Now, what if you’re a person who hates drinking plain old water? No problem. Simply find what you need to make your water more “happy.” For instance, have plenty of lemons or other fruit on hand and make pitchers ahead of time in your fridge and then fill up those bottles throughout the day. Or grab sparkling waters (or better yet get a soda stream) to help break it up and add “fun” to this routine. The idea is to make drinking more water easier and more enjoyable. WAY is here to help you step-by-step through shifting from old, unhelpful habits to new routines. We’ll get into more details later, but for now, it’s time to set our water drinking plan in motion. Ultimately you must do what works for you, but here are suggestions that work for us.
SOUND THE ALARM. If you respond well to alarms, then download a free water tracking app or set alarms throughout your day. Or set a mid-day alarm to check where you are with your water intake. If you aren’t ½ complete, it’s your time to catch-up and drink up! Then you can do the same towards the end of the day. KEEP IT CLOSE. The most important thing is to have an active water bottle right next to you throughout the day. I put mine next to my phone on my desk so it’s always in eyesight. For me, the easiest thing was buying two water bottles that made up all the ounces I needed to drink each day. The math was easy and I didn’t even have to count much! ENLIST A BUDDY. Find a reminder buddy for a midday check-in. Tell each other that at 1:00 pm each day you’ll text the ounces you drank or send a photo of your empty bottle. Just that extra check-in can make all the difference. The idea is to get ultra-specific and prepare each step to work within your own day. We’ll get even more detailed in the next section so stay tuned. 15
