Because of growing up with hard water, I never developed fantastic hydration habits, but our house featured a water well that was overrun with iron and calcium, and the water was discolored, smelled bad and tasted awful.
Even if my buddy and I mixed up lemonade, iced Tim Hortons Coffee or Kool Aid, the water was still disgusting! I didn’t even like using it to brush teeth, however at that time, bottled water wasn’t readily available or popular.
There was no way my mother would have purchased something my buddy and I could get from the tap for free; My family never genuinely drank water. As I’ve gotten older, this has become a problem for me. I often suffer the symptoms of dehydration. I deal with frequent migraines. The headaches are so painful that I become nauseous and have already vomited. I might be forced to go back to bed and try to sleep with an ice pack on my head. I can experience fever and chills. I now carry a water bottle around with me all afternoon, unluckyly, I rarely remember to drink from it. I’ve found the best way to combat dehydration is to include water consumption in my morning workouts. I fill a 32 ounce water bottle and drink from it throughout the exercise session. I properly switch what type of exercise I do after every song on my playlist. I make sure to take a big drink between each song as well. I drink the entire water bottle by the end of the workout. Afterward, I mix a powder that contains electrolytes into a 16 ounce bottle of water and drink that. Even if I neglect to drink water for the rest of the afternoon, at least I got a fantastic start.