You Must Do the Thing You Think You Cannot Do

I have found a reason to blog: I have been issued a challenge that I must meet. Its simple really, if I want to do something, I just have to assume that someone thinks I can't, and then I will be seven types of motivated to follow through. I basically need to feel that what I am doing is a challenge, then I can give it my all. The reward for winning doesn't even have to be great, just the satisfaction of winning is all I need (most of the time). Note: Some say I'm pretty competitive when it comes to games and the like... I don't know what they are talking about :)

Okay, so back to the challenge: Water. That's right, Water. More specifically, Only Water. For the next two weeks, I am giving up all high sugar, high calorie and high sodium drinks that I normally consume and replacing them with water. The goal is to see how big of a difference that single change in my diet and lifestyle will effect me and my body in only 14 days. There are a few guidelines I am following to keep me on course and to help me out:

- I can consume water, milk, and low calorie drinks such as light lemonade and Powerade Zero (of course water must be my primary liquid)

- I cannot change anything else about my lifestyle or diet unless I feel compelled to (If the great desire to exercise, for example, comes to me, I will attribute the desire to my water consumption and thereby any results from my exercise will have resulted from drinking water)

- I will drink at least a glass of water upon waking in the morning to get my metabolism going and to help generate a habit for water.

- My fallback drink will be Powerade Zero, Lemonade and if I must, Juice (in small quantities). All of these must be reported and must be a backup only. By this, I mean I must have something to 'fall back' on so that I don't just go buy a Pepsi to quench my craving in a moment of weakness. I must have a few allowances.

- I will post something about water, soda and my experiences every day for two weeks.

- I will record my weight everyday to see incremental progress

So there you have it. I have started today, August 30, 2010 and I will go until Monday September 13, 2010 (or maybe even longer).

Today's Weight (7am): 222.4

Droid in Pictures

And here we are with the pictures I promised. I wanted to post them quickly so I didn't forget. Note that not all Droids look this cool, We have an added red hard case that mounts to the device easily and should protect it. We have also installed a screen protector.

The Phone has a 5MP camera with a flash, and a standard audio jack for listening with standard headphones.

The Droid has three keyboards; Two software keyboards for then the phone is held in portrait and landscape mode, and a physical slide keyboard.

For a closer look at what a Droid can do, here are a few screenshots of some apps in action. This is running an Operating System called Android 2.1. (An Operating System is like Windows or Linux, except Android is made by Google for phones)

Here we have the three home screens on the Droid. These are highly customizable and can contain Apps, widgets and folders. On the left you see several Apps, in the middle a Google Search widget and a Facebook widget, and on the right, a settings app and a System Toggle widget.

Here we have the contacts list, and a phone call in progress. A must have for a phone. Calls work even when you hold it like a phone :)

On the Android Market, there are about 65000 apps to date, with more being added daily. Some are free, some are paid. Some are useful, some highly productive, and some just for fun. Below we have a screenshot of the Android Market, in the middle a shot of multiple apps after being installed on the Droid, and to the left, we see Google Maps GPS Navigation, mapping our trip to Snowbird Ski Lodge.

YouTube is a must, as well as a Light Saber app that makes the official light saber humming noises as well as fighting sounds when your phone is held like a light saber and swung. Labyrinth is a game that is controlled by the position in which the phone is held. Poke a mole is pretty self explanatory.

Here we have the Gallery app, which lists the photos on the Droid in a fun and organized way. Select an album and flip through all your memories.

Browsing the internet is also an awesome feature of this mobile device. The Droid features a full browser that can also be used to view the mobile version of each site. My preference is the full bowser experience. 

And last but not least, Pandora is a must show app. The music service streams music right to the Droid and the music can be listened to from the amazing external speakers or through standard headphones.

Please post your comments or questions about the Droid. In my opinion, this phone rocks. What do you think?