Let’s Make Hydrating Easy

 

There’s nothing difficult about drinking a glass of water. It’s achieving consistent, complete hydration that can be hard. 

You probably know that drinking enough water every day is essential for your heart, skin, joints, cells, and brain. It also promotes emotional health, clarity of focus, and restful sleep.  

So, let’s talk about making it so easy that it’s almost automatic. This is where the delicious flavors of TruLabs Hydrate come in. With Hydrate, drinking water becomes something you look forward to rather than something you forget about.

Plus, Hydrate gives you extra nutrition that goes beyond plain water: 1,082 mg of essential electrolytes and 18 vitamins and minerals, including 5 immune system boosters for daily wellness and 6 B vitamins for more energy. 

How Much, How Often

Nearly 75% of Americans drink at most 2.5 cups of water — that’s one 20-ounce bottle — a day.

To calculate your recommended daily water intake in ounces, take your weight in pounds and divide it by two. A 160-pound person should drink about 80 ounces or 10 8-ounce cups of fluid each day. You’ll need to drink more when you exercise. Other factors, like gender, diet, medical conditions, and climate, also come into play. 

Over a 16-hour day, that’s 8 ounces (or more, depending on your weight) every 90 minutes.  

Make It a Habit

To form healthy habits, experts suggest linking the new habit to other activities that you do naturally and repeatedly throughout the day. So take a drink at these times.  

• When you wake up. Your body will appreciate this hydration after a long, dry night.

• Before lunch and dinner. It’s easy to shake up a Hydrate while you are getting meals ready. Drink it first, and you’ll feel full, so you won’t eat more than you should.

• After a bathroom break. Link this activity to a slightly longer break that includes a drink, a short walk around the house or office, or even a little stretching. You’ll return to your work refreshed.

• On the road. Prepare a drink for the car or bus, and enjoy it during your commute or errands.

Mix it Up

To keep things interesting, Good Housekeeping suggests adding bits of frozen fruit to your water, a sprig of mint, or even club soda for fizziness. 

You can also increase your hydration with water-rich fruits and vegetables, like cantaloupe, strawberries, watermelon, grapefruit,  celery and cucumber. Please skip the sugary juice drinks and sodas.

Of course, TruLabs Hydrate gives you plenty of flavor options, like Glacier, Strawberry Lemonade, Perfect Orange, and Watermelon. Switching between them adds variety to your routine. Hydrate is sugar-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan, and soy-free, with no artificial flavors or colors, and it contains only 5 calories per serving. 

Keep it Handy

You’re more likely to have a drink if it’s close at hand, so keep a water bottle with you and refill it throughout the day. A TruLabs Shaker Cup is great for this, and you can mix your Hydrate right in the cup.

Plus, Hydrate packets are small enough to easily slip into your backpack, gym bag, or purse, so you always have some nearby when it’s time for a run or workout.

Set Goals and Rewards 

You don’t have to go from 20 ounces to 80 ounces overnight. So, set a goal you can meet, increasing it each week. Then, track your progress in a visible and tangible way.

You might use a hydration app for your phone or tablet, which will remind you to drink and reward you for your progress. Or add a colorful sticker to a wall calendar when you’ve met your goal for the day.  

When you commit to proper hydration, you’ll start to see the benefits in the way you feel about yourself, along with better health, energy, and concentration. So drink up!

 

SOURCES

 https://quenchwater.com/blog/13-ways-you-can-make-hydrating-a-habit/

https://ketteringhealth.org/youre-probably-not-drinking-enough-water/

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/electrolyte-drinks-beneficial-or-not/

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/wellness/a42178688/week-1-healthy-habits-plan/

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