Try drinking tea or flavoured water. Coffee can also hydrate you or juices but don't drink too much sugary drinks and coffee. Drink when you feel thirsty.
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Water enhancers. Mio, Gatorade tabs, etc.
Maybe you need to make the experience better? I saw that you have a water bottle, but I personally find drinking straight from a bottle or canteen less enjoyable. What has helped me was making it more a 'ritual.' I have a cute stainless steel canteen, and when I'm at home I also have a nice glass. Pouring water into a glass cup and drinking from there just feels nicer. I use a specialty glass that's more designed for drinking coffee, and it makes the water feel so much smoother and overall more enjoyable.
Cleaning a little glass cup is also easier than washing a canteen or bottle.
I also grew up barely drinking anything, definitely never any water. Now I buy carbonated (mineral) water. It tastes better and is refreshing. It helps to buy a few and put them within reach so you're reminded. Keep one next to your bed. After a while you'll notice dehydration when you forget to drink. Probably you never noticed before if you were always used to it.
Try high pH water, normal water is painful to drink, but high pH water is much smoother.
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force yourself, after a while you get to the point where you can taste the difference between different brands of water or from which tap it came from
The advice about keeping water nearby is good. I do that. Although I still sometimes forget anyway lol.
Besides that: Is flavor the problem or do you just not like having to drink period?
If it’s flavor: Add a tiny bit of a drink you do like. I add maybe like 5-10% apple juice to my water at meals. Just enough to get some of the flavor without adding too much sugar.
If it’s the 2nd: There are others sources of water. Most fruits work and they also come with fiber, which is also important for hydration.
Also, unlikely to apply here, but worth mentioning: When I was having problems being dehydrated, I talked to my doctor about it and we figured out that one issue was that I was mostly drinking filtered water, which will lack a lot of the electrolytes you normally get in water. I fixed this by getting a powder to add to my water. (Filtering bc of town water supply issues.)
Im in your boat being a soda holic but I have found that having water with you always cold and plenty even if you have something else. You will find you drink it and the more you drink it the more you do. Its the habit of keeping it on hand at that point which is the limiting factor.
learn to enjoy drinking it.
good habits don't magically happen, you have to use your willpower.
You can also try seltzer or flavored waters if that helps or filtering it. plenty of tap water can taste bad.
I don't get the whackadole 'hacks' people are going on about here. I drink 2-3L of water per day, and 4-5L if I'm active. I drink it because I'm thirsty and it's delicious.
Have a source within arms reach 24/7 and drink as much as you can everytime you think about it. That’s it. It’s one of the many annoying maintenance items of life, just get used to it like brushing your teeth. Eventually you’ll hate how you feel when you don’t do it, and this outweighs the annoyance.
I'll sometimes boil water and steep a few tea bags in a 1 bottle. Put it in the fridge and have it the next day. There are plenty of types of tea out there, so it's flavoured water.
I sometimes prefer this to fruits and veg because by the end of the day if I've forgotten to eat the fruit and veg, they just go mushy and it gets wasted.
I got into drinking water by buying some good apple juice and adding some (no a lot. And less over time) to the water in a thermos bottle.
Eventually I got a water filter jug for the fridge and switched to mostly just drinking water, still by filling up the thermos bottle.
I think it's more important to get into the habit of drinking enough first, and you can transition to water later.
Step 1) Drink a glass of water.
Step 2) Repeat.
Step 3) Repeat.
Add as many repeat steps as desired.
Maybe try ice water? I'm not much of a water person myself, but I love some cold ice water. Aside from that, my top 2 are tea/juice and Gatorade or similar.
Tea/juice is basically water with flavor. Gatorade/Powerade/similar are a great option cause it'll hydrate you and the electrolytes are good for your gut bacteria.
Another idea is to just water down the things you already drink. For sodas I think it actually makes them taste better.
Put water in a cup, put your lips up to the opening of the cup, slowly tilt the cup toward your mouth and swallow the water that goes inside.
I keep a water bottle nearby at all times and sip a bit as I remember. Honestly how often you take a sip probably matters more than how much anyway.
@Maven but why do you hate drinking water ?? Is it pretty cold where you live ??
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What I do (assuming I am at home all day) is a cycle of this:
- before going to bed, put a fresh full glass of water beside my bed
- after waking up, first thing I do is drink from it
- most likely I will now need to pee, so do that, and after washing hands, immediately refill my glass
- drink from that glass of water throughout the day when I am even slightly thirsty
- usually when I have finished a glass of water, I need to pee again; if that happens, again refill my glass after doing so
- if I've finished a glass of water but do not need to pee, I usually refill it with another drink (e.g. fruit juice) instead
- keep that cycle of refilling after using the toilet going
If I'm spending my day at the office, the first thing I do after arriving is grab a glass of water, but otherwise, same cycle.
If your in the UK, fill up glass bottles with water and leave in the fridge overnight.
Then find a cup you like and fill with chilled water, I have a 600ml glass mug from IKEA.
I know that's not much help but it's what I do
eat more salad (if its a question of not being motivated to drink tasteless water) and if you do eat a lot of salad already then just lug around water in a little bottle when you 1. go on strolls and 2. go to bed, and sip on it.
Or you could commit to a glass of water after every time you pee/poop.
Literally whatever helps you. If drinking a bottle of coke zero every day makes you stay hydrated, it's a healthy choice.
Personally I bought an insulated flask that I carry around everywhere cause I can't stand room temp water. Just takes a while to find a good flask that's easy to clean and won't accumulate mold as much.
I'm thirsty. What do I do.
Be careful. Most of the water you consume comes from food. You don't need 2 L/half gallon above and beyond what you eat per day. This is a myth from a misreading of a military study from the Republic of Gilead.