Trying to Up my water intake

I have always been really bad at drinking water, I’ve always added squash to it. Or I just end up drinking fizzy juice or sports drinks.

I always feel thirsty and even drinking fresh fruit juice never seems to quench it. In order to try help myself lose weight I’ve been cutting down the amount of fizzy juice I have. I will eventually have it down to one glass, one day a week if at all. Right now, I probably have a glass of something at least 3 or 4 times a week.

It’s been easier for me to ditch adding squash to my water than it has to stop drinking fizzy juice. At the moment I’ve been having a glass a day if that. In the mornings I still have a small glass of fresh orange juice.

So far I have been managing to drink 4 or 5 glasses of water a day.  

When I’m at home its been much easier, so in order to help myself drink more water when out and about.

I bought myself a Tracker bottle and Insulated bottle from HydrateM8.

 I love them the tracker bottles have different quotes on and the insulated bottle keep things nice and cold or hot if you prefer.

On the side of the tracker bottle it has marks stating the time of day. This is to encourage you to drink water regularly which is great but at the moment my main focus is to drink more regardless of the time. Once I’ve gotten myself into the habit I will move on to drinking it at regular intervals throughout the day.

With having a hormonal imbalance, it can cause me to be really hungry, so I can go through phases of eating a lot more than I usually would. Upping my water intake means when a craving hits me, instead of reaching for food I drink more water.

Already I feel so much more hydrated and I’ve actually noticed I’m not bloating as badly or as often. I’m halfway to my goal of how much water I want to be drinking a day and how little fizzy juice I drink.