Waterwaterwater? How do you do it?
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1/2 - 1 cup of other drinks throughout the day (protein drink in the morning if I miss breakfast, grapefruit juice before every exercise session, I tend to like soy milk with my dinner, etc), and then water for filler throughout the day. It's a lot easier since the temperature jumped so high, but having a bottle of water nearby (usually tap with some lemon wedges) has pretty well replaced my boredom snacking at this point.0
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I don't worry about getting in enough water. I never track my water, I just drink water when I'm thirsty and as long as I'm not showing symptoms of dehydration then I know that I'm getting enough water in my diet. You don't just have to drink water to hydrate. You also get water in foods and other drinks count as well. I mostly drink water, but coffee and tea still hydrate you and some foods especially fruits and soups are hydrating as well.2
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Cup with a straw at both home and work. I find that is how I can drink the water required.1
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I keep a 16 oz cup in the bathroom and start my day with that when I take my pills. I also have a 20 oz cup with a straw on my desk that I like to fill at least 4-5 times during the day. I have found that I am craving flavor lately so I tend to brew decaf tea and have some unsweetened tea with lemon for much of the day. I have another 20 oz bottle I use during workouts. I like to drink one during a workout lasting an hour or more and then drink one more after I'm done(I have to stop drinking at least an hour before bed or I'll be up in the bathroom all night, lol).0
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I just make sure that if I feel hungry I drink a glass or 2 of water before I eat. Half the time I don't feel hungry anymore. If my mouth feels dry at all I drink a bottle of water.1
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I like my Camelbak brand water bottle with a straw... I found that if I have to unscrew a lid or something I don't drink nearly as much. I keep it right beside me, all filled up, and have tried to make it a habit to reach for it every 10-15 minutes. I don't track my water on MFP but I make sure I drink at least one full bottle before lunch and one full bottle after lunch, and then usually one with/after dinner at home. I will brew a cup of tea sometimes if I am bored, but I love water so it's not usually a problem.1
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I workout at o-dark-thirty 5 days a week, so my ritual is to drink 2 cups of water before I go, 2 cups while working out (at least) and then I drink 2-3 cups of coffee after I get done (that's 7 cups in the first 3 hours that I am awake!). after that, I just drink water whenever I am thirsty (usually over 100 oz a day).0
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I have a reusable water battle where I know if I drink 3 a day it's 9 glasses of water and take it with me everywhere.0
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I just carry a gallon around and take a few drinks now and then, surprisingly around 2-3pm it's all gone. Probably a little extreme though. Not sure if you want to carry around that much water.0
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Starting first thing in the morning helps. I grab a glass right after I brush my teeth and drink as I'm getting dressed. If I wait until 8 or 9 AM to start drinking, I usually come up short. My goal is a gallon a day. I set intervals for myself to keep me on track (i.e. 24 oz. before I get to work, another 24 before my 1st break, another 24 before lunch). Pacing myself through the day helps me to not end up trying to chug 1/2 a gallon right before bed and getting up to go to the bathroom through the night.2
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Starting first thing in the morning helps. I grab a glass right after I brush my teeth and drink as I'm getting dressed. If I wait until 8 or 9 AM to start drinking, I usually come up short. My goal is a gallon a day. I set intervals for myself to keep me on track (i.e. 24 oz. before I get to work, another 24 before my 1st break, another 24 before lunch). Pacing myself through the day helps me to not end up trying to chug 1/2 a gallon right before bed and getting up to go to the bathroom through the night.
They also say if you drink a glass of water first thing in the morning it helps speed up the metabolism0 -
I drink La Croix when I want a fizzy pop. That always gets me by,,
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I throw fruit in it to change it up a bit, or cucumbers, or herbs.0
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I shoot for 64oz a day, and I find that I do better with an 8oz glass in front of me that I can finish in two or three helpings than a big water bottle that takes forever to empty. I have a bullet journal which I use daily, and I draw 8 little water droplets near the date and fill them in when I empty a glass. It's small but satisfying, and I get my water in! There is also an app I liked, called "Waterlogged", which I used until I created a habit. When I've assimilated myself to 64oz a day, I'll slowly increase the goal.
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I fill my 20oz water bottle when I get to work in the morning, and drink about 10 oz at a time. When I get up to go pee, I finish whatever is left in the bottle and refill it.1
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@kgirlhart Technically coffee and tea dehydrate you, because they contain caffeine. They give you the fluid, but the caffeine works as a diuretic and you pee out much of what you've taken in. In the day to day it's not a huge deal, in normal amounts, but if someone is perennially dehydrated, coffee and tea should not be at the top of the list.
I used to work drawing blood and people would always come in saying they were hydrated because they had coffee or tea, and 10:1 their veins were hiding or rolling from dehydration. But you're right about other foods, especially fruit.1 -
I cut the clock into fourths . . 16 oz by 9 am, another 16 oz by noon, another 16 oz by 3 pm, and last 16 oz by 6 pm. I drink more if I exercise outdoors, and more if I drink during the night.0
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Most of my water is first run through some ground coffee beans or tea leaves, while hot, before drinking. The rest of it I usually drink with some sort of enhancer like Dasani Drops.
Most days I get in 8-10 cups. Sometimes more in the summer, less in the winter.0 -
I carry a 24 oz water bottle with me pretty much everywhere I go...I drink it then refill it, then drink it again...etc, etc, etc. I work at a desk so it just sits here next to me...when I'm thirsty I take a drink.1
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Remember, when it comes to water. The human body's blood has a ph balance of around 7.3ish to around 7.6. It ranges up/ down, but around those numbers. So make sure your drinking water with a ph balance of that or higher. The higher the better. Anything lower than 7 it starts getting pretty acidic, which isn't good for the body.0
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