How Do You Drink All the Water?

sorarose

So I'm a person who has a really hard time drinking water or really any liquids in general. It's a really bad habit, and I'm doing my best to force myself, but was wondering if any of you ladies have some tricks to make sure you drink enough during the day?

likeabel

Invest in a nice water bottle that fits in your car cup holder and purse. Then make sure you drink a bottle before lunch, dinner and bed. Adding fruit helps if you get bored!

Bear14+

I got through my last pregnancy & this one so far by putting a splash of cranberry juice in my water. I get the cran/grape, cran/Apple, all the different kinds to mix it up.

hillanne87

@sorarose I'm the exact same way! I'm even worse during the work day. I wasn't as great as I should have been about it the last time and it actually made me go into premature labor. They were able to stop it, thankfully, but I really upped my water after that. I've found that drinking with a straw really helps me to drink more for some reason. I'm trying to be more conscious of it this time, but regular water keeps making me vomit. So it's seltzer water for now!

MillerMama13

I have a favorite water bottle. It's 24oz I make sure I finish one before lunch and one after lunch. Then I drink one once I get home from work. It's so much harder on the weekends when I'm home though. At work it's sitting next to me at my desk all day so it's easy to remember.

scotten

I'm totally the same way. Buy yourself a pretty water bottle and take it with you everywhere. I always add a splash (or a lot) of lemon juice to give some flavor!

adiaz132003

Just gotta carry it with you all day. That's the only way I'll remember to drink is if it's right in front of me.

VikingGirl12

Same. I carry my water bottle everywhere and literally have the straw in my mouth all day. My water has to be freezing cold for me to enjoy it though so I have the kind with the little ice thing in the middle.

mkemommy

One thing that helps for me is drinking about half of a big water bottle before I eat breakfast. I also don't let myself go to lunch unless the other half has been drunk. Lunch I make myself eat then drink, eat then drink, etc. fruit in water also helps.

totsabounding

I sprinkle some True Lemon in my water, and that helps me drink a lot more of it, because I love the taste.

meagkayy4

I drink a ton of water but I have noticed a lot of apps can track water intake. Maybe download one that sends you reminders?

NicknShan

I dislike water. Every pretty water bottle under the sun can't change that (even though I try and believe it will).

My advice is:

1. Drink it really cold. With ice.
2. Use a straw.
3. Add fruits like strawberries. Way better than lemon/lime.
4. Drink carbonated water. La Croix. Soda Water.

Hope some of these help. Apps and water bottles are just temporary fixes for me. :-)

berky84

Two things that help me....

1. A straw. Drink so much more that way.

2. I use my soda stream. I'm much more likely to drink more if it's fizzy for some reason.

FutureMrsCAF

I have a 64 oz water bottle. I find I don't drink enough if I'm drinking from a regular sized glass bc I'm too lazy to go get more. It's easier to keep track of how much water I drink too. But, I love water, so it isn't difficult for me. I would definitely try adding lemon or whatever your favorite flavors are to mix it up.

cattuccino

When I was really really bad at water intake, I got a water bottle that had times on it (8 AM, 9AM etc) so I had a target of what to drink or what I should have drank by what time. 
Sometimes this resulted in my chugging a bunch of water later in the day, but eventually It got me to where I needed to be. 

My day starts if I just drink one cup or two right away, before anything else.