Drink a glass of water first thing in the morning

I find that if I drink a glass of water when I get to work, then I am more alert and can concentrate much better than if I have a tea or coffee! I’d like to carry this on throughout the day and generally increase my water intake.

This turned out to be an interesting exercise & I learned quite a bit about myself & my body’s preferences through doing it.

• I often don’t feel like drinking (or eating) anything, for at least the first hour that I’m awake

• When I do drink (or eat) in the morning, I find myself with a strong seasonal preference, wanting warm/hot things on cooler days & cool/cold things on warmer ones

• Although I had realized this to some degree already, the feeling was reinforced by this experiment: I just don’t like plain water, much; it’s more palatable if it’s cold or if it’s mineral water; if not mineral, if it’s at least carbonated; or, better yet, if it’s a mixture of half sparkling water & half fruit juice….

• When I drank a glass of water first thing in the morning, I sometimes felt bloated & uncomfortable as a result; worse, I frequently found myself needing to use the bathroom during my morning commute (to say the least, the timing was not good!)

• The most interesting & unexpected thing that I learned? I had assumed that starting the day with a glass of water would mean that my total water consumption per day would be greater than – for example – that I had drunk daily during the time I had spent on my previous goal (“drink more water”). But, in fact, I almost never drank as much water, overall, as I had done then, despite the weather’s being much warmer this time of the year.

Although I’m not sure what to make of this yet, I’m considering adding a new (& more finely tuned) drinking water-related goal.

So … any suggestions, 43T friends?

Filled & emptied my water bottle (500 ml) 2x on Thursday. smile

I’ve been doing this for a month! I’m going to use this milestone as a chance to assess my progress & (perhaps also) to fine-tune this goal a little more….

Summary (of 32 days’ measurement):

• on 1 day I drank 1.5 liters of water
• on 22 days I drank 1 liter of water
• on 9 days I drank 500ml of water

Filled & emptied my water bottle (500 ml) 2x on Wednesday. smile

Filled & emptied my water bottle (500 ml) 1x on Tuesday (drank other liquids instead of water).

Filled & emptied my water bottle (500 ml) 2x on Monday. smile

Filled & emptied my water bottle (500 ml) 2x on Sunday. smile

Filled & emptied my water bottle (500 ml) 1x on Saturday (drank other liquids instead).

Filled & emptied my water bottle (500 ml) 1x on Friday (drank other liquids instead).

Filled & emptied my water bottle (500 ml) 2x on Thursday. smile