More on Water...The elixer of life and good health...

Hello Everyone,

I have been listening to my coworkers over the years, and I hear a lot of them complain about joint pain, (myself included!).  Now some of them have really good reasons for their pains, such as past injuries, or surgeries, and even an accident or two.

Recently in a discussion, one of my coworkers commented on how they needed to drink 80 ounces of water a day (doctor told them to do it), and how hard it is.

I agree.  It is hard, change is hard, breaking the habit, and replacing with a good one is hard, falling off of the wagon, and getting up and getting back on the wagon, is agonizingly hard, I know this one.

What I would like to do is include an article about dehydration, use the following link:

http://www.newvision.co.ug/news/647040-dehydration-a-leading-cause-of-diseases.html

Please review this carefully, and note what a major side effect of dehydration is.

Next an article on why drinking water is good for you:

http://breakingmuscle.com/health-medicine/10-life-changing-reasons-to-drink-more-water

So ladies, drinking water will help your skin look better, men this applies to us as well.

In my previous posts about water, I mentioned that I had replaced half of what I drink with water.  This I believe has helped me overall.  However I still struggle with keeping up with this.

Here are some tips:

• Drink it cold - use ice, use enough ice to keep it cool/cold for awhile.
• Set an alarm, binge drinking water is not good for you either, space it out over the day.
• Find better alternatives to what you are currently doing, and step it down.  An example: Change out one of your sodas during the day for a light fruit juice or other similar drink.  Or, change out a fruit juice for fruit flavored water.  
• Make it convenient for you.  Get a water cooler, or a fridge that has both ice and water dispensers, or a click on tap filter for your kitchen faucet.  You need to make it work for you.
• Set a few goals, start slow, once you get a few weeks into doing this, you will check yourself one day and realize just how much of an impact this change has on you.  Both emotionally, and physically.  Then when the first goal is met, work on the next, and the next.

 Your health depends your habits, please work to change this habit into one that will last you a long lifetime.

Until the next post,

Dan W.

Paying attention....

Hello Everyone,

I thought a would write a brief note about something that occurred to me the other day, when I was thinking about this blog in general.

I never mentioned that when your daily routine changes, such as in a job change, that you should redo your baseline caloric intake, and make some conscious decisions about your exercise and daily food consumption.

For most people, this is not a big deal, for those of us that have slower metabolisms, well, we need to make changes to compensate for decreased activity, and increased stress, and then deal with them effectively.

Otherwise, we will just fall off the band wagon, and not understand why our 'diet' is not working the way we expect it too.

Just thought I would bring this up.

Until the next post,

Dan W.

Onward...

Hello Everyone,

It has been a very busy time for me over the last couple of months. 

This has resulted in me gaining a few pounds (3 actually). 

In reviewing my notes and stuff, I have been getting less sleep than I should be, and not maintaining my balance of water to other fluids.  (I just like milk a whole lot better!).

Anyways, struggling to get back on the right course.

Something that may help you in maintaining your balances with these habits is getting a routine.  Most people have a cell phone that is capable of setting multiple alarms for different things.  Use them, they can definitely help you meet your goal.

Another thing, is to document, or jot down stuff during the day.  This will serve to communicate to your subconscious that you need to make these changes, and you will.

I wish you luck,

Until the next post,

Dan W.