4 Tips to Help You Get Hydrated

 Before diving into the tips that will help you get your daily water intake, let’s discuss the benefits of drinking water and be aware of all the good it can do for you. According to the CDC and the Harvard Medical School, drinking water regulates body temperature, normalizes blood pressure, stabilizes your heartbeat, lubricates and cushions joints, frees your body of waste and does many more extraordinary duties for your body. Having problems with your skin? Try drinking some water. Your throat feels dry? Try some water. Are your hair and nails not growing the way you want them to? Go pour yourself a cup of that liquid gold. Overall, water is a drink that just makes you feel good and keeps your body healthy and happy. To learn more about these benefits, visit this link for the CDC and this link for Harvard Medical School. Now that we have discussed the benefits, let’s get into these four useful tips to take your water tank from empty to full!

Tip No. 1: Order Water When You Go Out to Eat

I know this is a bit of a bummer, but think about the next time you will actually invest time into drinking water. Order a water when you go to a restaurant. It is cheaper, healthier, and can help you reach your 64 ounces for the day before you even realize it. 

Tip No. 2: Buy a Reusable Water Bottle

When you buy yourself a water bottle, you are investing money into your well being. This is because once you spend your hard earned money on such an object, you would not want it to go to waste, which obligates you to use it more and more often. Aside from this, when you carry it around with you and invest time into drinking and refilling, you reach your daily 64 ounces before you even know it. And on top of all of this, IT’S REUSABLE AND ECO-FRIENDLY. Congratulations you eco-warrior, not only are you caring for yourself, but the planet around you!

Tip No. 3: Try the Water Gallon Challenge

Have you ever heard of the water gallon challenge. It is a challenge where you get a jug of water and you drink the whole gallon by the end of the day. That means drinking twice as much water as your body absolutely needs. You do this every day for an entire month and take note of the differences in your body versus when you first started. I read an article where a woman reflected on how she felt through a log throughout her 30 days and she claimed that it really made a difference in her life. To read more about this article, just click the link: https://www.outsideonline.com/2377851/water-gallon-challenge-month. 

Try this challenge out and see how your body changes, the water constantly works to clear your body of unwanted waste and makes your organs happy, resulting in you feeling a lot better as the days go by. To drink that much water, as mentioned in the article linked above, there is less fatigue in your day to day routine and you may start feeling more energized. This challenge is a great excuse to get hydrated and appreciate the effect that water has on the body. 

Tip No. 4: Download an app

You can carry a 24-ounce water bottle or a gallon of water with you all day and still forget that it is even there. So, how are these tips going to be useful if there is no means of holding yourself accountable for hydration? In one easy step, this forgetful plague can disappear. Download an app. There are plenty of free water apps that remind you to periodically get your water intake and track how much you drink throughout the day to help you stay healthy. Go to your app store and try downloading Drink water: Drinking reminder, My Water Balance, Daily Water Tracker Reminder, Drink Water Aquarium, or any other free app that helps you remember to hydrate!

Do you have any tips of your own? Have you tried any of the tips listed above, if so, how did it work out for you? Please leave your answers in the comments below!