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I voted "tons" but I wouldn't really say it's tons...I try to drink two to three water bottles during the day, and then probably one to two more when I get home. Like you, I try to force myself to drink it for weight and skin reasons. I've pretty much given up soda though, so I'm proud of myself for that!
i'm not good at drinking water. it's pretty much all i drink so i drink it with meals and i always have a cup in front of me, but for some reason it's hard for me.
I force myself to drink a 16 oz bottle before coffee - that really has helped. And, I drink it the rest of the day (no other beverage). I used to drink a lot more coffee and I'd just force myself to drink a bottle before each cup. After a few days, my body started craving the water - and it was easier to do.... but sometimes I still just chug it to get done with it!!
I sit right by a huge water cooler at work so I drink tons of water all day. I actually get huge headaches if I get the slightest bit dehydrated so that keeps me motivated to drink lots.
My goal is ALWAYS to drink 8 cups/day... but its hard, yo! If I haven't had at least 6 i will just chug to get me up to 6 before bed... but I do really try for 8.
My tips:
Using bigger glasses helps. If you have to refill a 1 cup glass 7 times, ugh, pain in the ass. Using a big 2.5 cup water bottle? So much easier to refill twice plus a little.
Also, I try to space it out and get a routine.
2 cups with lunch
2 cups in the afternoon
2-4 cups with dinner (easier if we're having something salty or spicy)
remainder after dinner.
I don't drink anything but water (and 1 cup coffee in the morning). Usually where I get into trouble is if I skip lunch or I don't have a snack in the afternoon. I find it VERY hard to drink when I'm not eating anything... so if I don't have an afternoon snack its hard for me to get my 2 cups in then. And while we're on the topic, I've been trying to space my meals out better calorie-wise and thats helping me lose weight too. I used to be a eat-one-meal-a-day-dieter, but this works better.
400 cal for bfast
400 cal for lunch
100-200 cal for mid-afternoon snack
500 cal for dinner
100-200 cal for after dinner snack (should omit, but some habits die hard!!)
Not nearly enough but I am working on it. Maybe about 32 ounces a day.
Stupid Dr. Pepper always gets in the way...
A LOT. Seriously. Like probably 100 ounces. I drink out of a big Nalgene bottle all day.
I drink around 3 litres a day! That is 12 glasses of water!
It's pretty easy for me - I drink two glasses with breakfast, then I take a Litre (32oz) nalgene to work with me and I always drink the whole thing. When I get home I am usually thirsty and so I drink another glass. When I work out (I work out 6 days a week) I drink another full liter. and then I drink a glass with dinner and a glass before bed!
It is hard at first but after you do it for awhile your body gets more in tune with it's thirst mechanism (most people who don't drink enough water recognize thirst as hunger) and your body craves it!
Good Luck!
You girls are so good - - I hate water. I have never liked water. I try and try and nope I hate it. HOWEVER, I am training for a 1/2 Marathon. As a result I am trying hard to drink more water. I bring a sliced lemon to work and drink about 3 glasses throughout the day, the lemon helps a ton LOL.
I am also a huge diet soda person. I have cut way back and have one diet soda per day, with lunch. I don't buy diet soda for the house anymore. Its water or I brew caffiene free tea then stick it in the fridge. I am trying my hardest...So far, I think I am doing pretty good...
I have found that adding crystal light to my water and keeping it in something with a straw helps. I find that if I'm having a stressful day I'll suck on my bottle while working. . .almost like a baby and their bottle. It's kinda funny, but it gets more water in.
I drink a couple gallons a day. Which is actually kind of bad... I think it's become psychologically addictive. Sometimes I spend the day somewhere where the water tastes kind of gross and it's awful because I have to keep chugging my gallon or else I get so thirsty.
I have a 2 liter a day minimum, and that's before I work out.
I dont drink soda unless its in a beverage.
I drink a travel mug of coffee in the morning, switch to water during work, when i get home from work I have a coffee or redbull (FI works for redbull so always have a ton on hand!) and then back to water for the rest of the night.
I think water helps me lose weight because it helps my stomach feel full so I'm less prone to snacking. When I get into work each morning I go to the water cooler and drink a glass while I'm standing there, and then fill up another and take it back to my desk. Then I try to refill my glass whenever I empty it so there's always water at my desk. Before each meal I also drink a glass before I start eating, and refill it to drink while I'm eating.
I HATE water. I don't know what it is. I drink 6 glasses of milk a day, some tea, and NO soda. I will drink like 1 glass of water but that's it. But I truely need to drink more of it.
I used to be REALLY good about drinking a ton of water, but I've haven't been so good lately. I just don't drink as much liquid as I should at all - maybe 2-3 glasses of water a day. I never have more than 3-4 cokes a week, though, so that's something!
I have a water bottle at work that I fill in the morning, and usually I have to fill it up again in the afternoon – let’s see…it’s 33.8 oz. So, I probably drink 1.5 of those per day. Then, I drink at least 2-3 cups of tea a day (commuter mugs, so big cups), so there’s more water there….at home we drink Pelligrino with dinner, and we can easily each drink the larger size bottle of Pelligrino with dinner. At night, I have a 12 oz. water bottle I keep on my nightstand, and I force myself to drink the whole thing before bed (mostly so I don’t have any possibility of a hangover in the morning if I’ve been drinking lol).
So, “tons”? I rarely drink soda at work unless we order in pizza or something – it’s generally either tea, or water.
Well, i've already finished a 44oz Big Gulp of water and I had 2 cups at lunch and I just refilled my second Big Gulp for the day and it's only 12:30. So, I drink a ton of water. I only drink soda every few days. Sprite sometimes in the evening or a diet coke with lunch. But water's always my go-to.
80-100 ounces on a regular basis
I'm sooooooooooo bad with drinking liquids. I'm pretty sure I'm in a permanent state of dehydration. I usually only have 1-2 cups a day but am trying to up it to 6-8 to help my body feel better and also help me lose the last 10lbs. I don't drink pop, though and usually have one cup of milk a day as well...
I usually try to drinkg my nalgene 32 ounces during work, and at least a few pint glasses of water after work. One thing I do to drink more is to add a spash of fruit juice to it. It just gives it a tad bit of flavor to not make it so...water tasting! Haha...that might help!
So funny this came up. I just read an article about drinking water vs. other drinks.
When I went to a dietician years ago, she told me that ANY DRINK WITHOUT CAFFEINE counts as water. That caffeine zaps you of hydration. I am a caf. free diet coke NUT, and she told me that it totally counts as water. Well, I just read a medical article that says that all of that has changed. It is no longer believed that caffeine zaps you of hydration. The article states that the only thing that takes hydration from the body is alcohol!
I drink caf. free diet coke all day, unless I am singing. I do drink reg. water when I am rehearsing or have a performance (mostly so I don't burp soda in the middle of a song), but I am not good about drinking pure water...and I am hoping the medical article is correct!
my only beverages are water and beer - and unfortunately come a month out from the wedding it will be only water LOL
oh man you girls are GOOD! You've motivated me to refill my teeny water bottle at work. I never refill it and rarely drink one bottle, so it's a start!
Tons... I think water is my favorite drink. Soda just makes me bloated and gives me well you know.... It's easy to drink water...
At a desk job, it's easy -- I keep a huge bottle on my desk (I think it's a liter and a half), and keep it in my eyeline. I actually find that filling it up, and getting up to pee (TMI?) from drinking so much makes me get up from my desk all the time, which is a good incentive for a boring desk job! Nice to have a reason to get up and walk around the office! ;D
When I am at work I go to the bubbler probably 3-4 times to fill up my poland springs bottle. And I chug another bottle every morning and drink more when I run.
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So I've been trying to be better about drinking water because before the wedding I drank SO much and actually believe it helped me lose some weight. We all know that water is good for us and we should drink a lot, but I just forget during the day- even WITH a water bottle in front of my face.
So how much water do you drink and how do you get yourself to drink more?