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Thanks Sherie... this is such a helpful thread... such a simple, cheap way of drastically improving our health... so often it's the simple things in life we forget and overlook.
750ml so far... one cup with the added goodness of pure lemon.
Ok I 500ml cup down and no soft drink,got a head ache coming on, ......neeeeeeddddd caffienne......arghh. I'll try to be strong. I agree Bath it is a great motivational thread.
I definitely need prompting in winter to drink water.
900ml for me today so far..I'm a bit slow today ;) Better catch up!
i dont think im going to do very well today... i have only just started drinking water now :( oh well...will see how i go
Hey Linz, just out of curiosity what do you drink when you wake up in the middle of the night and you're thirsty? I have at least 2 drinks of water... at least a few sips... every night. I keep a glass on my bedside table, and if I forget to put one there DH puts one there for me before he gets into bed (he always comes to bed later than me). Maybe it's just 'cos I'm BFing but I kinda have always needed at least 1 drink each night... all my life... I'm not a thirsty kinda person, don't have diabetes or anything... it's just a night thing. Although hopefully doing this water challenge it might stop because my body will be properly hydrated during the day.
Heya ALL...
Havent had any today, yet, but i had just under 1l yesterday...
Keep the good work happening :)
Starting my drinking today! w00t!
I always start my day with a cup of tea to stay awake with, and now I've had that, time to start - as I said in the other thread, I'm aiming for three 600mL bottles a day - That would be an accomplishment for me seeing I don't even drink water usually!
ok up to 1.5L now! hurrah!
OK - too late to start today (without spending all night wearing a track to the bathroom)
As of tomorrow I will be able to utilise the new filter jug I bought last night. It holds 1.8L so that will be a good start :)
I've only gotten part of the way through one bottle of water :( I should face that I cant drink water!
Hi Ladies.
Liz - great idea...I am going to start 2morrow....gotta carry the bottle with me all day. I find drinking cold water out of the tap is easier than having it colder out of the fridge....
My bottle 1.2lts how much should we have each day?
I also (like Bathsheba) take a few mouthfuls each night and leave the bottle near my bed so if I wake during the night I also have a drink...trying to make it a habit
mrsaym, I loved the idea beforehand, and thought it would be good to do!
I have had 2.5 today, but 2 cups of coffee, so that probably cuts out the .5 !!! But I wore a track to the loo today at work! Will keep going and try for a few more glasses before bed!. Thanks for the motivation :)
I had...let me see, 1.5L plus about 400ml....just under 2L yesterday but i also had a coffee and a 12.5k run (which was no fun will my full bladder i can tell you!) where i sweated about 4L out. LOL
No running today so i'll see how i go.
Bec
Hi girls, just noticed this thread and i think i'll join in too. I hardly ever drink water.
I don't feel the need to drink it (i know we need 8 glasses a day though! i know how important it is) like i don't get thirsty! strangely enough. i think its because i am used to not drinking it that my body just doesnt tell me its thirsty anymore does that make sense?
I don't wake up thirsty either, like if i pee in the middle of the night, i just pee and go back to bed without even thinking about thirst....
i drink diet coke... LOL how bad am i.... and cups of tea (3 per day) so thats water too i guess
Renstar - i was the same as u ..... some days i would hardly drink at all because i wasnt thirsty... the first day i started this challenge was the hardest because i just wasnt thirsty... but it gets easier i promise :P
I done my 2L's today.... pretty good seen i started at 2pm lol
congrats Nikki thats great!!! wow 2L! You don't need any more than that otherwise you can overwork your kidneys... having TOO much water can be just as bad as too little... (underwork/overwork the kidneys)... unless you do lots of exercise etc then of course you need more.
does that mean your "thirst" buds have come alive again? hehe what i mean is, now you are drinking again, have you felt you can tell when you are thirsty now? whereas before you couldnt? (like me).
i'm too tired to read back.. can someone quickly tell me what this thread is bout?
yeah good question, how many litres of water each day are we meant to drink for the challenge?!?!?! 2L? i missed the beginning of the first thread too sorry
Renstar- i still dont feel overly thirsty i dont think (during the day) ... tho i am starting to get very thirsty at night for some reason... i bought a 1.5L bottle which has been a great help... and if i drink that before around 2ish its very easy to drink the 2L's per day
I think the recommended is 2-3L's per day depending on your situation
none for me today :( thats really bad
Ren, I really think that can be the case. I was never thirsty before & hardly drank anything, maybe a glass of juice with breakfast & one with dinner and that was it all day. Now since I started this challenge, I've found that I do get thirsty a whole lot more.
As for how much.... The reason I started the challenge was because my FS said I need to be drinking between two and three litres to prevent OHSS with IVF. I think it's just a great way to get motivated to drink more, any amount more has got to be better than what a lot of us are doing now as it seems we're not drinking much at all.
So if you make 1L today, brilliant and if tomorrow it's only 600ml that's ok too. Just having the thread here makes you more aware, ooh I have to drink so I can tell the others how "good" I was today. Well it works for me ;)
And for today I've had........ 2.5L *cheer*
nice work sarah!!
i've been norty again today - have probably hit 1.5L but had lots of softdrink (went out for the night and it was the only thing really available) - will have to make amends tomorrow and getat least 2L in (although, if i get my way, i'll sleep all day tomorrow so maybe none...LOL)
i'm like Bath - have had a bottle of water beside the bed ever since i started at uni - i used to have a fridge in my room at uni, and i'd wake up in the middle of the night when it was icy cold in Canberra, and the cold air would make me soooooooo thirsty i'd grab for the water - it became habit. now there is a bottle by the bed all the time - even DH makes a grab for it sometimes! i find if i wake up to go to the loo or even just cos i'm not comfy, i'll make a conscious effort to have a bit of a drink now - i guess i'm in the same boat as Sarah - fear of OHSS is a good motivator!
Since this morning i've had....NONE. Just a coke and a cup of tea :( I'm SO thirtsy now, gonna chug my 750ml bottle and see if i fancy more for the rest of the evening or not - don't wanna be up peein' ;)
Bx
nice work Sarah!! :) That's great. hopefully you can help to motivate me!!! I am going off to have a glass of water with my b'fast (wish me luck!!!).
Oh, and i'm sorry.. what does OHSS mean? sorry i'm not sure :rolleyes:
Yesterday I was bad - I only had one of the three bottles of water I was going to have. 600mL - but I suppose thats better than nothing!
I'll be sitting down most of today with the new Harry Potter book, so I'll keep a bottle next to me for that
Renstar - OHSS is ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome - a possible side effect of IVF where you're ovaries swell a lot and your abdomen fills with fluid. it's not nice (i had it mildly earlier this year - some of the other girls have had it pretty badly) - drinking extra water helps to keep your body hydrated through the process...
i drank about half a litre over night but nothing so far today - i actually got wish and slept in til i woke up naturally - for the first time in about 6months!! even DH slept in! yay!! gonna have a cuppa with brunch then head out into the garden and i always carry a bottle of water around with me out there...
I have had no water today....going to have some right now....my DH has been sick all yesterday with the bad flu.....so I forget to drink.....he is back in bed now so I have some time to myself...as with Liz I will do some reading too with my water next to me...
Going to try and at least get thru 1.2l bottle today then some more tonight....
You are right Sarah just having this thread will help to remind me to drink more water...I want to TTC soon so have to get used to drinking lots now....
This is so much harder on the weekend! I think I've probably had about 1.5L so far. I'll probably have more than2L cos I'm having to guess how much I've had..
I agree - it's so much harder to keep on tabs with your water intake in the weekend. Thurs I did 2L, yesterday I did about 1.5L and today :( about 100ml - NAUGHTY!
Going to watch a DVD - Happy Feet - so will do my best to get to at least 600ml by the end of the movie.
It's great having this thread though, it's at the back of my mind - very motivating. Good to report in and reflect how you've gone. Thanks Sarah_H for starting :) Despite today's poor effort, I would still be doing 200ml a day, if anything at all.
Well i got down about 600ml yesterday, totally negated by my coffee and tea and coke... :(
Today i've had 150ml (what was left in my bottle) to take my meds with, but now i'm having a coffee....
LOL, i'm not very good at this game now am i? ;)
Bec
Like I said Bec, as long as you have some it's all good :)
Only up to 1.2L today. I've had a very stressful bad day so not really into it so much. Tomorrow will be a better day.
I feel so weird. All I usually drink is water and milk (and one to two cups of tea a day). I never even thought that was unusual. I guess I just haven't noticed that other people drink different things LOL. I still probably don't drink enough water these days though which is especially bad while I'm bfing. So I might pop in here every now and then to keep motivated.
Had like, none today...okay, one glass...so about 250 mils. Im really not doing very good am i :( sorry girls
Tannedangel you and i are doing the same! :)
Tomorrow i promise to do 1L at least if you do to?
Bx
Had another full day and another full bottle of water - 600mL
Will start trying to drink the second bottle starting today
It's all good Tanned Angel, you'll get there :)
Only 1.2L for me yesterday, so not good at all here either :redface:
i done abit under 2L's yesterday... none yet today... i only just woke up
i only hit the 1L mark yesterday too - was just too busy to drink! had about half a litre over night and nothing yet today... oh well, there's lots of hours left...