I don’t know what my problem with drinking water is. I’ve been through phases where I would drink lots of water, and I felt great. I’ve realized lately, though, that I resist drinking water all the time! It’s as if I’m a small child who doesn’t want to take her medicine; lips pursed tight, chin held up, crying all the while. I don’t really do that, but when I take my prescriptions in the morning, I swallow with just a sip of water–just enough to choke those pills down, and no more! When I’m thirsty (which isn’t often because I’m sure that I’ve shut off my thirst instinct) I will have a soda, or I’ll eat a piece of fruit, but I’ll choose almost anything to avoid a nice tall glass of water. Why, I wonder? I know the benefits of water. It reminds me of the Book of Mormon where “the labor which they had to perform was to look; and because of the simpleness of the way, or the easiness of it, there were many who perished”… How easy is it to drink water?!! And it will help me be full, feel better, lose weight, keep the satiety center in my brain appeased… Hmm.
And in case you read the last post on goals, I only earned one point out of my eight because I had a really hard time. I was doing great if I had two or three glasses a day.
Suggestions?
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January 9, 2008 at 2:23 pm
healthbynature
I like to drink my water with a splash of lemon juice. Maybe that would help you want to drink it more? I used to be this way as well…now I make sure I have a cold glass of clean, filtered water nearby at all times. When I leave the house, I bring a water bottle. Keep it nearby and hopefully you’ll start to up your intake. Good luck!
January 9, 2008 at 3:57 pm
lisamm
Are you very sedentary? Maybe you need to work up a thirst by moving around more. Just a thought! I love water.
January 9, 2008 at 10:49 pm
Holly
Just as I brought up your post, I had to get up and find my water-bottle because I was thirsty
. I couldn’t help chuckle a little.
Huh, I was thinking kindof like “healthybynature” about adding something yummy to your water. Even if you had to add a lot of something, at least you’d still be getting more water. Maybe you could buy a really fun, creative drinking container to make it more fun.
I do think – like you kindof alluded to-that when you start drinking water more, you will crave it more. It seems like that is true for me.
Oh, my last thought – eat stuff that’s salty like pizza, and then maybe you will be friends again with water. (I guess you could say that the salt would cancel out the water, but if it made you like it more, even just for a moment, maybe that memory would last.)
January 10, 2008 at 12:02 am
snackety
healthbynature: I do like citrus, and that could help. My sister even got me a citrus juicer for Christmas, so I’ll try that! I need to get a water bottle that I like. I have one, but it’s so big and heavy that I don’t carry it around much. Yeah, I think if I saw a nice glass of water all the time I’d be more likely to drink it.
lisamm: Yes, I am sedentary. But when I do exercise I do get thirstier, so good idea!
Holly: Good ideas. I really think that if I get into the habit better my natural thirst will come back, so I just need to start!
Thanks, all!!!
January 11, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Shirley
Hi Em–If I don’t do any other health goal this year, this is the one I am doing. Maybe we could e-mail each other and check how many cups we’ve drank during the day.
I am especially bad on the weekend. I just plain forget! If I see my jar with the handle still in my room where I had put it the night before then I know I never drank water.
I think the simpleness and easiness of it is a factor alright. It sounds like you know good reasons. Here’s a few more that I found and put on the back of announcements for Relief Society:
Dissolves nutrients so they can pass through your digestive system.
Sends electrical messages between cells so that your muscles can move, your eyes can see, and your brain can think.
Lubricates moving parts (joints).
Maybe I will look up chronic dehydration and see what it says. My kind of motivation might not be the same as yours but I keep thinking that if I really know the reasons, then I will do it. And it’s got to be more than passive knowledge, for me, I’m thinking.
Bring on the water!!