{"id":3726,"date":"2014-08-21T00:25:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-20T21:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/?p=3726"},"modified":"2014-08-21T00:25:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-20T21:25:41","slug":"5-ways-to-help-yourself-drink-more-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifeadvancer.com\/5-ways-to-help-yourself-drink-more-water\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways to Help Yourself Drink More Water"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why do you need to drink more water and how to do it?<\/h2>\n

A couple of months ago, when I would get up each morning, I had a deep dull headache. It left me feeling lethargic and unsurprisingly a bit grumpy. After looking at many aspects of my diet<\/a>, I realized that whilst I was drinking a lot of drinks, I was not necessarily drinking a lot of water. I was tending to drink more carbonated drinks<\/a> throughout the day. Even though I had taken notice of how much and cut it down, I hadn\u2019t then realized that I needed to drink more water.<\/p>\n

The next few days after my realization I set about to drink more water, who knew that this wasn\u2019t going to be as easy as I had first thought?<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are my five ways that have really helped me and I hope they help you too:<\/h3>\n

1. Make it fun<\/h4>\n

Yes, really! Having a glass of water on your desk<\/em> does not look very encouraging to drink. Get yourself a funky-colored flask or one of those cups with the lid and straw. You\u2019ll be surprised by how eager you will be to use it and fill it up again in no time.<\/p>\n

Other ways to make it fun are to add your own flavorings to the water<\/a>. Some orange, lime or lemon slices and a newfound favorite of mine is to add cucumber slices to it. I\u2019d recommend leaving the water with your new-found flavorings to chill in the fridge or add some ice.<\/p>\n

2. Keep Count<\/h4>\n

Encouraging yourself can be the hardest part<\/strong> I have mentioned before. I used a variety of ways before settling on two ways to keep myself drinking. The first was to install an app on my phone which I could update, it would remind me to drink more often.<\/p>\n

It also told me how I was doing day by day and analyze my week with graphs. There are loads of apps to choose from<\/strong> for both iOS and Android. So see which one works best for you. I downloaded the free app Water Lite.<\/p>\n

Also, I incentivized my results as I was saving money by not buying carbonated drinks. So I could use the money instead on my favorite magazine or book. It really helped, everyone loves a treat!<\/p>\n

Other ways I tried were:<\/strong><\/p>\n