Drinking water - how do you do it?

[thefrozensouth]

My new years resolution was to drink a large jug of water each day with a view to gaining gorgeous skin and for general health. I did it for about 3 days then went back to drinking mostly instant coffee.

I know its just a case of drinking the stuff, but how do others actually get around to drinking a large amount of water each day?

[Bunbaker]

"It's not a form of torture you know. It is an actual physical pleasure for me to drink a big glass of cool water."

I never fancy a drink of water unless I am really thirsty. I work in a cold office and I never want to drink anything cold, so drinking cold water when I am feeling cold is torture. I keep hydrated by drinking tea at work.

It is a myth that you have to drink pure water to stay hydrated BTW. As long as you are drinking fluid (non alcoholic) you will be fine.

Oh, and I have excellent skin and look years younger.

[InMyShreddies]

It makes a massive difference to how healthy and alert I feel, if I drink loads of water. At work I drink tea by the bucketload until lunchtime, then I switch to water and I do usually have about a litre of water between lunch and dinner. I feel tired, hungry and headachey long before I feel thirsty.

I have a theory that many of the grouchy toddlers I see out and about are just thirsty. DS is always glugging on water.

But I do like a glass bottle of wine of an evening so I guess it balances itself out. My skin was ace during pregnancy as I abstained

[IsleOfIslay]

I drink a lot of water. The water where we live if pretty good quality but it isn't everywhere else. I bought myself a "bobble" bottle has a wee filter in it so the water you drink always tastes nice. I think it's less of a chore drinking out of a bottle rather than a glass too.

[buttercrumble]

Get the water your body app , my dd told me about this and its really helped. It says how much you need to drink and reminds you throughout the day . You can also record how much you drink

[zenoushka]

Have been drinking at least 8 large glasses of water a day over the past week and have already noticed how much clearer my skin is. Was definitely far more dehydrated before. Am keeping this up!

[loveulotslikejellytots]

I have a 700ml sports bottle that I fill up a couple of times a day and sip it throughout. I add lemon and lime slices to it because I find plain water a bit boring.

Have gone cold turkey from a serious diet coke and red bull addiction. It wasn't fun to start with but now I can drink water quite happily.

[IvanaCake]

I'm low carbing at the moment and according to my weight I should drink 3.5 litres of water a day. I did this for a few days and had to pee every 30 minutes. This clearly means that I don't need all that water.

I drink about a litre a day plus a decaff coffee and a decaff tea.

[Callycat]

Technically you need around 2 litres of fluid per day, but most of that will be gotten from fruit and vegetables, and other food sources. The "2 litres of water" as a separate thing came from a misunderstanding of dietary fluid as opposed to pure water: scienceillustrated.com.au/blog/science/the-myth-that-we-need-to-drink-two-litres-of-water-a-day/

Having said that, if 2 litres makes you feel better then go ahead, especially if your typical diet doesn't contain a lot of vegetables.

[MortaIWombat]

What Eliot said.
I am amazed that the various dogs/horses/small furry pets I've owned during my lifetime lived as long as they did, given how they just had a drink when they were thirsty not every other bloody hour.

[Dackyduddles]

I try to have a drink too before eating as I can get confused if thirsty /hungry. This slows snacking for me

[bettycocker]

I have a pint of water first thing in the morning before my coffee.

I had loads of problems with recurrent UTIs and kidney stones. The consultant told me to keep drinking all day every day. Then I had the shockwave therapy on kidney stones and afterwards they told me to drink 4 litres per day!

I got into the habit of drinking shed loads of water and never really stopped. I agree with sparklingsea. The more you drink, the more you want it and need it. I feel thirsty all the time and can't go anywhere without a bottle of water now. It does keep UTIs and kidney stones at bay.

[Thistledew]

But Eliot, I like to drink that much water!

It's not a form of torture you know. It is an actual physical pleasure for me to drink a big glass of cool water.

[valiumredhead]

Ok

[EliotNess]

You don't need to bloody drink all this water.

[CoteDAzur]

dexter

[CoteDAzur]

"By the time you are thirsty you are already dehydrated."

That is nonsense and just shows that you don't know what "dehydrated" means.

[flippitydoodah]

The trick to managing your daily quota I was told, was to keep a bottle each day with the amount of water you aim to drink in the fridge and then keep decanting it into a smaller bottle which you take with you and keep taking sips from. You then top up the smaller bottle and start again until the whole lot is gone.

[Drywhiteplease]

Op....I drink gallons of tea and coffee in a day....I just make sure I have a glass of water with every one.

[EliotNess]

tee hee

[dexter73]

Is it the same with feeling hungry? I should continually eat so that I never feel hungry as that would mean I was starving? Might have to investigate this.

[EliotNess]

i hate people walking around clutching water as if its the chuffing sahara desert

[Skinheadmermaid]

Of course its important to stay hydrated but all this drinking eight glasses a day batshit is a myth originally perpetuated by bottled water companies to push their product.

[EMUZ]

I just try and always have a bottle with me in view so it reminds me. Surpassed myself last night by drinking 3l at the gym but it was roasting

[SilverSixpence]

I've realised recently that I am always thirsty and that being dehydrated could be the cause of my chronic constipation . Obvious I know, but it just didn't click. Also Flylady's june habit was drinking water so I got a few reminders by email. I bought a 750ml plastic drinking bottle which has a clicker on the side to count how many bottles you've filled and aim to drink 3 of these a day. I pace myself so 1 bottle by 1pm, next by 5pm and last by 9pm. If I haven't finished the bottle by the deadline I drink whateve remains in the bottle in one go. I've just started doing this but am hoping it will do the trick.

[valiumredhead]

By the time you are thirsty you are already dehydrated.

Some people never get thirsty.

I drink lots, so does ds, we drink with every meal and never go anywhere without a bottle in my bag.