but we're all here

because just eating and drinking what we want doesn't seem to work the way

we'd like it to.

 

Haras

 

On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 4:12 AM, Audrey Z Burrows <quiltbugwrote:

 

> Hi

>

> Is Haras your first name? You didn't sign your message.

>

> I never recognize the signs of thirst. It's something that never occurs to

> me. Other than coffee in the morning, maybe a tea in the afternoon, and red

> wine with supper, I don't drink anything else. My body must be starved for

> moisture. Once in a while I have a glass of juice but not as often as I

> should. I prefer the fruit or veggie to the juice.

>

> I bought a new water bottle yesterday in a pretty colour that I really

> like. I'm hoping it will grab my attention more than the stainless steel

> that disappears into the background.

>

> I do have a one cup coffee machine and that's what I used this morning. I

> also have a French press but it's a larger size and I haven't figured out

> how much coffee/water to put in it. The directions came with making the

> entire press of coffee.

>

> Keep up your good work

>

> Audrey

>

>

>