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Day 6: Drink Water, Lose Weight | 30-Day Weight Loss-athon
06
Apr
Time for Day 6 of the 30-Day Weight Loss-athon.
Read the steps first, then take 10 minutes to complete them.
Move fast, act quickly and stop over-thinking. Ready?
What You Need:
- Glass
- Bottle
- Water.
Step 1
First, let’s get the facts. We’ve all heard that drinking water helps weight loss, but is it really true?
The answer, according to scientific research, is yep!
It seems that good old H2O can help with weight loss by:
- Helping you to eat less and/or
- Affecting your metabolism.
And you don’t have to go crazy: a couple of glasses before meals is a good start.
But remember, it’s not what you know, it’s what you do. Just deciding to drink more water is easy – turning it into a habit is the tricky part.
Step 2
So let’s look for ways to make water drinking easy and habitual.
For instance, you could adopt any or several of these habits:
- Drink 2 glasses of water on waking – keep a glass and bottle by your bed as a reminder
- Fill a 2-litre bottle of water at the start of the day and aim to empty it by the end
- When offered a drink, ask for water
- Keep a bottle and glass of water on your desk as you work, so it’s easy to sip any time
- Keep a bottle and glass of water on the coffee table when you’re reading or watching TV, so it’s easy to sip any time
- Buy yourself an attractive water bottle or glass so you enjoy drinking more
- Associate meals with water – have a drink before you sit down to eat.
Step 3
Of course, in this program we never make a decision without taking some sort of action to help change the behavior.
So choose something you can do now to help set your new water-drinking behavior.
For example:
- Put a glass and bottle of water by your bed, desk or coffee table
- Fill a 2-litre bottle of water for today’s drinking
- Go buy yourself an cute water bottle and/or glass
- Put a glass on top of your plates as a reminder to drink before or with meals.
Check in!
And you’re done!
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See you tomorrow!
Do this regularly – days that I forget are the days I am usually busy and forget to fill the bottle for myself after I do the childrens.
I keep a water bottle with in reach all the time…… I agree why be boring and get a fancy water glass!
I keep a water bottle with in reach all the time…… I agree why be boring and get a fancy water glass!
Pretty bottle out of cupboard and on counter top. Trying to drink 2 per day.
Pretty bottle out of cupboard and on counter top. Trying to drink 2 per day.
I actually started craving water. Ice cold…nothing better!
I actually started craving water. Ice cold…nothing better!
Water is something that I have been trying to drink more of. I like the idea of a cute water bottle or glass, or a sticker on a glass.
Water is something that I have been trying to drink more of. I like the idea of a cute water bottle or glass, or a sticker on a glass.
Water is something that I have been trying to drink more of. I like the idea of a cute water bottle or glass, or a sticker on a glass.
I got this one. I have cut our all drinks but green tea, coffee and water. I carry my water with me everwhere I go.
It’s not what you know, it’s what you do. Great reminder! A water bottle on my desk at work is definitely doable.
It’s not what you know, it’s what you do. Great reminder! A water bottle on my desk at work is definitely doable.
It’s not what you know, it’s what you do. Great reminder! A water bottle on my desk at work is definitely doable.
I drink waater at restaurants. It’s cheap and keeps me hydrated. It will also keep you from feeling tired. I am so for it.
I drink waater at restaurants. It’s cheap and keeps me hydrated. It will also keep you from feeling tired. I am so for it.
always drink heaps of water………and also crunch ice most nights, feel like I am eating something plus add more water to my diet.
always drink heaps of water………and also crunch ice most nights, feel like I am eating something plus add more water to my diet.
I don’t drink a lot of water because were on a well and the water isn’t great but I can buy bottled or larger jugged water.
I don’t drink a lot of water because were on a well and the water isn’t great but I can buy bottled or larger jugged water.