Hydrate! Hydrate! Hydrate!

I admit, water and I were not friends for years.

I was born with a sweet-tooth (as some like to say), so naturally, anything that didn't have sugar was my enemy. Throughout the years, as my diet changed, I began to actually enjoy fruits and vegetables and other natural/unsweetened foods, but I still struggled with one foe:

Water.

Yes, pure, unsweetened, unflavored, unadulterated water and I just didn't get along. Growing up in the Caribbean, whenever a parent or family member encouraged me to drink water, they ALWAYS gave me ICE-COLD water. It was not enough for me to sip it either; they always gave me a whole glass full of the cold stuff and expect me to down the whole thing at once. This was very painful to me (I didn't know I had sensitive teeth until much later) so I didn't enjoy drink pure water for years because of it. But, a few years ago, I learned that one should really consume room-temperature water instead, so with this amazing piece of news, my water reform began ;-)

I started to (somewhat) enjoy drink room temperature water, but with that, I still struggled to drink as much water as was recommended. In the past, it was believed one needed to drink 8 glasses of water (at 8oz a glass), but quite recently, that is believed to be erroneous. A nutritionist I saw a few years ago suggested drinking 1/2 my body weight in pure water, so I have been using this guideline instead.

With my water reformation, I still struggled however to get 6 to 7 glasses of water. I tried using water apps and water charts (lol) but still was non-compliant until I bought a water bottle. Yes! A water bottle. With this apparatus (I bought water bobble! It filters the water as you drink!!) I was able to both cut down on the number of bottled waters I purchased, and measure my water intake easier, and it works!!!

As added incentive, my wedding is coming up, and I have been (for a few months now) concentrating on my diet and water intake. I do believe very strongly that what your skin puts out is directly correlated to what you put in (what you consume), so as I concentrate on hydrating, cutting down on processed foods, deleted food with added salt and sugar, I am seeing the wonderful changes in my skin.

So to all I encourage you to hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! You can thank me later ;-)