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need help with water!!

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  • jriehl08
    jriehl08 Posts: 157 Member
    I find it easiest to drink a lot of water while doing my workout on the treadmill and stationary bike. I can kill 5 cups in 25 minutes easy. Then get a few more in post work out. That's all just in about a 1 hr time frame. At work I do use the drink packs that you just add to water to make it through the day.
  • McChubbyruewho
    McChubbyruewho Posts: 194
    yea I have the same prob,

    the best thing you can do is not allow any thing to drink at meals except water. I find a drink a lot of water whn I do this
  • ChancyW
    ChancyW Posts: 437 Member
    I like to alternate between Mio and water. Knowing that I can have flavored water next helps me to drink the water that I have in front of me. I have to chug water because I'm not a big fan of it but I'm working on it :-)
  • Syleyna
    Syleyna Posts: 86 Member
    I found myself a water bottle that I absolutely loved drinking out of! Doesn't matter what's in it, it disappears within a few minutes- sometimes 30 seconds. I don't know what it is exactly about this particular bottle- the shape, the mouthpiece- whatevs, it works for me.
  • marinegirl92
    marinegirl92 Posts: 184 Member
    I make it a game....

    Before I drink my coffee I drink 2 glasses.

    For my drives to anywhere (I either have my 16 oz hot herbal tea for the drive or a 24 oz water bottle) - bottoms up on the way to work/shop/visit a girlfriend whatever... cause they're gonna have a bathroom on the other end.

    Then I usually do this in reverse for the drive home - get a hot tea at the grocery store, fill up my waterbottle.

    Sometimes on MFP I add 2 or 3 glasses into my log and then go drink it up... for accountability.

    Whatever works for you!
  • FullOfWinToo
    FullOfWinToo Posts: 34
    Kicking my soda habit and replacing it with water is challenge for me too. The MIO and Dasani help but it's still a bunch of chemicals. Like many of the good habits we chose to adopt, just got to decide and do it... now i'm talking more to myself than the OP :)
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  • nemelkb
    nemelkb Posts: 25
    My Fav water ideas:
    - water with cucumber and ice
    - sparkling water with a tiny drop of apple juice, slice of lime and ice (fresh mint tastes amazing with it if you have any)
    - water with ice and chopped up strawberries
    - bobble water bottle makes water taste amazing (google it)

    Good luck! :smile:

    I do things like this as well.

    Add: lemon slices, orange slices, pineapple tidbits, herbal teas without sugar but use stevia or something instead....keep a pitcher in your fridge with the water prepared and flavored, that may help.
    I also think having a really fun glass or water bottle to drink from is encouraging. hah....silly, but it is more exciting then.
  • DanaJ1983
    DanaJ1983 Posts: 14
    A few things that might help purely from my personal experience
    1) I count my water by the cup (8oz) instead of the glass. It's sort of like a game and I get a serious amount of satisfaction when I can log my water over 8 cups and watch the water icon overflow.
    2) Water helps the body to detox as it it helps to flush your system. Anytime I have a headache I consume water and it almost always goes away I figure either my body was trying to detox something or I was dehydrated, either way I've solved the problem without medicinal intervention.
    3) I have found that when I'm properly hydrated I sleep better and I don't have back/joint pain or stinky breath.
    4) I eat less when I consume more water
    5) I view water as free, not in the monetary sense but in the caloric sense, I can have as much as I want any time I want and it will get me closer to my goal not further away
    6) lastly if I drink water through a straw I drink way more than I do without the straw.

    Hope this helps
  • FullOfWin
    FullOfWin Posts: 1,414 Member
    Kicking my soda habit and replacing it with water is challenge for me too. The MIO and Dasani help but it's still a bunch of chemicals. Like many of the good habits we chose to adopt, just got to decide and do it... now i'm talking more to myself than the OP :)
    yodadoordonot_zps9390922d.png

    9/10 for Yoda gif. Would read again.
  • EjaneK11
    EjaneK11 Posts: 209 Member
    Hi MFP!!

    I have trouble drinking water. Can anyone suggest ways I can drink my 8 glasses a day. I use to drink a lot if coke, but not had any for 4 days. Taking it day by day with that, as it was a daily habit. Tried to drink water with cordial, but can only manage a glass a day. I don't know whether that counts as part of my 8 glasses a day!! Please help as trying my best to be healthy. Thank you. :)



    Hi, Studies show that you actually don't have to drink 8 glasses of water a day. Just make sure you stay hydrated. As for the soda, I haven't had one in over a year. How I did that was by getting the sparkling flavored water from walmart, the carbonation really helped to keep from drinking soda again. I hope this helps.

    I drink the flavored water from hy-vee. I have to say the carbonation does really help! Makes you feel like you are drinking pop!
  • crunchybubblez
    crunchybubblez Posts: 387 Member
    I add lemon juice to mine.
  • OhioUmom
    OhioUmom Posts: 4 Member
    I sometimes add a packet of Crystal Light to my water for a little flavor. Only 5 calories and tastes great!
  • sbjmorgan
    sbjmorgan Posts: 158 Member
    Using a straw usually helps you drink more :)

    Honestly you may just have to power through for a while. I MADE myself drink enough water for 4 days or so... nothing but water, and as much as I could drink and feel hydrated. Now, I prefer water and I drink enough on my own :) I just start to feel when I'm getting dehydrated.
  • jgirlredzz
    jgirlredzz Posts: 21
    Okay, so along with the straw idea. I found that I would drink a whole lot more water when I drank from a water bottle that had a straw type opening (so you tilt your head down to take a sip, not up).

    The reason this works is because when you tilt your head back, your throat closes. When you tilt forward, it opens up. There's a company called "Nathan" that makes non-pbha bottles with a straw-type sip valve.

    I found that I could feel the good feeling of my body receiving the water when I drank deeply from the straw, much better than when I had to tilt my head back to take a drink--that felt like work.
  • pamelasue1949
    pamelasue1949 Posts: 15 Member
    Try, Lemon, oranges in your water. That helps. I have to drink PH 7 water -no flavoring. I just drink on it all day long-always-have water with me at my computer, end tables, and in the car.
  • nik2710
    nik2710 Posts: 49 Member
    Thank you everybody for your ideas and support. I have felt very encouraged knowing I have got support through my journey. I have actually drank 2 glasses up till now. That is a start!! So thanks again. :)
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