Don’t sip, just chug the glass down! I keep a glass on the counter in the kitchen and just try and fill it up and chug often.

We’ve started doing flavored water for guests at work, and sometimes I grab some too. The cucumber is usually pretty good, and the strawberry. Anything else I kind of avoid because it’s too sour. Or add sugar. But I’m not a huge fan of flavored water for some reason so that idea doesn’t work all that well for me.
I forget to drink enough water some days too. I can tell when I haven’t had enough and try to make up for it, but it doesn’t always work. I’m always carrying a water bottle with me, it’s just that I don’t always take the time to drink it. I do find that the more water I drink, the more I WANT to drink water. It’s like a craving.
When I worked all day in the summer, I’d try to finish a 12-ish oz bottle by noon (sometimes I brought the 24oz), refill it at lunchtime, and try to finish at least half or three quarters by 3pm. Some days it didn’t get drunk all the way, and other days I went through more than two bottles full! Just kind of depended on the day.

When you wrote about toenail polish I started laughing out loud because I used to do the exact same thing! Have you ever tried Jamberry nail wraps? They are awesome because they don’t chip or smudge and are so quick and easy to put on. They have been a lifesaver keeping my nails looking nice after baby. If your interested in trying them I can send you a sample.

Gatorade water bottles! The big green ones. We keep half a dozen of them filled in our fridge at all times, and our 6 year old and 15 month old (he can lift ’em) use them too. That’s how we stay on top of hydration at home. At work, we have water coolers, and (for some reason) red Solo cups. I feel like I’m at a kegger half the time, but it does help my water intake to have it readily available.

I’m trying to be more productive without deadlines at work and drink more water. So I set a timer for 90 minutes and try to work uninterrupted straight through and then when the timer goes off, I get up and my reward is to walk to the kitchen and get a nice tall glass of water. That means that in a work day I’m drinking at least 4 classes of water in addition to my meal time one.

Such a lovely post! Relaxing after working hard is the BEST!

Is it water you are thirsty for?

I’m not a mom yet, but this happens to me ALL the time! Water is one of my favorite drinks, but it seems like I get so busy that I just forget to drink the amount I need. I always end up chugging a bunch of water before I sleep on days that I wasn’t as consistent as I want to be!

I work as a meeting planner and barely have time to eat but I was noticing that my skin was so dry and I always looked tired. I have tried increasing my water intake and it has done wonders! I have an hour commute to work and I drink 16oz of ice cold lemon water on the way into work. I try to fill my bottle at least two more times in the morning, finishing the water by lunch. I have all afternoon/evening to get one to two more bottles of water in by the time I go to bed. I am seeing a real difference in my skin, but amazingly, I have a lot less joint pain. It also helps that I bought a really cute glass bottle with a lid that has a handle, it is so easy to take it with me to meetings, especially when my hands are already full of materials!

I have also started putting out flavored waters for all meetings, the favorites on our campus are cucumber water, lemon water and mango water.