Women’s bodies are made up of 50% water. (The other 50% is obviously sugar, spice and everything nice). We can so very easily become dehydrated. If you’re thirsty, you’re already dehydrated. Drink up! It’s one of the easiest improvements we can make when it comes to healthy eating (er, drinking). It’s also one of the most crucial.
If you’re feeling sluggish or depressed, it’s likely that you need to drink more water. If you get frequent headaches, you probably need more water. If you’re having a difficult time losing weight, try drinking more water. If you want healthier skin, drink water.
Obviously, taking a drink of water is not going to immediately swing you from depressed to joyful. It’s not going to zap your headache right away. Five pounds won’t miraculously fall off your hips after guzzling a glass of water. It’s just that our bodies crave water. We need it to thrive. Making sure our cells are well hydrated makes a huge difference in our over-all health, both physically and mentally.
Nothing else counts. Not soda, not juice, not tea, not milk, not coffee. Not that you can’t drink any of those. (Well, really, I can’t recommend that you drink soda, and juice is pretty full of sugar, but anyway…) If I drink a cup of coffee in the morning, I make sure I drink a couple of glasses of water throughout the morning too. My body is now used to getting enough water, so typically, I can tell when my body needs it. I generally take a few sips every 15 minutes or so. No need to guzzle. Please don’t water log yourself. Just sip on water throughout the day as your body dictates.
Oh, and if your kids get crabby? Before you get frustrated or lose your patience, ask them to take a drink of water. It will probably give them a better attitude. This, I know. I usually stop and take a drink too, for obvious parenting sanity reasons.
Don’t like the taste of water? I’ve got to admit that some city water tastes really disgusting. If that’s the case, fork it out for filtered water. It’s that important. Better yet, make a one time Berkey water filter purchase, and have pure, delicious water all the time, forever.
Do this. It’s as easy as switching to real butter. I love simple changes we can make to improve our health!
How do you do when it comes to drinking water? Love it? Drink plenty? Need to improve?
We definitely love our well water! It has a slightly sweet taste and beats city water hands down……. No need to filter as I find it healthier not to. We live on a mountain and the water up here is absolutely amazing!
Thank you for this important reminder, Laura !
Helps me to see why Jesus called Himself the ” Living Water”.
Blessings upon your day .:)
I generally do ok with my water- except when it’s cold- then I just want warm drinks and have to force water : /. Plus many times I think i’m ready for a snack- if i have water I am no longer “hungry” because I was actually thirsty.
I drink water all the time. I do not drink sodas and have not for years. They are acidic and put your body into SHOCK every time you drink one. So, none of that garbage for me. I drink one or so cups of natural decaf, because I like the taste of coffee. Sometimes I will drink juice. I mainly do that when I am doing a juice fast for the Lord. I have never really liked drinking milk. We use a reverse osmosis with added mineral filter we got from Reverse Osmosis dot com online. It was the best price and they had the best customer service for buying. Though when we wanted to return our whole house system because we couldn’t easily do it, they balked. But the system at our kitchen sink is amazing and we’ve had it for almost a year with no issues or need to change filters. The whole house system is not a reverse osmosis, just a system to get the flouride and chlorine out. We are going to put it on our next home, this one is too old and complicated with it’s plumbing. Lol.
And anything with sucralose, or Splenda in it is toxic, it is a poison and should be avoided at all costs. If God didn’t make it, it should not be put into your body…period! If we all thought about that we wouldn’t have the health issues from eating garbage. Some health issues are from unresolved mental things, like bitterness and anger and resentment. The bible talks about that, too. Forgiveness can really heal someone, just like a good all natural diet.
I used to be addicted to diet coke! When I found myself drinking it for breakfast I knew something needed to change. I now drink water! And when I want something fizzy I make a drink with 1 oz 100% grape juice and 7 oz of seltzer water.
I’m bummed that tea doesn’t count- it’s my favorite! But I do have to watch how much I drink because of the caffeine. I happen to love water too, so it all works out. :-)
This I actually succeed at, I drink on average a half gallon of water a day. I feel sluggish if I get less. My kids do well with water too. They each have a stainless insulated water bottle in the fridge and grab it all day long. Hydroflasks are great for kids, I prefer glass and have 2 from Lifefactory.
So I’m curious how much you generally drink in a day. I know our bodies are all different, but how much is a general idea? I’ve been trying to drink at least 2 qts/day, but I’m wondering if that’s enough…
I probably drink 3-4 quarts, depending on what kind of workout I’ve had that day. :)