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 just bought a brita water bottle so I can keep drinking my water even if tap water is the only thing available! cheaper too!
didn’t do it for yesterday but I made up for it today. pulled weeds all morning, then got on the bike while watching the biggest loser. 50 minutes. as for water I drink at least 6 cups a day.
didn’t do it for yesterday but I made up for it today. pulled weeds all morning, then got on the bike while watching the biggest loser. 50 minutes. as for water I drink at least 6 cups a day.
didn’t do it for yesterday but I made up for it today. pulled weeds all morning, then got on the bike while watching the biggest loser. 50 minutes. as for water I drink at least 6 cups a day.
Done, I have water bottles all over. Going to get ne a fun girly cup tomorrow to be my waterglass/bottlea
I have a great Nalgene hot pink 1L water bottle – very cheerful. Goal is 3L per day: 1 by 10a, 1 by 3p, 1 by bedtime. Limiting diet soda to 1 glass/8-10oz per day.
I have a great Nalgene hot pink 1L water bottle – very cheerful. Goal is 3L per day: 1 by 10a, 1 by 3p, 1 by bedtime. Limiting diet soda to 1 glass/8-10oz per day.
I am working on this! I think this is one of the reasons I am so tired all the time because I forget to drink. I have been trying to fill up my favorite cup and remember to leave it out where I see it throughout the day!
I am working on this! I think this is one of the reasons I am so tired all the time because I forget to drink. I have been trying to fill up my favorite cup and remember to leave it out where I see it throughout the day!
I always feel better when I get enough water to drink. I’ll be keeping a 2-quart container full and ready to go in the fridge.
I always feel better when I get enough water to drink. I’ll be keeping a 2-quart container full and ready to go in the fridge.
I’ve started to keep jugs of water around the house and one at work.
they are good reminders to keep drinking water.
I’ve started to keep jugs of water around the house and one at work.
they are good reminders to keep drinking water.
I’ve started to keep jugs of water around the house and one at work.
they are good reminders to keep drinking water.
filled 2 * 750 ml bottles with water and a sliced lemon, filled a 1.5 litre jug with water and a sliced egg plant… plain water is hard to swallow but the above is great and gets me drinking.
I like water as a really good thirst quencher 🙂 When we go out for a drink, I will have at least one water with ice and lemon. Need to put water on my desk and by my bed….I’ll do that now! x
I like water as a really good thirst quencher 🙂 When we go out for a drink, I will have at least one water with ice and lemon. Need to put water on my desk and by my bed….I’ll do that now! x
I like water as a really good thirst quencher 🙂 When we go out for a drink, I will have at least one water with ice and lemon. Need to put water on my desk and by my bed….I’ll do that now! x
I bought a Britta bottle with filter so I won’t be wasting plastic. I drink before meals and it is easy to take along on my walks. I will be increasing my intake daily. I also like to order water with lemon when I eat out.
I bought a Britta bottle with filter so I won’t be wasting plastic. I drink before meals and it is easy to take along on my walks. I will be increasing my intake daily. I also like to order water with lemon when I eat out.