My battle with water.

Those calorie free liquid drops work for me and most of them taste decent.

The main point is to keep your body properly hydrated. It could come from fruits, veggies, soups, teas, and coffee as well as H2O. For water, I add Crystal Light and lemon to lively it up.

I am openly and honestly addicted to caffeine, usually in the form of Monster Absolutely Zero, Diet Mountain Dew, or iced tea. And I drink most of everything I drink throughout the day at my desk at work.

To force myself to drink more water, I purchase as much bottled water as I do other drinks, and I alternate. If the last thing I had was a soda, I can't have another one until I finish off a bottle of water.

I still get my caffeine and the drinks I like...but I also get the water I need. I strive to check off the water glass requirement at the bottom of the food journal each day. A normal sized bottle of Dasani or Aquafina or generic bottled water is about 2.5 servings.

Stop drinking other things. Just drink water. Keep some around, sip when you feel like it.

If you don't have some medical issue, you should be able to keep yourself hydrated by drinking water.

I swear, people get way to caught up with this eating and drinking up & down to a number.

Listen to your body. It knows more than any number.

I keep a gallon jug in the fridge and just drink it . Whether 8 glasses is a myth or not, I KNOW I feel better when I drink it. After BFing I think I'm just used to it.

Drink something else. Or just keep a water bottle near you always.

Get a big water bottle, fill with ice and water and just get into the habit of sipping on it when your thirsty. After it becomes habit, you won't even think about it anymore. But don't get really caught up in the eight glasses a day, Just keep sipping :-)

Drink when you are thirsty??

there are apps on the google play store as well as the apple app store for reminding you about your water intake and they are pretty nifty. You could try some of them

I've never really had the battle with water, I'm not a big fan of pop or juice so I've always kind of made my way through it without issue. But, I've got lots of friends who think it's crazy that I can drink a 24oz bottle before/during/after a meal and be happy.

Something that I've seen a lot is buying a big bottle (anywhere from 24oz to a Liter) and write timelines on it to train yourself to remember to drink water through out the day. So you'd mark say 8oz or so in for about 2 hours after you're typically awake and so on until you've reached what you feel you should be drinking in a day. That way you get in the habit of drinking the water on a continual basis and eventually, with or without that water bottle, you'll know to seek out hydration.

I'm not a big fan of the drops/flavouring you can put in water; a bunch of it is calorie free, which makes people think it's a great option but many of them have ingredients that are awful for you (like the Mio brand which shares a primary ingredient with anti-freeze) or are full of artificial sweeteners which can make you crave sugary treats.

But what everyone else is saying is key: you don't have to get your hydration straight from water if you don't want to. Coffee/tea is still primarily water, so is pop, juice, fruits, veggies.

You got this, don't stress!

I made the switch over from Diet Coke to water with San Pellegrino carbonated mineral water. If I were still a working Chef (in the kitchen) I'd still be on the Pellegrino but I got a water cooler with 5 gal bottles and really like it.

I have a water bottle (the kind with the straw and the flip lid thingy) and I just sit it next to my keyboard all day at work. I practically nurse the thing, especially in summer. I also use it as a reflex for two actions:

- if I'm hungry, take a big drink of water (no more hungry, yay!)

- if I'm starting to get a headache - guzzle! This is mostly instinct due to getting a few too many dehydration headaches when younger.

I also have a third reflex:

- starting to sniffle at an inconvenient time? DRINK ALL THE WATER. Starve a fever and drown a cold. Or something. But it works for me.


tl;dr: get a water bottle and keep it full and by your side constantly.

I don't battle with water. I drink some when I'm thirsty and that's it. All the chugging of water is not necessary. It's a ploy by the bottling companies. Myth.

I fill four 24oz bottles the night before so they are easy to grab and go. I gave up all liquid sugar with the exception of my morning coffee and evening tea so I'm not tempted to grab the juice or pop my fiancee keeps in the fridge. When I'm bored of plain water, I make iced tea using loose leaf teas from David's Tea or fruit infusions. If I need something sweeter I add agave.

I carry a 32oz reusable water bottle with me everywhere and refill it all the time. I prefer room temp water.