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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!
I already keep a glass of water on my desk but maybe I will buy myself a fancy bottle to help me drink more at home.
I already keep a glass of water on my desk but maybe I will buy myself a fancy bottle to help me drink more at home.
This is a hard one for me, but I’m up for the challenge. I will have a bottle with me all day. One bottle down, now on to the next one.
Keeping water glasses handy at bedside and attractive containers you will enjoy keeping with you – great tips!
Keeping water glasses handy at bedside and attractive containers you will enjoy keeping with you – great tips!
I will leave a glass right at our water cooler, making it easier to grab instead of something from the fridge.
I will leave a glass right at our water cooler, making it easier to grab instead of something from the fridge.
This one is easy since it’s already a part of my routine. I totally enjoyed my glass of water after my 30 minutes of bike riding!
This one is easy since it’s already a part of my routine. I totally enjoyed my glass of water after my 30 minutes of bike riding!
This one is easy since it’s already a part of my routine. I totally enjoyed my glass of water after my 30 minutes of bike riding!
Drinking water is so easy in summer it’s coming winter here & that’s when I struggle. Got 1ltr bottle filling up twice a day.
Keeping the water close by at work so can drink more. Trying to drink less tea, substituting water for one glass per day.
Keeping the water close by at work so can drink more. Trying to drink less tea, substituting water for one glass per day.
Keeping the water close by at work so can drink more. Trying to drink less tea, substituting water for one glass per day.
This one is easy for me. Yeah! 🙂
At work I have an insulated 32 oz cup of ice water that I sip on – and usually empty except for a little ice. Then I go home. I need to get a cutesy water bottle for home and increase my water intake there.
At work I have an insulated 32 oz cup of ice water that I sip on – and usually empty except for a little ice. Then I go home. I need to get a cutesy water bottle for home and increase my water intake there.
I drink two 2-litres of water a day bare minimum! And so far, I’ve managed to keep to my promise of no sodas! yay! o/
I drink two 2-litres of water a day bare minimum! And so far, I’ve managed to keep to my promise of no sodas! yay! o/
I drink two 2-litres of water a day bare minimum! And so far, I’ve managed to keep to my promise of no sodas! yay! o/