Fitness Tip: 2 – What’s your excuse for NOT drinking water?

Honestly, how many of us have read about benefits of water and approximately how many glasses we should be taking every day?  You know everything; you are smart enough that I don’t need to mention the same old saga of drinking water. There is no hard and fast rule of drinking 8 glasses of water a day but try to make it on regular intervals approximating up to 3 liters or more.

Yes, this is the tip that stands very close to first for fitness - is you need to DRINK WATER!! It helps in breaking food and digesting. Like most of us I was not indulged in the habit of drinking water in regular intervals. But I changed myself. Isn’t that nice ?? J Change for good should always be welcomed in life.

The excuses that I often heard when I ask my relatives/friends to have water:

- It's bitter cold in here I prefer drinking more of tea or soups.

- It’s scorching heat in here and I die to have something cold and fizzy so I prefer coke/Fanta/ any cold drinks.

Sincerely, is it that difficult to drink water?? Eeeemmmm …I don’t think so. I have adapted this good habit and I can certainly feel difference in me. If it’s chilly then why don’t you warm up the water? I always did that when I was in England. People in hot climatic conditions you better don’t give me any excuses because you can have gallons of water and not to choose those sweet unhealthy cold drinks.

Ladies and Gentlemen who are working, you better do not give any excuses because you are in better position to have water in regular intervals.  Every couple of hours you can get out from your desk, stretch, drink water and freshen up your system.  Take water breaks than coffee or tea breaks J.

At the moment I am home maker, so these are my 2 little friends. The blue glass is always by my side. Frankly, I don’t even allow my husband to use that glass. If I am going out I carry a bottle with me. If I am eating out (which is quite rare) I order NO beverages J.

Few Facts on Water that I think you should know:

-          Water helps in detoxifying (taaddaaa)

-          Moisturizes air in lungs

-          Helps with Metabolism ( sounds good huh)

-          Helps our organs to absorb nutrients better

-          Protects our organs (water does it not cold drinks or beer. Let us get this right!)

-          Digestion and absorption of food

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Here’s a small conversation between kidney and liver:

Kidney: Hey you!! Yes you behind the screen. I am talking to you!! Do you understand that I have got the crucial job in here? I filter out waste and toxins for you and all I ask is WATER. Without which I cannot function properly. Well, if you don’t provide me with it then I can’t do this alone.
Aaayyyeee..Liver. You got to share this workload. I don’t have water in here.

Liver: L aahh man!! Why me! I have got my own thing to do. If I have to share your job then whose gonna do mine??

Damn!! I have to stop my work and help out this kidney. Okie dokie Kidney!! Here I come to help ya.

(And Liver skips it’s job)

Work Status: Fat is not metabolized or burned. A human body gets energy from fat being metabolized. And we generally have quite a lot of spare fat to be metabolized.

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No soads/tea/coffe can replace water, the chemical properties are altogether different. However, water from raw veggies and fruits does contribute in Hydrating body.

People who like beer, this is for you. On an average I have 10 beer glasses of water/dayJ. (My curiosity made me measure the blue glass and it perfectly equals to 1 beer glass).

 I guess my cheers would be much much healthier than yours. So which side are you in?