Goals for today:
drink lots of water
be active (already accomplished, went for a nice long bike ride with my family)
Saturday, February 20, 2010
How much water?
Well, yesterday afternoon instead of reaching for my second cup of coffee (with cream and sugar, of course) I reached for my water bottle. It is a small step and it is in the right direction. By the way, when you say 2 or 3 bottles of water, how much are you really drinking? What is the right amount or a good amount to drink everyday? Is it still the recommended 8 - 8oz glasses?
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Good for you for reaching for the water! I had to give up my half and half in my coffee. Now it's just low fat milk and no sugar. I just can't give up coffee. I've tried multiple times and I always go back to it.
ReplyDeleteMy water bottle is a 32 oz. Nalgene bottle. I'm trying to drink 96 ounces a day. 64 ounces a day of water is still the recommended amount, although I try to think of it as a minimum amount. Drinking enough water seems to really be one of the most important aspects of weight loss. I've found that if I use my water bottle I can more easily keep track of how much I've had and I'm more likely to actually drink water if I keep it with me and don't have refill a glass a thousand times a day.
I read some where that you should have at least .5 ounces of water per pound of weight for effective weight loss. So when I started I needed 125 ounces of water a day. My water bottle is also 32 ounces so my goal is 4 a day.
ReplyDeleteIt's a lot less intimidating to think of 4 bottles than it is to think of 16 glasses :)
Wow...that's a lot of water. I think I would just be peeing ALL day long and not get anything else done. I'll have to try it though.
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