drink more water

I drink water every time I excercise or drill—inside or out. I drink water between lunch and dinner and as often as I can at lunch time. I have replaced soda pop in my diet with either water or a Gatorade or Powerade.

On the down side, I still drink a fair amount of coffee in the mornings which is something I need to work on. I also drink a lot of iced tea, but you gotta be allowed to be bad some times right?

Drinking water is something you would think would come easy for me. After all, I preach to others that they should drink more al the time.

Preaching the benefits of proper hydration is part of my job description as a Safety Officer for our local fire department. I not only push water consumption around the fire house and the emergency scene, I push it at drills and even at meetings too. I have preached the benefits of drinking water so much that I have seriously run the risk of being known around the fire house as the “water boy.”

Now, here’s the kicker… I personally drink more caffeinated beverages (specifically coffee and iced tea) by volume on any typical day than I even come close to in drinking water.

It’s a dirty little secret, but it’s true.

I really should do better, because I KNOW better. I really do.