Benefits of Drinking Water and how much should you drink????

Thank you for the post. I have always known that I need to drink water (I have a problem with UTIs) and I can usually get in the habit of drinking water for a week or less but then ultimately fall into my habit of not drinking water.

A few of my problems with water:

~I hate having to go to the bathroom so often, at my work my boss always gives me the dirty eye when I use the bathroom and leave the phones to answer themselves for 2-3 minutes. When I drink enough water I go to the bathroom ever 30 minutes (Is this how often you are going to the bathroom? Is this a normal frequency?)
~I always forget to drink water during the day. I have my water bottle right next to me at my desk but I get zoned out in work that I forget to keep drinking. I get lazy when my water bottle is empty and don't want to go fill it up.
~I get tired of drinking so much water, it has no taste and doesn't provide caffeine which I do get from soda and energy drinks.

However I've decided I really need to get back in the habit. For some reason water is easier and maybe more enjoyable to drink out of straw so I need to bring my water bottle with the straw back to work with me. I have really bad calf cramps during the nights and lately they have started appearing more often. My boyfriend mentioned its because I wasn't drinking enough water and I ignored him, guess I can't ignore him anymore.

Thank you again.

With your weight:water estimates I should drink about 72 oz of water.
I'm going to start counting the water in my diary and not leaving the count to my head.