54/365 Water: Your Trusty Sidekick

Friends and Fitness Enthusiasts,

I know that I touched on this already but, I will say it again: drink water! During Autumn, the air is dry and our sweat evaporates off of us immediately. We could go for a long time without drinking and not realize it. In fact that happened to me today. As soon as I started drinking, I couldn't stop. What was most unfortunate was that my first drink was coffee, a diuretic. This is the sort of beverage that makes you go to the bathroom. When I didn't go to the bathroom for awhile, I realized that I was retaining the fluid because I was that dehydrated.

We need to keep ourselves hydrated so that we're going to the bathroom every hour or so. Keep a water bottle by you at all times. I like the steel insulated variety because it keeps your 18 oz. of water cold. Based on this calculator which factors in activity level and weight, I am supposed to drink 96 oz. a day. That would be about 5 bottles of water. Mind you, coffee and tea don't necessarily count as fluids because they are diuretics and will dehydrate you anyway.

Give the calculator a try. Get an estimate of how much you should drink. Find a bottle you can tote around with you all day. Kill those bottles until your quota is complete!

In health,

Lauren