Drink More Water

We've heard it a million times.  I'm making it a million and one.

Drink more water.

I have been guilty of not drinking enough.  Partly because I think it's boring, but mostly because of Diet Coke.

But drinking water has so many benefits.  It's great for your skin.  It helps curb your appetite, since we often mistake dehydration for hunger.  Water flushes toxins from your body, and boosts your immune system.

One of my goals for this year is to limit my Diet Coke consumption, my favorite drink of choice.  I don't like coffee, so I usually start the morning off with a Diet Coke, and by the end of the day, I've had five or six. Although there's not nearly as much caffeine in soda compared to coffee, there's also nothing of value in a Diet Coke.  I can't even explain why I love it so much, but let's just say I get a little panicky when we're getting low at the house.

Three weeks ago I started weaning myself off, and I'm down to one a day. DO NOT try to take that one away from me.

The good news is that I've replaced all that Diet Coke with water, which I thought was going to be really difficult, due to the ho-hum flavor I mentioned above.  However, for Christmas my mom gave me a pitcher with a fruit infuser inside, and I am in love.  Our tap water in Washington is already pretty good, but now I'm adding lemon and blueberries and it tastes refreshing and far from boring.

Ronda at The Domestic Curator shared ten more fruit infused recipes on her blog, including orange-mint and pineapple-mango.  I have yet to try them, but as soon as we have a better produce selection at the grocery store, I'm making every single one.

First thing in the morning I have a cold glass of water.  I read somewhere that this is like an alarm clock for your metabolism, and it's been shown to increase your calorie burning potential all day long.  Then I fill up a water bottle with the infused water, and keep sipping from it throughout the day.

And as much as I hate to give up the Diet Coke, all of those "drink more water" people are right.  My skin looks better, my stomach isn't bloated, and so far I haven't caught any of the nasty viruses going around.

So for the million and second time, just do it.  Drink more water.

P.S.  I tried a different font on this post today, because it seemed a little easier to read.  Thoughts?