When I lost weight last time, I found water to be my biggest ally. It was amazing what 6 8 oz glasses of water a day does. The old recommendation was 8 8oz glasses of water a day but that has been up for some debate. There are different answers to how much water but I settled on 6 because it seems to help me.Regardless a human needs to drink a lot of fluids in a day. We are constantly losing the water that we have in our bodies through sweating, going to the bathroom, and even breathing. If we fall behind in our fluids, the things that need to get flushed out of our systems do not have any way to get out.
Some hints to know if you need more are:
- if you feel thirsty, you need more. You should never feel thirsty because that is a delayed reaction and if you feel thirsty then you are a little late.
- If you are exercising (and you should be for the challenge), drink some water both before you start and after you finish to stay hydrated
- Drink a glass of water when you feel hungry. You may just be thirsty and sometimes you body mistakes that for hunger.
- Caffeine and alcohol are dehydrating. So if you are drinking a beverage with these things in them then you need to also drink a glass of water.
- I was told once that if you are hydrated enough your urine will be clear by the end of the day. So keep drinking until that happens.
- Drink a glass first thing in the morning. Keep a glass in the bathroom or your bedroom. It will get you on the right track for the day.
- Keep a reusable water bottle around so it is easy to do.
- Water alone can get boring so keep things around that make it more interesting like lemons, crystal light packets to mix in, teas (decaffeinated or herbal).
- Eat some foods that have a high water content like apples, watermelon, oranges etc.
- Alternate between iced, cool, or other temps of water. It will go down differently each time.
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