How do you guys drink water?

I really love sparkling water. Zero calories but it helps break up the monotony of regular water. I tend to drink throughout the day as I'm sitting on my desk at work, and have found that I'm much better about drinking it more now. It also helps curb my cravings for unhealthy stuff. And you can get it in flavors - orange is my favorite. Just be careful you're actually getting sparkling WATER; some of the newer brands describe themselves as zero calorie and have some iffy stuff in them for flavoring. I like Deer Park, Pellegrino, and Perrier.

When I'm training outside in the heat, I like to add the Propel Zero flavoring to my water too.

How? I usually drink mine straight from the bottle! :laugh: Seriously, I was once like you; all I drank was milk, juice, ice-tea and Pepsi! Lots of Pepsi!! :drinker:

Now, I just drink water! I don't know how I went from drinking a 12-pack of 24 oz cans a day to nothing but water, but I did! To give it a bit of flavor, I'll add sliced lemons or a Ocean Spray drink mix.

If you feel that you want or need to drink more water, just start by replacing one of your other drinks for a glass of water. Sip it slowly until you find the entire glass empty. Hopefully this will work for you.

Best of luck!

With a bit of lemon in the morning. And carry a bottle around wherever I go.

I like drinking it cold and add slices of lime or lemon- or both!

To make sure I get my 2L a day (64oz/8c), I measured how much my trusty hard plastic bottle holds. Then I put rubberbands around it... as I finish a bottle, I roll the 'band down toward the bottom. The other ones are at top as a visual reminder of how much I have left!

When I'm at work, I drink my quota of water. I get a 1 L bottle of water, drink that from start of work to my lunch, and then refill and then drink from lunch to the end of the day, then I have my 8 cups of water

Add some Lime Juice or Lemon Juice to a glass of ice water and drink it as you would have your milk or sweet tea in the past. I used to live on milk all day and found it hard to give it up until I found the trick with the Lemon or Lime Water. It fools the brain into thinking it's getting something a bit more tasty. As for weighing more after drinking water be sure that you're not eating too much salt and retaining fluid. And wait to weigh yourself until just after emptying your bladder when you first get out of bed in the morning on your "Weigh-In" day. The kidneys function best on bed rest. While we're sleeping they're working.

I have a couple of 1L bottles that I fill half way with water, then lay them on their sides in my freezer. I make sure I do this every night before bed, as part of my nighttime routine. When I get up in the morning I take 1 bottle out, fill it the rest of the way with water, and carry it around with me throughout the day. Because the bottle was on its side, the ice is all the way up the bottle. It takes quite some time for the ice to melt, so I have icy cold water for hours. When I am finished with the first bottle, I do the same with the second. The nice thing about the bottles being 1L each is that I know if I drink both bottles I met my minimum goal for water that day. Hope this helps. Great job eliminating all those sugary drinks by the way! :-)

I drink it from a bottle...when I want it...Yea...

I really really don't like water from the tap. I add no added sugar squash to all my glasses of water straight from the tap. I make it weak so the calories are minimal, it just takes the edge off the taste. I also count all the cups of tea that i have and all the fizzy pop, after all, it's all water!