My Love Affair With Water and my new water bottle!

How much water do you drink daily?
Do you know?
Is it enough?
Do you know how much enough is?
Most people know the old adage "If you feel thirsty you're already dehydrated!"
But is that enough?
Water is your body's principal chemical component and makes up about 60 percent of your body weight. Every system in your body depends on water. For example, water flushes toxins out of vital organs, carries nutrients to your cells and provides a moist environment for ear, nose and throat tissues.
Every day you lose water through your breath, perspiration, urine and bowel movements. For your body to function properly, you must replenish its water supply by consuming beverages and foods that contain water.
In general doctor's recommend drink 8 to 9, 8 oz cups a day.
Few people realize how essential the consumption of water is every day.

• Assists digestion, absorption and assimilation of food. If you don't drink enough water you can't get the full benefit of nutrients in the food you eat.
• Assists excretion of waste from bowel and kidneys. If you don't drink enough water you get constipated and put your kidneys under stress.
• Regulates body temperature. If you don't drink enough water you compromise the evaporation process you skin uses to keep you cool.
• Your blood is 92% water. This is your body's transport system distributing nutrients around the body.
• Body secretions and digestive juices are almost entirely water.

Water is a natural appetite suppressant . Do NOT underestimate the power of this statement. Lack of water can lead to over eating. You brain does not differentiate between hunger and thirst. So, when you think you are feeling hungry, your body may in fact be signalling to you that you are thirsty! If you are not consuming enough water each day and you feel hunger pains, chances are, your body really is crying out for water. In many instances people will find what they thought were hunger pangs were in fact, satisfied by water. Try it! You have nothing to lose, except some weight.
When you start drinking enough water regularly, there are great benefits. You may notice your skin significantly improve and even tired muscles will thank you. Many people find their energy is increased and constipation and headaches are reduced, as well as hunger pains.
Now here's the really exciting part - many people notice a reduction in weight and centimetres, as their body's water store become redundant and so decrease. If your diet has been one that did not provide you with adequate water, your body will have developed a pattern of storing water. It's part of the body's in-built survival mechanism - to store up the essential nutrients in short supply - just in case they aren't available in the future. So if you don't drink enough water, you are 'conditioning' your body to store water. And water is bulk and unwanted centimetres.
Another little trick is to drink water as cold as you can get it! Your body burns calories while working to warm up the water you're drinking.
Last night Seth bought me a new water bottle to help me in drinking more water!
                                                      Keep Track. Stay Healthy. Water Tracker

1000 ML or 34 Oz.

The knob on top helps you keep track of how many you have drank!

3 Bottles per day for better Health

Screw top with small drinking spout.

Large opening for ice.

Inside screen so you don't swallow ice.

Can add drink powders or loose tea.

Big opening makes cleaning easy!

I am in love with this little bottle! And I am half way done with my first 34 oz of the day too!