Healthy Holiday survival guide day 3, H20!

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day 3

H2O

It's day 3 and I'm Finally getting all my water in!   The 1st day I didn't even come close to drinking my 75oz of water!  It was such a chore, I wasn't thirsty, and by midday my stomach was so full of water I could hear it sloshing around when I walked! (ok, maybe that was my imagination)

Yesterday was a little better, and by today I'm actually CRAVING my water!  

It's 10:30 am and I'm already more that halfway through my 75oz jug!  

I feel lighter, less bloated, and I haven't been as hungry! YAY!

The downside... I still have to pee every 30 min.  How do I know it's exactly 30 minutes you ask?  Well, Today I had to drive to a nearby city thirty min away.  I used the restroom as I was walking out the door, I BARELY made it to my destination, (meaning I had to pull up to the front door, leave the car parked illegally, and sprint into the restroom to make it!) Dropped my stuff off, got back in the car, and BARELY (insert previous scenario) made it home.

So, there you go, I KNOW it's every 30 min! :)  Luckily, the bathroom trips will get less and less as I get more used to drinking this much water.

Did you know 

you should be drinking half your body weight in ounces, of water, spread throughout the entire day.

in order for proper diet & exercise to be truly effective, you'll need to maintain a proper hydration level as well, so that the body fat released into the bloodstream due to exercise can be broken down and used as energy to repair, and proper nutrition will have provided us with the right type of protein that breaks down into the amino acids we require to use as the building blocks of muscle in the repair of tired & sore muscles

Water increases your metabolism so much that if you're chronically dehydrated, it can mean up to an 8 pound weight gain (or more) per year. No wonder weight creeps on! Your challenge is to drink at least half your body weight in ounces of water PER DAY. Ex: 150lb = 75 oz of water.

This doesn't mean all at once, it means throughout the whole day ;) We can all mistake thirst for hunger too, which leads to eating more unnecessary calories, so it's important to always 

have water handy. 

If you're having a hard time getting your water in, here's an idea I saw on  

Pinterest that I thought was cool!

And.... If you're like me and you don't like your water to taste like... well, WATER. Here are some of my favorite ways to flavor it!

Best if done the night before so you can let everything sit in your water overnight!

Splash of cranberry juice (juice sweetened)
Ice/Mint/Stevia
Cucumber/lime
Cucumber/lemon
Splash cranberry juice/lemon/orange juice
Lemon//honey/mint
Melon wedges
Cucumber/strawberries
Lime/mint leaves
Mango and fresh thyme
Pineapple slices
Raspberry and fresh mint leaves
Watermelon and fresh rosemary sprigs
Blackberry and fresh sage leaves

All this talk of water reminds me of one of my favorite 

Jim Gaffigan Jokes

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 don't know about you, but when they first introduced bottled water, I thought it was so funny, I was like "Bottled water! Haha, they're selling bottled water! ... I guess I'll try it. Ah, this is good, this is more watery than water. Yeah, this has got a water kick to it!"

BAHAHAHAHAH!   

That joke never gets old! :)

Water aside, my Diets' been spot-on yesterday and today! 

I've gotten all my workouts in.  In fact, I'm getting sorer by the minute from the INSANE HIITS workout I did with Kristy and Nicole yesterday!  

This morning at 5 am i got my butt and leg workout in, and now I'm off to do 40 minutes of spinning on my bike and DONE! :)

xoxo

-e