Staying hydrated is so important! Our bodies need water to feel their best.
Adequate water is crucial to staying healthy and maintaining the function of every system in your body, including your heart, brain, and muscles. It also has a positive impact on your sleep quality, cognition and overall mood.
But we totally get it – water can sometimes be boring and it can often feel overwhelming to try to add more water into your daily routine!
Do you feel like despite best intentions you aren’t getting enough water in?
Do you want to turn your desire to drink more water into a habit that you complete EVERY SINGLE DAY?
We want to share our top tips to help make staying hydrated a little bit more fun, exciting and totally achievable.
Here are 3 easy hacks to increase your water intake:
1) Track your intake – set reminders on your phone, download a gaming app such as Plant Nanny or place notes on your bottle itself!
Tracking your habit is a great way to stay accountable and make a lasting change.
2) Make drinking water more convenient – take your water bottle everywhere, add water to all your meals, drink some water whenever you feel hungry!
Create a rule around drinking water, for example, drinking a bottle right after waking up in the morning before you eat or drink anything else. Link it to something you do often in the day – such as starting or ending a Zoom call!
The easier the process is, the more likely you are to succeed.
When you tie it to already ingrained habits, its a bit like “piggy backing” and requires less thought!
3) Make water more interesting – you can add a variety of things to water such as fruits, herbs and unsweetened tea to make it taste better and more exciting to drink!
Which of these hacks did you find to be most useful in building your hydration habit?
Comment below to share with us!