How do I stop being so horrible with my water ?

try a smaller glass

I'd fill up a glass, take a few big sips / mouth full and dump the rest down the drain :indifferent:

Filter your water with a brita filter or your preferred name brand and put it in a water bottle with a measuring stick on the side to see how much you drank. You will catch yourself pouring it when you have to unscrew the top.

I personally drink so much water that I found that drinking through a straw or a bottle that had an opening that I had to bite and sick through the attached straw actually caused me to end up with horrible pain in the muscles in my mouth/jaw and neck. lol

I just always keep a bottle of water with me. I have a 24oz bottle at work called the intak by Thermos that I love because it has a lid that pops off at the push of a button to drink, a wide enough mouth to chug if I want, a wide opening when the lid is unscrewed for easy filling or adding ice cubes and it has a dial on it that you can keep track of how many bottles worth you've had that day.

Then at home/out and about/at workouts, I carry a 23.7oz Arrowhead bottle that I have multiples of at my house and just keep cleaning and refilling (and replacing eventually) (and don't lecture me on BPAs).

But I just ALWAYS have water with me at all times. I find myself drinking when I'm bored and just drinking because it's there as much I drink because I actively want or need a drink of water. I kill about 18-21 cups of water on most days this way without even giving it a second thought.

Straw. It helps me a LOT.

Get a cup with a straw. You will be amazed how much more you will drink.

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This is absolutely, unbelievably true.

And it may be a cheat, but I count Crystal Light and the like as water. I know, some will lecture about the artificial blah blah blah...and I know it, and don't care. I drink more water when it has some zero calorie flavor.

Straw cups and Mio is my answer. Plus redo things so it's easiest to get water rather than something else.

I have a 32 oz reuseable cup with a straw, and when I'm surfing or writing, I tend to drink vast quantities of something... better it be water than anything else. Fortunately our tap water is good, so I just drink that.

710ml gatorade bottle gets me going! even my 2 yr old has one now! i go through about 4-6 a day depending on how thirsty i actually am and how humid it is, or rather lack there of here! the sip spout is never closed unless i'm out, and having to open it means i chug it before dumping it. brita all the way and start the habit of making sure it moves rooms with you, if it's always by your hand it's more subconscious to drink it! good luck!

get a large water bottle with a straw. i have a 32 oz bottle with a straw and drink 3-4 of them a day. and i keep it with me. if i leave my house, go shopping, go to work, whatever. i have it with me. and i drink it constantly. it makes it so much easier for me. i've gotten in the habit of filling it up at night and sticking it in my fridge to have the next day.

I used to be soooo bad about drinking water. I got a thermal cup with a straw (one for work and one for home) and I put fresh lemon in the water. I found myself filling the cup up several times a day so I stopped adding the lemon. Now my body is so used to being hydrated that I can tell if I am not drinking enough.

i am the very exact same way. i never used to drink water, now if i have any less than 8 cups i can tell. i just don't feel right.

buy the cases of bottle water (usually 3 for $10) and each case has 24 bottles of 16.9oz.. Take one bottle in the morning and every time it empties, refill it.

drink one on your drive to work and as soon as you get into work refill and try to finish it before you have lunch, drink one after your lunch between that time and you get off, then refill it before you get in your car and drive home.

Boom! successful 8 glasses of water every day.

good luck.