Day 6: Drink Water, Lose Weight | 30-Day Weight Loss-athon
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!
I have a pretty cup with a straw I will use. I drank so much water today. I’ll do my best to keep it going. I have to drink something since I gave up my “extra” coffee, water it is!
I have a pretty cup with a straw I will use. I drank so much water today. I’ll do my best to keep it going. I have to drink something since I gave up my “extra” coffee, water it is!
I am a soda girl, but have cut down considerably–I start and end every day with water, and keep a glass on the kitchen counter, so when I wander in looking for a snack, I have a reminder to just get a drink instead!
I am a soda girl, but have cut down considerably–I start and end every day with water, and keep a glass on the kitchen counter, so when I wander in looking for a snack, I have a reminder to just get a drink instead!
I do drink water alot. I take 2 or 3 bottles with me to work daily. I normally will drink one before work and the others during my shift. Then I will drink 1 or 2 in the afternoon/evening.
I don’t have a problem drinking water at work, however, I’m working on that at home. I have a few fun Disney mugs that I already use as my everyday water/drinking glasses. I will fill a glass carafe with water and keep it in the frig. It will need to be filled twice in order to meet my quota for the day.
I don’t have a problem drinking water at work, however, I’m working on that at home. I have a few fun Disney mugs that I already use as my everyday water/drinking glasses. I will fill a glass carafe with water and keep it in the frig. It will need to be filled twice in order to meet my quota for the day.
I dug out the cup that I was given while in the hospital having my daughter. It is a 32oz mug. The best part it has the ounces measured on the cup. There is no guessing how much I am drinking.
I dug out the cup that I was given while in the hospital having my daughter. It is a 32oz mug. The best part it has the ounces measured on the cup. There is no guessing how much I am drinking.
Easily done, but only because I’ve been doing this for over 10 years now:-) I keep my water bottle with me and take it everywhere. And having a water filter on the tap keeps me from buying bottled.
Easily done, but only because I’ve been doing this for over 10 years now:-) I keep my water bottle with me and take it everywhere. And having a water filter on the tap keeps me from buying bottled.
Easily done, but only because I’ve been doing this for over 10 years now:-) I keep my water bottle with me and take it everywhere. And having a water filter on the tap keeps me from buying bottled.
I am going to do my best, to go heavy on the water…I have been addicted to DP for a few years now, but Lord willing, I am fixin to kick it, once and for all! I have already cut way down! <3 : ).
I like that tip of drinking water before a meal. I have already practiced having a bottle of water that I can drink out of in the fridge when I am at home but I don’t drink enough liquid throughout the day while I am at work. I’ll work on that starting today!
I like that tip of drinking water before a meal. I have already practiced having a bottle of water that I can drink out of in the fridge when I am at home but I don’t drink enough liquid throughout the day while I am at work. I’ll work on that starting today!
I have a really pretty pink travel cup that I got just before Christmas… if I fill it up twice it’s my daily water allowance. I need to start filling it up in the morning so I remember to drink it… I’m usually dehydrated because I forget to drink anything other than soda so this will be a big help!
I have a really pretty pink travel cup that I got just before Christmas… if I fill it up twice it’s my daily water allowance. I need to start filling it up in the morning so I remember to drink it… I’m usually dehydrated because I forget to drink anything other than soda so this will be a big help!
I have a really pretty pink travel cup that I got just before Christmas… if I fill it up twice it’s my daily water allowance. I need to start filling it up in the morning so I remember to drink it… I’m usually dehydrated because I forget to drink anything other than soda so this will be a big help!
Water has always been my drink of choice. I may not always get 8 glasses in but I average 6 glasses per day. Herbal and green teas are my morning wake up and then it’s all water throughout the day.
Water has always been my drink of choice. I may not always get 8 glasses in but I average 6 glasses per day. Herbal and green teas are my morning wake up and then it’s all water throughout the day.