How do YOU drink 8 glasses of water a day?
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I drink a ton of water. I hated it for the first 6 months of trying to drink more water and then one day I just wanted only water. Now I stick with water, a daily coffee, and a very occasional unsweet tea.1
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I have a 16 ounce water bottle I try to fill 4 times a day. I love water, so I don't usually have an issue with drinking enough. but work gets busy sometimes and I forget.2
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I used to have this problem.
I downloaded a water app to remind me.
Just like logging food here, I log my water intake.
I first set my daily goal as 2litres.
Now I'm drinking 4 litres a day.
I fill up bottles and leave them everywhere.
1.5 litre bottles are really good, three of them a day is good enough.
My skin is looking much better these days as well.1 -
I bought a 750ml water bottle and it is with me all day long. If I go run errands it is in the car with me, it sits on my desk at work, etc.
If I realize that I've been slacking on drinking my water from it I just grab it and chug chug chug!
Also, the water you use for tea or coffee counts towards your daily intake.1 -
I drink when I am thirsty. No need to work to a #. My pee tells me I am hydrated.4
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I usually chug water. I get thirsty and I'll chug down anywhere from 8 - 20 oz at a time. If I'm sipping something it's going to be tea or wine. I never track how much water I drink but I'm sure it's more then 64 oz most days.1
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Water from the taps here isn't safe to drink, so we buy our drinking and cooking water.
Strangely I drink more water having a large bottle of spring water and a glass nearby at all times than when we had potable tap water flowing.1 -
nordlead2005 wrote: »-- 2-3 cups of plain coffee (approx. 400 ml each)
-- 1-2 cups of plain tea (approx. 400 ml each)
-- 750 ml bottle of plain water
-- 1 litre of Coke Zero
Total: 3350 ml ... 13.4 cups of "water" a day.
More if I go cycling.
Any less than that and my feet cramp.
You forgot to add all the water in your food. Unless everything you eat is extremely dry.
Well, I don't eat soups and stuff like that very often, however I suppose there would be liquid in fruits and veggies.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »This isn't always accurate though. Vitamins or medications may change the color of urine without affecting hydration.
You beat me to it. B vitamins do change the color of urine.1 -
Any iphone users use an app to track water consumption? My OH passed a kidney stone last month and is struggling to increase his water consumption. I thought reminders on his phone would be good.0
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sunfastrose wrote: »I drink when I am thirsty. No need to work to a #. My pee tells me I am hydrated.
For many of us, thirst cues lag behind need for water.0 -
Not everyone's water needs are the same. Some need more, some need less depending on so many factors. For example I live in the desert so I drink quit a bit, especially now that it's warmer. You'll dehydrate pretty fast here. When I lived in the Alaskan rainforest I can say I honestly don't remember drinking much water at all. The environment was so wet, even going on long hikes or exerting myself at work I hardly ever felt thirsty. Living in the extremes has taught me that the whole 8 cups a day is bollocks. Just find your need.3
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I have a 28 oz tervis that I bring to work with me. I fill it up 3 times during work (minimum), I usually drink about 2 decaf/unsweetened green teas, and then one big unsweet tea from McDonald's on my way home...then 28 oz in the evening.
I try to drink about 100 oz though...as 64 is the absolute minimum you should have.
Also try putting stuff in it! I LOVE unsweet cranberry and lemon juice in my water, delicious!1 -
I have a tumbler that holds 24 oz of water and I aim to drink 3 of those every day. I use the sugar free powder packets, otherwise there's no way I'd get enough water in. A buy a flavor with caffeine and also non-caffeine flavors to drink later in the day. Usually by the time I leave work at 6 I'm close to being finished with my 2nd thing of water.1
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How Do Eat An Elephant?3
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I do have to make myself drink 8-10 cups of water each day because I eat a lot of fiber every day so... yeah... I won't go any further than that one lol.
So to make sure I drink that amount, I do resort to using sugar-free flavoring. It's not the best option really but if I don't use it, I risk not drinking enough because after a while the taste of plain water just really turns me off. So I just account for the additional 30 or so calories a day that the flavoring adds and I get in my water.0 -
I take 4 16.9 oz bottles to work. One that is frozen and cold for sipping throughout the day and the other 3 are room temperature which I chug down in about 30 seconds each. Isn't all that nice but it does the trick. By the time I leave work I have over 64 oz drank. If I am thirst at night I can sometimes add 2 bottles at home.0
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I bought a couple large glass water bottles from ello so I always have one clean each day (the other one is in the dishwasher). Having a lovely drinking vessel makes it so much nicer! I take it with me to the gym, and drink at least one during my workout. I drink one with lunch, and one with dinner. That's ~66 oz, or almost 2 L. Additionally, I'll have a cup of coffee in the morning, and one or two cups of tea during the day.
I've also learned over the years that it's much easier for me to drink a lot of room-temperature water. If I try to drink very cold water, my throat feels constricted and I want to stop after a couple of small swallows. YMMV.0 -
I bring a liter of water with me to work every day. I need more than 64 oz's of water a day, so I feel it up about 3 times a day. I used to be the worst with drinking water, but having it in hands reach at my desk has been what has helped me. Plus I quit smoking and used to be a big Diet Coke drinker. Drinking Diet Coke is a smoking trigger for me, so I just stick to my water.0
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