the elusive 'magic' water bottle

I keep a 1.5L bottle of water on my desk right next to my computer screen, and tell myself I have to finish it before lunch. When I'm about to eat my lunch I refill the bottle and make myself finish it before I leave work. It really works for me during the week, but then I struggle to drink enough at the weekends!! I need something to help me on those days!! I find though that the more I drink the thirstier I get, so on week days where I do drink 3 litres of water at work, I also drink loads in the evenings! I wonder if this makes up for the lack of drinking on Saturdays and Sundays..........

I'm the same!

I went to smiggle and got a really cute kid's one that holds 500ml. It's funny, a lot of the people I work/deal with have commented on how cute it is, and it actually encourages me to drink more water! I generally fill it at least three times a day - when I arrive in the morning, at morning tea, and again after lunch. I also drink two cups of green or peppermint tea in the middle of the day which I include in my water intake, and another two cups of black tea later in the evening after I get home.

The waterbottle has really helped with my coke-zero addiction also :laugh: but I am still a bit naughty!

Just drinklk a Ton of water for 1 week & when the weight starts going down it will be much easier!! You will want to drink it!

not to side-track, but once you start drinking a ton of water, does it take about a week for it to rehydrate the body? I can still feel some swelling in my fingers from sodium..and it's taking forever to leave. lol

Just drinklk a Ton of water for 1 week & when the weight starts going down it will be much easier!! You will want to drink it!

not to side-track, but once you start drinking a ton of water, does it take about a week for it to rehydrate the body? I can still feel some swelling in my fingers from sodium..and it's taking forever to leave. lol

If your not going to the bathroom every hour-hour & half then drink more. I was drinking 8-10 8oz a day & just increased my intake to about 20/8oz a day & my weight loss has increased greatly. it should not take more than 1 day. You may want to keep track of your sodium intake as well.

for me it wasn't one that was cool enough, it was one that was large enough. I found a 32 oz cup hidden in the cupboard, and use that for my water. as long as I know I need to drink 2 of them a day I'm fine. actually I'm filling it 4 times.. having the larger cup somehow made it super easy to drink the right amount of water for me.

Same here... not sure if my bottle is 24 or 32 oz (or somewhere in between), I got it from the dollar store. :bigsmile:

I found that if there was water sitting here on my desk next to me I will drink it out of habit, plus I was always "too busy" or would forget to go fill up my smaller bottle.