How do you get your water in

I personally just love straight water! Where I used to live when I was younger we had a major sulphur problem in the well near our house and bottled water wasn't viable so that's all we had. Bleeeech. Now that I have access to water that doesn't look, smell and taste like rotten eggs, I can't get enough.

However, to switch it up every now and then, my go to is teas. I have been trying to cut down on my coffee intake, so I'll have a hot cup in the morning of some kind of herbal tea instead. I'll grab the biggest size of iced green tea I can on my way to class and drink that, then refill the cup throughout the day with water until the ice has gone.

I haven't tried fruit in water yet but that sounds delish.

You should not worry about the numbers. Your body has many built-in mechanisms to control the hydration level. If you are not thirsty, you are doing fine.

I get mine as coffee until I get off work. I get it as water after that.

herrspoons wrote: »

Swallowing.

Seriously though, you don't have to drink a particular amount as long as you remain hydrated.

That's my approach...

In addition to keeping bottled water at my desk, and in the car, and drinking some while driving... and drinking water in conjunction with workouts... I drink water and milk over the course of any given day, and occasionally some tea or coffee, and sometimes tomato juice... and I eat high-water-content fruits... and thus my body gets water from all of these (even if it needs to 'extract' the water, so to speak)... if I get thirsty, I drink water...

I have a 32oz tumbler and a 2qt pitcher/container at work. Every morning, after my 2nd coffee, I make a pitcher of water w/ low cal drink mix and I fill that tumbler. With the tumbler at me desk, I tend to drink 32oz before lunch, then another 32oz after lunch. At home, its usually bottled water in the evening (another 32oz), an occasional soda or iced coffee. ALL that contributes to my hydration, so on a good day, I can get 96-128oz (12-16 8 oz glasses) of hydration.

Once I started drinking water (instead of soda), I found that my body wanted water. The more water I drink, the more I want to drink water. I'm "addicted" I suppose.

I drink when I'm thirsty. I don't force myself. If I drank as much as people suggest my pee would be clear enough to drink again.

musicandarts wrote: »

You should not worry about the numbers. Your body has many built-in mechanisms to control the hydration level. If you are not thirsty, you are doing fine.

Yeah, that doesn't work for me. I can go all day with barely any water intake - 2 cups of coffee, maybe a few ounces of water when I brush my teeth, maybe a glass mid-morning or with lunch - and not feel thirsty all day.

And then suddenly after dinner I'm hit with ravenous thirst, so respond by sucking down a bunch of water before bed...and then I'm up 2-3 times during the night because I have to pee!

I have also found on days when I feel hungry when I really shouldn't be, it's generally that I've only had a cup or two of water so far, and I'm good at mistaking thirst for hunger.

So consciously drinking water first thing, keeping water close at hand, and going by pee color and three factors in keeping myself hydrated.

Merkavar wrote: »

AmyRhubarb wrote: »

musicandarts wrote: »

You should not worry about the numbers. Your body has many built-in mechanisms to control the hydration level. If you are not thirsty, you are doing fine.

Yeah, that doesn't work for me. I can go all day with barely any water intake - 2 cups of coffee, maybe a few ounces of water when I brush my teeth, maybe a glass mid-morning or with lunch - and not feel thirsty all day.

2 cups of coffee and a glass of water? That sounds like plenty if you not doing anything to physical. Sounds like your thirsty is normal to me.

Coffee is like 95% water isn't it?

So far today I have had I think 2 glasses of water and most of a 600ml coke.

Three cups of liquid is not enough to hydrate me for the day, not by a long shot - even on a rest day in winter. I know this because of the ravenous thirst that hits me later in the day, and by urine color.

I also don't go with coffee counting as regular water because of my very first blood donation I ever made. I'd had breakfast and two cups of coffee, plus whatever water I might have sipped while brushing my teeth. They could barely get any blood out of me and it took forever to get a pint. Now when I donate, I make sure I've had plenty of water the day before and the day of - and I can fill a pint in a matter of minutes, and they often have to ice pack my arm to slow the flow when I'm done.

I will count tea, coffee and other beverages in my overall fluid intake for the day, but I only count water as water, and I know I'm better in many ways if I have 7-10 cups a day, depending on activity and weather temps.

I bought a giant 100oz cup from 7/11 and fill it with ice water at LEAST once per day. Usually, every time I read on MFP about drinking wanter, it reminds me to drink my water.