I have a full time desk job and city water tastes nasty to me so instead of constantly using that as an excuse to why I never drank enough water I started leaving a case of it in my car. I carry some in each morning to put in the fridge and I no longer have an excuse not to get my 8 glasses a day!
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Better to get a water purifier for your house, and a large stainless steel water bottle that holds 32oz. Fill it up with water and ice in the morning, and it will stay cold all day long, and you don't add to the destruction of the planet by purchasing all that plastic, not to mention that plastic water bottles contain cancer causing chemicals.
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I don't like to drink water unless it's ice cold. To help motivate me, each night before I go to bed, I fill up 8oz of water in my water bottle and stick it in the freezer. The next morning I take it out and fill it the rest of the way with cold water. It stays cold and I have no excuses not to drink it!
I have a glass container of water already poured and placed near my bedside and in the kitchen. This equates to me having no excuses for not drinking a glass of water :
(1) every morning (2) before each meal (3) before I go to sleep
It works for me because its conviently placed and a friendly reminder that I need to drink up! It keeps me from thinking that i'm hungry for food when im really hungry for WATER.
We eat what we have in the house, so don't have food in the house. Seriously, keep condiments around but buy only what you should eat for say 2 days but not more than that. The savings part comes into not over spending on foods you don't eat, but also this: Eat a meal and do not eat another meal until you have gone the bathroom. This gets you to drink more water so that you will go. Drinking the water will save on other drinks that you would have drank but now drinking water (continued)
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