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13 October 2011 @ 10:01 pm

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Does anyone have a trick for incorporating more water in their diet? I know I need to drink it, but I hate the way it tastes and I hate the way it sloshes around in my stomach. I don't want to go the vitamin water or gatorade route, since there's usually a bunch of stuff in those that my body doesn't really need, but I'm not sure what my alternatives might be. I've been trying to make drinking water a daily goal, but daily goals and I don't really get along all that well. I think I refuse to meet them purely out of some misguided need to prove to myself that I'm daring or rebellious or something. (Woo! Living so dangerously! No water *today*! Yeah!) ...I know. Ridiculous. Any suggestions?

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ludzu-alus.livejournal.com on October 14th, 2011 03:35 am (UTC)

Use some True Lemon or True Lime packets to flavor the water. Or, you know, real lemon or lime. Or, go my favorite water route and drink Metro Mint water. I love mint water.

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in-omnia.livejournal.com on October 15th, 2011 01:14 am (UTC)

Ooh. Mint water. That sounds very doable. And doesn't seem to have any junk in it that I don't want. Excellent! I might try some of the True Grapefruit or True Orange flavors, too. I'm not much of a fan of lemon or lime in my water, but I've had really good experiences with orange and grapefruit. Thank you, Lissa!

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ludzu-alus.livejournal.com on October 15th, 2011 04:18 am (UTC)

I didn't realize they'd made more True flavors!

And I swear by mint water. Whether or not it's Metro Mint - just crushing some good mint leaves and straining water through them is a good (and cheap!) way to get some good flavor in.

You're quite welcome!

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in-omnia.livejournal.com on October 15th, 2011 06:20 pm (UTC)

Have you tried rosemary and orange in water? I'm not much of a rosemary fan---though I like the way it smells---but slicing an orange and bruising some rosemary and letting it steep for a little while makes for a surprisingly thirst-quenching water. I'd use that to flavor my water, but it seems a mite wasteful. ...Though I suppose I could eat the orange and use the rosemary to purify my apartment after the water has been consumed. :)

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mneme-metis.livejournal.com on October 29th, 2011 03:44 am (UTC)
And don't call me Shirley

I feel the same exact way about water. Which is why I don't drink enough either. If you like cucumber, I've had that in water too and it's pretty tasty. I also like drinking carbonated water, but I suppose that's not as natural as other options.

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in-omnia.livejournal.com on October 30th, 2011 02:36 am (UTC)
Heeheehee

I wish I could drink carbonated water, but it tends to make my stomach unhappy. I do like cucumber, though! Do you just slice it and stick it in the water and drink or does it need to steep for a bit? (If you can call cold cucumber sitting in cold water "steeping.")

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