Water. Water.Water.

Long time no hear from. Yes, I'm still around and continuing my healthy lifestyle. I'll post over the next few weeks, what I've been doing to maintain my healthy lifestyle.

Water. Water. Water. <---That is an important part of my healthy lifestyle.

I try my best to get in 3 Liters per day. Does it happen everyday? Nope. In fact, the weekends are the worst for getting in water. I do so much better during the week (M-F) since I'm going to the gym each morning and start the day with 24 to 33 oz of water prior to 7 am. On those days, I'm on a roll with water. Saturday & Sunday, no so much.

The fortunate thing about drinking water on a consistent basis is that I can tell when I'm getting enough water in. I get that thirsty feeling and nothing will quench it other than water. Have I always been this consistent with water? No. When I first started losing weight I did up my water intake, but I was also drinking sodas consistently also. Not so much anymore.

Last summer I decided I wanted to rid myself of that extra caffeine (though I wasn't giving up coffee). So I began to limit my soda (Coke) intake to 2-3 times per week. I did pretty good. Then on August 1 I went cold turkey. No soda for the entire month. I almost made it, but I slipped up mid-month by ordering a rum & coke one evening out. That was the only soda I had for the month of August. Instead I drank only water or Crystal light green tea. I continued that trend into September where I didn't have a single soda that month. Since then, I've been averaging 1-2 sodas about every 4-5 weeks. I'm pretty proud of myself.

Overall, water is a very important of my healthy lifestyle. No, I'm not perfect with it, and it is quite annoying (at times) to have to continuously go to the bathroom, but it is what it is.

How about you? How's your water intake?