First, let's talk about my love affair with water. Well, I don't know if you could call it that because I hate drinking water. I hate it. My mom has to, literally, yell at me for me to drink water. But, I almost live my whole life in water. Not the my-body-is-made-up-of-75%-of-water I live in water, the I-am-a-swimmer I live in water.
Today: I had a trip to the doctor's office today for my annual physical.(Yes, it is a month late, but so what?) I have been having some stomach problems lately, mainly acidity. I have been having chest pains, cramps, and irregular periods as well. This all made the visit an hour long instead of the usual fifteen minutes. I told Dr. Briggs about this and she listened and asked me questions, and thought for half a second and for ever single one, her answer was: "Drink more water. You need more fluids so that..."Blah. Blah. Blah. So, now I'm supposed to drink 5-6 glasses of water each day.
Rewind my life about a month back and you'll find me swimming. It's the last ten minutes or so of the workout and we're doing 25 backstroke sprints on 40.(For all you non-swimmers, that means, half a lap of backstroke as fast as you can and do it within 40 seconds)Pretty easy. But then my right calf muscle starts to cramp, I can feel it. It's not that bad yet, but then, It's intense and me? I can't stand it anymore! I jump out of the water and start massaging it. This makes it hurt even more. My coach tells me to stretch it out and not to massage it.
Fast forward my life from there about 10 or 11 days and you'll see me limping. I tell my coach that the cramp I got last Tuesday still hurts like something bit it. He tells me to: "Drink more water and take vitamins."
A couple days ago, I had a headache. My mom told me to drink more water.
A couple weeks ago, I was jogging, I stop I have a HUGE cramp in my sides! My trainer tells me to drink more water.
Do you see where this is going? Water Water Water. Everything that happens to me = Drink more water. Water Water Water. Yes, I know i have to listen and start drinking more water, but I hate it so much!
How can I make a habit of drinking water when I hate it so much?
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How can I stop hating water?
Try this. It is very helpful. I am a professor at the University of Washington, and I hated drinking water. I tried these steps and now, well, I drink a bit more than I used to.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.wikihow.com/Drink-More-Water-Every-Day
You said it - our bodies are 75% water... and you need to keep maintaining that 75%. You don't want to look like shriveled fruit, now do you? KEEP DRINKING that H2O times several million molecules.
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