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How do you get so much water in?

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  • lanie37
    lanie37 Posts: 204 Member
    since giving up tea, coffee and fizzy drinks I have no issues drinking water. I down 2 glasses as soon as I get up on a morning. Before each meal I have a glass or 2. Whenever i am out and about I always have a bottle with me.

    It doesnt take long for your body to get used to drinking large amounts, and you do stop running to the loo every 5 mins once your used to drinking large amounts. I have never felt better since I gave up the caffeine. I wake up before the alarm clock and have bags of energy in the morning. A month ago I couldnt operate until I had at least 2 coffee's in the morning. My skin looks and feels fantastic too.
  • NWCyclingBeast
    NWCyclingBeast Posts: 157 Member
    Typically, I drink it :)
  • NWCyclingBeast
    NWCyclingBeast Posts: 157 Member
    Yeah, she beat me to that one!
  • wildcata77
    wildcata77 Posts: 660
    32 oz Nalgene bottle.

    I have one (travel mug) cup of coffee first thing at work, and then drink water all day, including with lunch. If I'm really struggling I may sneak a Coke around 3PM, but only if I've finished at least one Nalgene bottle of water. Then I start the other bottle on the way home from work and with dinner, and if I work out I may squeeze 2-4 more cups in.

    I like my water ice cold, and chewing mint gums helps, b/c it gives the water some flavor.

    If you just keep trying, you'll get there. Summer is a great time to start b/c the heat already makes me feel thirsty! I used to be a non-drinker like you...I probably drank less than 32oz fluid in a day a year ago, including soda/juice/coffee/tea.
  • Monny287
    Monny287 Posts: 109
    I cut out all other drinks except nutritional supplement shakes (which I'm hoping to wean myself off of). So when I'm thirsty, it's water. I drink a ton of water.
  • Freyja2023
    Freyja2023 Posts: 158 Member
    I post this a lot on here.

    Turns out the 8 glasses of water a day is a myth.

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eight-glasses-water-per-day

    I don't know about this........... you can find a scientific study to prove just about any opinion. I was just hospitilized for dehydration 10 days ago and was told quite succintly that I need to drink 2 - 3 liters of water a day, every day, and even more if I were doing lots of activities in hot weather. Becuase I did NOT drink a regular amout of water, on a day where I spent several hours in 90 degree weather, I became so dehydrated that both my blood pressure and heart rate dropped to a dangerous level and I began to pass out repeatedly. I was hospitilazed for 2 days and it took me an entire week to feel normal again.

    Maybe some people can go there whole lives without drinking 8 cups of water daily and be perfectly fine, but I wouldn't go as far as to say the whole idea is a myth.


    I agree with this if I don't get my water in I feel like garbage. My skin, hair, and emotions look and feel better when I am properly hydrated
  • michele2224
    michele2224 Posts: 36
    The best thing I ever bought at walmart, it is a 28oz bottle that holds hot/cold, and I swear by it, I start drinking water at about 11 and the ice stays in there till about 5, this is the only thing I can use to drink water all day b/c it holds the ice so long and stays cold..i swear by this. I drink about 4-5 of these which averages about 12 cups a day, i would not do it with out it!!
  • stephyy4632
    stephyy4632 Posts: 947 Member
    I have a 32oz water bottle with a straw (the straw is key with out it I drink much less) but I fill and drink that cup at least 4 times each day
  • Establishedn1986
    Establishedn1986 Posts: 306 Member
    I have a filtered 20oz Brita bottle. The filter lasts 2 months or 200 gallons. I love it. I refill it several times throughout the day. I drink 100-120oz a day!
  • vger11
    vger11 Posts: 248
    HALF MY WEIGHT IN OUNCES OF ...tap that has set out on the counter-top overnight....WORKS
  • desertowman
    desertowman Posts: 33 Member
    I don't drink that much myself, but I carry a water jug with me to work daily. It's about 32 or 34 oz of water. I have to full it up before I leave work in order to make it to 8 glasses of water a day. I also add a tbs of organic apple cider vinger to my water. No calories, and it gives it a kick to boot.
  • labrennan
    labrennan Posts: 132 Member
    have the same problem...getting water in....lots of good ideas here
  • vendygirl
    vendygirl Posts: 718 Member
    I find that I drink more water if I a bottle with a straw. It is odd. But I also add lemon or lime juice to add some flavor. I avoid the powdered "flavor" packets because they are artificial sweeteners.
  • cathy825
    cathy825 Posts: 20 Member
    I like to drink ice cold water but It always tastes so much better with lemon I slice up fresh lemon and put it in my water container. and it makes such a difference.
  • petiteLady89
    petiteLady89 Posts: 198 Member
    I love water.. and crave it. So it's not very hard for me. When I was first beginning my healthy journey I lived on sweet tea and mountain dew. I shake my head in disgust at the amount of that stuff I drank. I was young and stupid. It was a struggle for me to quit those and then start drinking water. Now it's like second nature to me. It probably took me a month to adjust to drinking water. I still drink my coffee in the morning, though and hot tea, but water is my main beverage. I rarely ever drink sweet tea. Only when we go out to eat and do not drink soda at all.
  • Drop_it_Like_Its_Hawt
    Drop_it_Like_Its_Hawt Posts: 226 Member
    I had to work up to it. First I tried having one cup in the morning and one with each meal (before whatever other drink I had). Then those plus one before and after each workout, however small. Now I have a 23 oz. water bottle that I keep filled at my desk at work, and sip from it all day, usually refilling it twice before the day is out. Sometimes I toss a little Crystal Lite powder (or some other non-caloric flavoring) to mix it up.
  • jessmoore_84
    jessmoore_84 Posts: 70
    I have a 56 oz (7 cup) water bottle that i fill about 1/3 of the way with water and freeze overnight.
    in the morning I fill the bottle the rest of the way with water, so it stays cold all day.
    I keep it at my desk and drink it throughout the day.
    I will also have another bottle of water or two while working out.
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