How to make yourself drink water!

Two of my favorite parts of my work day are lunch and leaving! So I have a 32 oz h2o bottle at my desk and tell myself that it has to be empty before I can eat my lunch. Then I refill for lunch and it needs to be empty before I can go home! I usually end up drinking more than my 64 oz so it works for me!

I only buy large bottles for water. I keep one on my desk, that's plain water. One is in the office fridge, with 3 teabags; a mixture of green tea and a fruity flavor.

I also keep water at home; near my makeup, my nightstand, and in the kitchen. Once you get used toit, you're thirsty a lot !!!

Do yo like lemonade or sports drink or anything like that ?

am i the only one who thinks your default pic looks like a hand holding an implant? lol

I started by only drinking water while I was eating. That was my only rule. Then eventually I got to where I wanted water in between meals. so now I pretty much only drink coffee (2 cups a day usually) and water. That's it, and I feel great!

Step 1 Open mouth

Step 2 Bring straw to lips

Step 3 Suck Down

Step 4 Repeat over and over during the day

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hee hee, this works too

I invested in a good quality plastic bottle which holds about 3 cups. So my goal is to drink 3 a day. I keep it with me wherever I go (an important thing when you're on the go) and then I think about it more. Like someone said, 8 cups isn't a huge amount if you drink over the course of the day. I do add Crystal Light to-go packs to at least one a day. Yeah, some of the stuff isn't the greatest, but it's meant to go in 2 cups, I put it in 3 (so it's more dilute) and I don't have it all the time. And if it helps me get my water, I think it's a good trade-off.

I want to say a standard glass is about 6oz? But if I depend on myself to refill a single glass 8 or more times, it'll never happen.

I keep a 33oz bottle of water at my desk and a 16oz refillable cup. it's easier for me to drink from a cup than a giant bottle so I keep refilling it till the bottle is gone. Repeat. I can get down 2-3 bottles a day and then at night I have a 16oz cup that I refill once or twice. I don't like to be up and down all night so I get most of my drinking done during the day and taper off after 5.

I have a cup of tea in the morning. Otherwise I only drink water. Used to hate it, but for me as long as it is filtered, it goes down fine. Faucet water tastes like metal to me. Can't drink it.

I hate water personally so I understand the difficulty, but I love things that are made with water like a cup of hot tea every morning and night, and during the day I drink a lot of water with Mio and Crystal Light because it gives it a lot of flavor without calories.

You know those cups that have recently com into fashion? The ones with the lid and straw like a drive-thru cup? Well, that's the best thing for me. I received one as a "thank you" gift for my work on a literacy council. It's 16 ounces and I have found I drink more water using that. It must be the straw! I can knock back at least five of those a day.

20 Tips For Getting Your 8 Glasses of Water Daily

Sometimes drinking our eight glasses of water a day can be a real challenge Here are 20 tips to help you accomplish that feat! It is said by many beauty experts that drinking your water is the cheapest, quickest way to look better! That should motivate us!

1. Make a bet with a co-worker to see who can drink more water in the course of a day.

2. Have a big glass of water at every transitional point of the day: when you first get up, just before leaving the house, when you sit down to work, etc.

3. Make it convenient - keep a big, plastic, insulated water bottle full on your desk and reach for it all day.

4. When you have juice (apple, grape, or orange) fill half the glass with water.

5. When you have a junk-food craving, down a glass of water immediately. You feel full quickly and avoid the calories, and it lets time pass till the craving fades.

6. Have one glass every hour on the hour while at work. When the work day is done your water quota is met.

7. Substitute a cup of hot water with a drop of honey for tea or coffee.

8. While at work, get a 20 ounce cup of ice and keep filling it up from the office water cooler. The key is drinking with a straw - you take bigger gulps and drink much more.

9. Freeze little bits of peeled lemons, limes, and oranges and use them in place of ice cubes - it's refreshing and helps get in a serving or two of fruit.

10. After each trip to the restroom, guzzle an eight-ounce glass to replenish your system.

11. Don't allow yourself a diet soda until you've had two to four glasses of water. You will find that you won't want the soda anymore or that just half a can is enough.

12. Let ounces of water double grams of fat: When eating something containing 10 grams of fat, I drink 20 ounces of water.

13. Drink two full glasses at each meal, one before and one after. Also, drink one glass before each snack so you don't eat as much.

14. Carry a small refillable water bottle at all times and drink during downtime; while waiting in a bank line, sitting on the train, etc.

15. Use a beautiful gold-rimmed glass and fill it with cold water from the tap.

16. Drink two glasses of water immediately after waking up.

17. Bring a two-liter bottle of water to work and try to drink it all before you leave work. If you don't finish, drink it in traffic on the way home - it's like a race.

18. Always keep a 24-ounce bottle of water handy while watching TV, doing laundry, making dinner, etc.

19. Add drinking two glasses of water to your daily skincare regimen. Drink, cleanse, moisturize, etc., then drink again.

20. Drink your water out of a big Pyrex measuring cup - it's a good way to keep track of how much water you are drinking.

Oh, and your skin will love you for it!

My doctor explained that their is actually water in all beverages... that is why people who never drink just water don't die from dehydration. Of course, plain old water is best... but I drink unsweetened black tea as my beverage of choice and I drink only about 1-2 bottles of water per day... I am healthy, I am not dehydrated and I am losing weight... so, don't worry about 8 full glasses of water on top of everything else you are drinking... however, with that said, be sure to choose beverages that are not high in artificial sweeteners, sodium or caffeine... those all wreak havoc on our bodies in different ways and can sabotage your overall goals.

the avedrage cup or glass sold here in america in a 16-24oz cup or glass.... unless youre drinking out of little juice glasses all the time and the average person does not do that, or at lease in my understanding... i know i dont.... i fill up my gatorade bottle with water and crystal lite and drink like two of those a day and that is a 64 oz bottle, so water intake for me isnt an issue

Hello, I too sometimes struggle to get the whole 8 glasses down. I find it easiest when I am in the car and have a bottle of water in my hand. Each way to work and back I can manage to put down a bottle (17 ounces) so that gets me to the halfway point. I keep a bottle of water on m y desk and try to drink the whole thing in the morning before lunch and another in the afternoon after lunch and that gets me the whole 8 cups a day and still allows me to have a non-water drink with my lunch and dinner. Good luck!!

A Beginner's Guide to Drinking Water

Step 1: Open Mouth
Step 2: Pour in Water
Step 3: Swallow
Step 4: Repeat as Necessary

Great guide. and now ive properly learrned how to quote as well.

Just start by replacing one drink a day with water...the more water you drink the more you will start to crave it!!