How many times do we reach for a glass and fill it with milk, juice, hot chocolate, koolaid -- pretty much anything but water? Sure these things are delicious and we can justify that they all have some amount of water in them, but that does not make them a substitute. Water makes up about 55-75% of our body, depending on gender and age, that should be the first clue. Our bodies need water and they need it bad.
Did you know that the brain is 75% water? Now I'm no scientist, but my visual mind runs wild with the following picture: if we don't drink enough water I can see my mind withering like a flower, collapsing and caving in. Of course that's what it feels like sometimes when life gets us down.
Some of the benefits of water?
1. Energizes muscles
2. Healthy skin
3. Control calories
The other benefits are boring, like improved kidney function. Now I'm not saying that water will magically make you feel better, but I am saying that the benefits of drinking water are a good first step. Energy? DEFINITELY need more of that in my life. Healthy skin would be a huge benefit, I would feel better about my appearance. And controlling calories? do I even need to explain? I know I'm not the only one that hates looking at the scale only to see that I've gained 3 pounds. Then I go don't want to go to the gym because I don't have energy and I don't take care of myself because it isn't worth it and so I get acne and skin problems.
Step one? Drink water.
Sure maybe one day I'll get around to eating healthy, but when ice cream, hot chocolate, and cookie dough are the only things keeping me a functional human being, I've got to compromise. That compromise is little steps at a time. My only goal is to be better today than I was yesterday.
So let's raise that glass and chug it down for the hope of a better quality of life.
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