How do you drink 8 glasses of water a day??

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  • revawave
    revawave Posts: 2
    Wow, I didn't know I would get this many replies so soon! To answer some questions, this is basically all the fluids I drink. When I go to restaurants, I will either get water or unsweetened iced tea, I never ever drink pop. Besides milk in cereal sometimes for breakfast, this is all I drink in a day. I have always drank like this since I was a child. I tend to get dehydrated very easily, however I still never feel thirsty and when I do drink a lot I feel sick to my stomach. I also cannot have sugar free enhancers like Crystal Lite because I cannot consume aspartame.

    But I appreciate the replies, and I will try to use some of the advice given here. I do best when I have a straw cup as well.
  • amore78
    amore78 Posts: 175
    me too.before 8 am i drink my 64oz (8cups water),during my workouts!!! after that extra, if i drink more water.
  • cindyhoney2
    cindyhoney2 Posts: 603 Member
    Wow, I didn't know I would get this many replies so soon! To answer some questions, this is basically all the fluids I drink. When I go to restaurants, I will either get water or unsweetened iced tea, I never ever drink pop. Besides milk in cereal sometimes for breakfast, this is all I drink in a day. I have always drank like this since I was a child. I tend to get dehydrated very easily, however I still never feel thirsty and when I do drink a lot I feel sick to my stomach. I also cannot have sugar free enhancers like Crystal Lite because I cannot consume aspartame.

    But I appreciate the replies, and I will try to use some of the advice given here. I do best when I have a straw cup as well.

    Check the labels on the Crystal Light, some are not aspartame (it's not my preference either) If I find I'm tiring of water I go for sparkling water. And I have a 33 oz bottle I drink and refill all day for a total of about 6 bottles (a lot) but I am always thirsty for some reason.
  • meggonkgonk
    meggonkgonk Posts: 2,066 Member
    With my mouth, how do you drink? :laugh:
  • Linbo93
    Linbo93 Posts: 229 Member
    I have an alarm that goes off every 5 minutes on my work computer. When it goes off, I take a sip and reset it. I get 6 cups in by 3:30 M-F!

    The weekends...still haven't figured it out!
  • amazon75
    amazon75 Posts: 165
    the mindless constant sipping is what works for me. i have alot of those double walled cups with lids and straws. for some reason the straw is key for me. it makes it less painful (lol) to be drinking so much water in a day. and you kinda have to commit to drinking a ton everyday until it becomes second nature!

    ^^^^^This^^^
    I found that it's a whole lot easier drinking from a cup with a straw. I have a 24 oz cup at work and one at home that I drink from. I thought it was just me being weird.
  • rhonniema
    rhonniema Posts: 522 Member
    Through a straw!
  • cornucopiaoflove
    cornucopiaoflove Posts: 45 Member
    I started off using Crystal Light as a way to get over my soda addiction, and it took me a couple months but I'm now back on plain, refreshing water. I think my trick is to get a water bottle (mine is a Nalgene), which holds about 4 glasses of water. I know how much I need to drink and it helps me track it. On a side note, if you do use a plastic bottle make sure it's BPA free. The normal water bottles (i.e. Poland Springs etc) are only meant for one use, and can leak chemicals if you are reusing them!
  • ibbray04
    ibbray04 Posts: 227 Member
    How about putting some lemon in it? I'm not a big fan of the water flavoring stuff either, as it's all chemicals.

    I drink about 100-120 oz per day. I have a 32 oz stainless steel water bottle that is always with me. I literally never leave my house without water.
  • tskitzoid
    tskitzoid Posts: 51
    I can drink "8" glasses a day no problem. With exercise added on top of just dieting now, I can easily PASS the "8" glasses. Just the other day I had 11 glasses.

    In my opinion the easiest way to drink through glasses of water is to have bottled water. I'm actually hoping to buy a refillable water bottle so I'm not using up so many plastic bottles. But I take a sip out of the bottle, and then pour in some Mio water flavour. I can understand not wanting to drink plain water, but I think adding a no- or low- cal flavour can make drinking up that water so much easier.

    I used to drink about 3 soda cans a day, along with juices and such. Now I rarely have soda, juice I have occasionally, except I love to drink Orange Juice for Breakfast. Also, lemonade, and peach tea from 4C is some of my "water" intake as well. Getting off the sugary sodas was hard and it's still hard to not go back to it, but drinking the water seems to make me feel so much better and I feel like I have more energy than when I was drinking other things all day.
  • BrieLP
    BrieLP Posts: 300 Member
    the mindless constant sipping is what works for me. i have alot of those double walled cups with lids and straws. for some reason the straw is key for me. it makes it less painful (lol) to be drinking so much water in a day. and you kinda have to commit to drinking a ton everyday until it becomes second nature!

    I have one of these too and Love it!!!

    I use to hate water, still kinda do! lol

    When I first started I drank an energy drink (16 ml) in the morning (this was my coffee), water (20oz) after that, a coke zero at lunch (16ml??), water (20oz) after that, and a coke zero for dinner (which would last me till bed time 1 can (12oz?))

    I started replacing my lunch coke zero and dinner coke zero with water (20oz each)- found I became actually MORE thirsty so I drank more water throughout the day.

    Now I've replaced my morning energy drink with water and a wyler's light drink mix (10 calories, no sugar)

    I drink 10 to 15 oz of water a day easily now.
  • Treece68
    Treece68 Posts: 780 Member
    I make caffeine free peach ice tea and drink about 32 oz of that the rest I drink water but water gets boring so if I work out really hard I have a life water or a vitamin water, or 1/2 Gatorade 1/2 water and count that as water.
    You could probably drink caffeine free tea for all your 8 glasses and be fine.
  • runfreddyrun
    runfreddyrun Posts: 137 Member
    i didn't read all the replies so i don't know if this has been mentioned but i recently started using 'reduce' plastic BPA-free reusable water bottles. i love them so much. Got them on amazon. they are 16.9 oz (same as a normal water bottle) but you can put them in a dishwasher. there is something about being able to grab a bottle of water that has helped me consume more each day. the set comes with 5 bottles and i try to drink 5 bottles a day (at least). most days i am able to do this.

    i also am a big fan of crystal light pure - no artificial colors or preservatives and it uses truvia and cane sugar. it only comes in the 'on the go' packs so i started out using 4 packs for a 2 quart container. then i went down to 3 and now i just use 2. so i mix it at 50% of what it should be. it still flavors the water but i don't like ingesting all those chemicals (even in the pure).
  • sleibo87
    sleibo87 Posts: 403 Member
    I take a water bottle to work and a straw. I tend to drink more when i can just sip all day long instead of from the bottle. I drink at least 4 which would be 8 cups. Then when I am at home I like to put my waters in the freezer so they get cold and icy. Do whatever makes you like drinking them more. I drink easy 12-16 glasses a day! But its easy when you don't drink anything else! Plus if you start to drink that much, it becomes second nature.
  • Superbritt2drescu
    Superbritt2drescu Posts: 273 Member
    I got a camelbak bottle(24oz) and keep it full. I quit drinking coke and other drinks.(Expect for my 1 cup of joe) I had a hard time at first. I was doing good to fill it twice a day. I worked on adding another bottle after a couple weeks of just drinking 2 bottles a day. I drank 3 for a couple weeks till that was okay. Then I upped it to 4. Now I drink about 5 bottles a day sometimes more. I carry my bottle with me everywhere I go. I take it in stores and even restaurants with me. For the first month or little more I was peeing constantly as my body got use to it, it stopped happening. Now I can't go without 4 bottles a day or I feel tired/cranky. So, I suggest carry a bottle, and sip. Gradually up how much as time goes on.
  • dandaninc
    dandaninc Posts: 392
    I found that cutting out all other drinks (except my milk) and drinking water only definitely helped.

    I've learned to love water.
  • 0MissErin0
    0MissErin0 Posts: 92 Member
    its such a myth to drink 8 glasses per day. Everyone is different. Depending on diet, exercise, lifestyle.
    I find it easy to drink water, sometimes i believe i drink too much though haha
    I bought a filter jug and 600 - 800ml bottles. They go everywhere with me and i have them all over the house. It just takes some getting used to.

    What i did about ten years ago to start the habit of drinking more water:

    - remove every other drink in the house and only keep water, it will force you to drink it.
    - using filtered water tastes so much better
    - drinking from bottle instead of a glass makes me drink more water.
    - If the taste gets boring squeeze some fresh lemon or lime into the water.
    - Limit caffeine to a morning coffee and maybe an afternoon one if you cannot live without.
    - Fresh squeezed juice. When i drink fresh vege/fruit juice (i bought a juicer) i find i need a lot less water in the day.

    Eventually it will become habitual and you wont be able to live without or even think about it, so don't worry if you cannot force yourself straight away :)

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