7 Ways to Drink (more) Water

The first tip in weight loss and being healthy is always drinking water. I have mentioned it a lot of times in my posts. A lot of people just don't drink water. I know people who just don't. The only liquid they would consume is coffee and the odd time they would eat soup. Funny that the easiest way to start getting healthy is drinking water.

Now I could go on about how your brain needs water and how much water your body is made up of. How water is an appetite suppressant and helps with detoxifying your whole body But I'm sure there are plenty of other blogs that can tell you about that in detail with numbers. You can read it like your interested, pin it and forget about it. I want to give you physical tools to drink more of the good stuff.

Here are some awesome ways to start drinking:

1. Get a filter. A potable bottle one is better.
   
   
   

That means you can fill it up any where and have fresh clean water. You could buy a whole pallet of bottle water but I think it's super waste full because let's be honest, you aren't going to recycle that sh!t. That way you can also monitor how much you drink easier. Here at Takealot is a Brita filter water bottle or here at Dischem is an Addis Bobble.

2. Spice your water
   
   
   

That is the most annoying thing that people say: I don't like the taste of water. WTF kind of water are you drinking? Water by nature doesn't taste of anything. Literally spice up your water. Add a pinch of ginger or cinnamon. Some or other time you probably got a post on FB or scrolled across a pin about the heath properties of both spices

3. Add some lemon or lime
   
   
   

Again a Facebook and Pinterest favourite. Those weird listy blogs (the ones that you can see are just for Google Adsense money with stock photos.) There are huge testimonials about drinking hot lemon water in the morning. It was claimed to be the next kale. Beyonce probably does it as well. I'm not going to announce that I'm vegan but I like the way it tastes. It's also super cheap. Cheaper that berries and stuff

4. Get appy
   
   
   

Punny. Get an easy app to measure your intake. I've been using Aqualert. You put in your info like height, weight and activity level and it works out the amount you have to drink. I like to set the notification to remind me to drink. I also like that there are badges that you get for reaching targets.

5. Buy a water bottle
   
   
   

Have a cool container to drink out of is more motivation. It also means you don't have to get up as often to get water. When it's with you on your desk or work area you would drink more often. Make sure it is BPA free. Don't use an old juice bottle or soda bottle. It tends to have a gross taste after a while and is probably NOT BPA free.

6. Bubble water
   
   
   

Chia seeds are one of the new very old things (Other new old thing: Oats, Apple Cider Vinegar, Cocoa powder) It's been used by ancients and now its cool again. I read about it a lot and bought a (Very expensive. Like R40 for 100g) pack the other day. I love bubble tea so this was awesome. Here's the recipeI started with. I didn't want is to drink that much because then it would finish sooner so I take 2 teaspoons of seeds mix it with one small glass of water. Mix it up with a chop stick. Leave it for 10 minutes. Mix it up again with a squeeze of lemon juice and a small drizzle of honey. Leave for 5 minutes, mix it up again (the seeds get a little clumpy) and BOOM, Chia water bugs.

7. Drinking certain times will make drinking more water easier.

Drink when you wake up, before eating, before and after a bath/ shower and before bed. That is already 2 litres of water

That is my ways to drink water. I know some people like their water frozen and surrounded by alcohol or like drinking water to surprise their liver. Be kind to your body.

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Chooseday: Don't put yourself down because you are not Beyonce

I wanted to write about how annoying cellphones have become in social settings. I'm seeing an alarming amount of people out with friends or family, all sitting there with their backs hunched typing on their phones. I just imagine the child crying by the father's grave “I never even knew my father!” Maybe you would have IF BOTH OF YOU talked to each other at Wimpy instead of you playing clash of clans and your dad on Whatsapp.

Instead I chose this:

You have the same amount of hours in a day as Beyonce. . . This Esty listing notes it as a motivational. For a business, it's cool but most people pin this as motivation to use as a human being. Don't.

Don't use this as a benchmark for a life of a human being. Let's bring what you do and beyonce does in 24h.

Okay it's Bey's job to look good. So let's say she starts her day at the gym by the time for an hour(?). When she gets back her breakfast is ready.(That is if she's not drinking that cayenne pepper honey nonsense) Her chef made her a vegan whatever that her nutritionist/ dietician said. If she has an appearance, her stylist gives her her (probably free) gown/ outfit. Her hair person and make-up person fixes her up and in-between she has her vegan lunch/ “detox” drink. Her assistant takes like 50 pics of which she picks to post on Instagram. Because she woke up like dis. Then she goes out to an awards show/ interview/ basketball game. When she gets home the chef prepared dinner.

Or maybe it's one of those days where she does normal people work day of meetings and rehearsal/ recording. She still doesn't have to cook for herself (do you think she would still be vegan if she had to feed herself, her husband and her small child?). When last did Beyonce do laundry or had to stay at home from work to take her small child to the doctor? Does Beyonce even know where the lappie is if Blue spilt her juice on the floor? How much does Bey actually see of Blue?

You may not have the body or money but you can count yourself successful my Non-yonce. You may not gym but you cope with commuting to work. You may not eat vegan but you are buying and preparing your own meals. You have to buy and care for your own clothes, do your hair and make-up. That idiot running and cleaning after your child is you.

Bey can learn form you. ***Flawless

Beyonce, if you ever see this. Drop a comment. Would you ever be able to be a Non-yonce?

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