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Here are our best tips for drinking more water every day.
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Add flavor to your pitcher.
Read27 Fruit-Infused Waters to Stay Hydrated This Seasonto get inspiration for some tasty add-in combinations.
The longer you let it steep, the tastier each cup will be.
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And you’re free to play around with different combos, like cucumber mint or basil lemon.
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Drink a glass after every bathroom break.
Start a habit by linking drinking water with one of your most common daily activitiesgoing to the bathroom.
Getting up from your desk for a bathroom break?
Stop by the kitchen to chug a glass of water.
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It’s just another way to build the habit into your daily routine.
Basically, it’s the good kind of self-fulfilling prophecy.
Sip before every meal.
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If you are making dinner at home, sip while you cook and prep.
Even if you’re putting together a snack, drink that water.
It’s just a simple rule that will help you drink more water.
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Use an app to track your cups.
Download them to your phone to set daily reminders and alarms.
Or take it a step further and get a high-tech water bottle.
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The DrinKup keeps beverages cold for 24 hours and hot for 12.
Plus, it happens to be as cool in form as it is in function.
It comes in four different colors and is super sleek.
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Dilute sugary drinks with water and ice.
Youll still get the sweetness youre craving and have some extra water at the same time.
In those cases, I don’t mind adding extra ice or some water.
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Keep a gallon jug nearby.
(I’ve been known to tape bills I have to pay to my T.V.)
Its easy to remember to fill up on water when the source is nearby.
Invest in a filter.
So, all that said, consider filtration devices for your kitchen sink and for your portable bottle.
Choose sparkling or mineral water over soda.
Add a squeeze of lime juice, and it’s basically like drinking a fancy mocktail.
Check outA Definitive Guide to the Best Sparkling Watersfor a rundown of the most popular brands.
One sneaky way to increase the amount of water you consume on a daily basis: eat your H2O.
Add fruits and vegetables with a high water content to your grocery shopping list.
Stick to a one-to-one rule when drinking alcohol.
Youve probably heard the drinking rule: for every cocktail you drink, have one glass of water.
Use a marked water bottle.
Try thistumbler($17).
Anytime you drain your glass or bottle, fill it back up.
Hours I could be filling with ounces logged.
Sure, I keep telling myself I will get up and get more water any second.
Nope, I sure don’t.
You’re just more likely to keep drinking if the glass is full.
Snack on salty stuff.
Truth be told I’m probably more of a grazer than a snacker.
I’m almost never not snacking.
Everyone has different needs around sodium and different likes and dislikes for flavor, too.
There’s nothing like salted nuts or beef jerky to get you to pound water.
Get into herbal tea.
What is tea but deliciously flavored water?
Drink it hot in the winter and ice it in summer.
I love making tea during the day because it gives me a mini break from work.
Lean in to tea, form a tea habit, and enjoy the hydration.
Keep water bottles filled up around the house and in your car and all your bags.
This means many valuable hours of potential water-drinking time go down the drain (pun very much intended).
There’s no bad place to keep a full water bottle!
Set a deadline for every eight ounces.
It just feels to big and overwhelming.
Bite-size goals throughout the day are what make something feel even remotely do-able to me.
I imagine it would be the same for hitting my hydration goals.
Get some cool reusable straws.
If you use a straw, you will drink faster, which will mean you will drink more.
Besides, who doesn’t want a nifty accessory to make their task a little more fun?
But skip the disposable plastic straws which are flimsy and, of course, not good for the planet.
Try somecolorful twisty straws($6) or some elegant, sleek-lookingstainless steal ones($18).
Drink a glass of water every time you’re waiting for coffee to brew.
And the same goes for me when I’m at home.
Make transitions in your day opportunities to chug water.
Getting up for a walk?
Drink a glass of water.
Going to get the mail?
Sitting down to play video games?
Walking over to get your book and then sit on the couch to read?
Reward yourself for hitting your goals.
It just makes you want to keep hitting that goal!
