Chug-A-Jug: Lessons in Bladder Control

At work we have a wellness program and for the most part it's designed to get folks eating healthier and becoming more active.  It's a nice little program.  Periodically they have healthy living challenges like eating more servings of vegetables for a month in hopes, I guess that you'll incorporate more veggies into your diet after the challenge is done.  I sometimes sign up for these challenges, as I did this month - Chug-A-Jug. 

To complete this "Chug-A-Jug" challenge we need to drink 8 glasses (64 ounces) of water everyday for the month of November.  Seemed simple enough, so I signed up.  But upon reading the "fine print" it stipulates that only water counts; not milk, coffee, pop, juice, beer...anything else.  So, even if you drink one of these other beverages, say a coffee in the morning, you'll still need to drink 8 glasses of water. 

I'm now day 8 into the challenge and let's say I'm peeing all the time. And with the constant sipping of water I have to do to get in the 8 glasses a day has resulted in habits I haven't seen since I was in kindergarten.  I now have to plan conference calls at work around bathroom breaks.  I can't sit in meeting for more than an hour before squirming like a pre-school kid begging to go to the bathroom.  To make matters worse I took last Saturday off from drinking water and now I've got to add an extra glass a day just to make up for the 8 glasses I didn't drink, making matters worse.

Anyway, I'm not sure this was the objective of this challenge but it's taught me my badder ain't what it used to be and I'm not sure cutting out all other beverages to the exclusion of just water is totally healthy.  I'll let you know how I make out. 

Now, I've got to pee...bye.