14 Objectives, 28 Days and a New You - Mission #6

Mission #1, #2, #3, #4 and #5.

MISSION #6 - WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE SO LET'S ALL HAVE A DRINK

I wouldn't live my life fully to the tune of Homerisms but he's onto something here.

While much depends on activity level, your environment, and a host of other factors, the most common advice you hear about fluid intake is to get at least a 2 litres of water per day. 

So, where do you stand? 

Are you getting less than 2 litres? 

More?

Today, go to the store and buy a 2 litre bottle of drinking water. 

Carry it around with you.  

The bottle allows for an easy visual analysis of your fluid intake. 

No guessing, no measuring: just get 2 litres of water and see if you drink it all in one day without thinking about it.

Once you actually know where you're at, increase by 1 extra glass every 2 – 3 days and aim for 3 litres.

And by the way, people spend a lot of money on things that are supposed to get rid of "toxins" in the body. 

Well, we have the little things called kidneys that flushes everything through our body on it's own but if you wanted to make sure your kidneys are in good health to do said flushing, then water is the best "product" on the market for that. 

Spending money on detoxification pills when you're not even drinking enough water is just plain dumb.

Another interesting note is that for a bottle of water costs 2000 x more then the same volume of tap water!

Further Reading:

Question of Nutrition Volume 5 Question 2 –

http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance_nutrition/question_of_nutrition_vol_5

Benefits of Water –

http://www.shapefit.com/water-benefits.html

Work Book Exercise: keep a water intake log for the next week, add it all up then increase it by 25% each week x 4 weeks then maintain your new figure.