Water, water and okay a bit more water.
I refused to accept the fact that water was good for me. I hated water, the taste, the thought of having to drink it… period. Then in 1995 I became so ill that if I had to large of an ice chip I’d throw it up. Again, the thought of water sounded awful, anything sounded, smelled, felt awful.
After lying in bed for several weeks, I finally could not get the thought out of my head. Water is life. Water is life. It was the loudest voice my intuition had ever conjured up.
I decided to drink water. I drank water. I got better. I got well.
Once well, I forgot about the water. Turning 50 has brought a lot of new challenges. Weight gain, especially in my stomach, (and oh how I had prided myself on not having that problem till 50), but it’s true weight gain around the midsection. Burn on me. Burn – water.
Like so many Americans we are chronically dehydrated. Our fast food market makes it so easy to get anything but water. I learned that sometimes our bodies think we are hungry, when in fact it’s telling us we’re thirsty. We need water.
Then I learned that my metabolism was slowed down even with slight dehydration. Okay, that was it. I’m drinking more water. My metabolism slowed down 50% turning 50.
Soon, I actually realized that if I drink one full glass of water, (actually I prefer to drink a bottle – makes me feel a sense of accomplishment when it’s empty) will shut down my hunger pangs almost 100%.
I tried the idea with wine and it didn’t work sadly. It made me hungrier and I cared less about my diet!
Drinking more water made me peppier in the day. I wasn’t as tired around 3pm. My skin and bones felt better. I looked it up, I read that drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, breast cancer by 79% and bladder cancer by 50%. Now, I’m not quoting the site, because it was representing a water company. But, even if that is partly true, we win.
So here’s the plan for general good health. We feel better when we shower. We shower in water. It makes sense to shower our insides with water as well. I’m a perfect example of a person that tried her best to do the opposite and there was no benefits in that.
Got to go… I have to drink some water.
