During the summer months when it’s hot outside, it’s easier for me to remember to stay hydrated because warmer weather makes me thirstier and serves almost as a daily reminder to sip on a cold, refreshing beverage throughout the day. As the temperatures begin to drop, my desire to drink a lot of cold water decreases significantly, but there are a few key things we can all do to help remind ourselves to drink and stay hydrated all year long.
Below you will find a few tips that can be easily implemented to help keep yourself hydrated every day! (And stay tuned for a hydration-themed giveaway at the end of this post, thanks to Ocean Spray® PACt® cranberry extract water!)
- Opt For A Larger Water Bottle
If I have a large water bottle sitting in front of me as I work on the computer, I will often look down to find the water bottle completely drained without realizing I’ve been guzzling it down. Mindless drinking for the win! By opting for a larger water bottle – one that holds 20+ ounces – I find myself drinking more since a larger amount of water is simply sitting in front of me, making staying hydrated a bit easier!
- Refill Your Water Bottle Every Time You Go To The Bathroom
This is a tip I started to follow when I was working at my previous desk job, but now that I work from home, it’s one I still try to remind myself to follow since it’s a great way to remind yourself to always have a full water bottle with you! If you fill up your water bottle every time you use the bathroom, you’ll always have a full water bottle on hand, making staying hydrated that much easier!
- Vary Your Beverage To Prevent Boredom
If you’re anything like me, sipping on water all day long can start to get a bit boring. When I was pregnant, and now that I’m nursing, I cannot seem to drink enough but drinking tons and tons of plain water can feel a little dull. When I feel water boredom setting in, I opt for sparkling water or extract water to spice things up a bit! It’s an easy and delicious way to sneak in extra fluids.
I was recently sent a few bottles of Ocean Spray® PACt® cranberry extract water to try and it’s a great option to turn to when you want to hydrate your body with something that tastes great, too! The PACt® cranberry extract water contains PACs (proanthocyanidins), unique, powerful elements found deep inside cranberries that help cleanse and purify your body. The cranberry extract water is made with clean ingredients (the bright red color comes from cranberries alone and it’s sweetened naturally) and the water has only 10 calories per 16 ounce bottle.
My favorite flavor is the Cranberry Mango-Passionfruit and I love all of them mixed with a little bit of sparkling water for a refreshing mocktail any time of the day!
- Use A Straw
Is it just me, or is it a billion times easier to drink water when you do it from a straw (especially if you’re multi-tasking while pushing a baby in a stroller and walking your dog)? It makes sipping on water more fun and I try to drink most of my water from a water bottle or tumbler that has a straw. For some reason I just seem to drink more when I do it from a straw!
- Add Your Own Fun Flavors
According to Ocean Spray’s hydration survey (which you may find and take here), more than 60 percent of Americans are drinking less than eight glasses of water a day and more than half of all Americans don’t feel the need to hydrate when temperatures cool down. Make your water or water-based beverage more fun by adding your own flavors! Throw some fresh orange, grapefruit or cucumber slices into a cold cup of water. Crush mint leaves and stir them into sparkling water. Add frozen grapes to cranberry extract water for a tasty alternative to ice cubes!
Anything to make staying hydrated a little more fun!
Hydration Giveaway
And now it’s time for a hydration-themed giveaway!
One PBF reader will win the following:
- 24-ounce Tumbler
- Bubba Keg
- Infuser Pitcher
- $50 Amazon gift card to buy your own Ocean Spray® PACt® cranberry extract water
To enter this giveaway, please leave a comment on this post, telling me one thing you do to help yourself stay hydrated all year long! I will randomly select a winner next Friday. Good luck!!
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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Ocean Spray PACt. The opinions and text are all mine.
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We have a water jug at work and I use a water tumblr with a straw and just refill all day. You can also make hot tea with it so I keep tea bags at work and drink that too!
keep a big bottle of water with me!
I always try to a lemons or limes to my water. Definitely adds a zing!
I carry a water bottle with me at all times
I drink tea all day long in the winter!
I bring water with me everywhere! I prefill my water bottle and store it in the fridge so it’s an easy grab and go when I’m in a rush.
I keep water with me at all times! I try to refill my huge water bottle as many times as I can during the day so I’m not super thirsty at night.
I keep a big bottle of water at my desj at work. Some days it works, a lot more oftenit doesn’t!
Wherever I go, I bring my water bottle.
Hi! I add lemon juice to my water.
I use a big water bottle! It is the only thing that helps me. I am terrrible at drinking enough water! I also have been drinking an entire glass of lemon water first thing in the morning to get water in me right away.
adding fruit to the water definitely helps. I also love sipping on La Croix when I get the chance! Totally makes drinking water a little more exciting 🙂
I love this post. Just what I needed to reach for my iced water glass of lemon water over my second cup of coffee. I’d love to win these water-related items!
I have a 32 oz water bottle and I play a game: in the morning I can’t drink my tea until I have finished one whole bottle. Fill it up for the afternoon and then the same rule applies: I can’t have any other beverages with dinner until I have finished the refill.
I never leave the house or desk without my camelbak water bottle. Since I always have it with me, I never have an excuse to be dehydrated.
To stay hydrated I have been LOVING seltzer water my favorite right now is cranberry clementine!
i make a big pitcher of herbal tea (mint, peach, blueberry, etc.) and leave it in the fridge so that there’s always something to drink in addition to normal water.
I make sure to keep water with me at all times. That even means carrying a glass of it from place to place when I’m at home. If it’s right in front of me, I won’t forget!
Well I’m a student, so since I always have my backpack with me wherever I go, I make sure to always have at least a couple of water bottles on me. I usually add lemon to it to make it not so boring drinking that much water in a day! And in the Texas heat during the summer, I always carry a gallon jug of water with me wherever I go.
I always leave a water bottle at my desk and in my car that way I can refill at any point!
Haha YES the straw technique works!!
I definitely don’t drink enough water – something I really need to work on. But I do like to switch it up between regular water and sparkling water; sometimes one just sounds much more appetizing than the other!
I know it sounds funny, but I drink out of a plastic 1 liter beer stein. It helps me measure my daily intake. I’ll drink four glasses a day. My goal is always five if I can help it. I don’t get there often enough… But four liters it’s a great amount!
Liters of water of course. Do you remember that old Aquafina Oktoberfest commercial? Yup, that’s me everyday. Haha!
To keep myself hydrated, I make sure I’m fully stocked with all my favorite beverages – flavored waters such as Sparkling Ice!
I fill my water bottle and take it to work but often it comes back home with me 1/2 full. So I decided to use a water app called water in. It makes this sound like a glass filling with water every 2hours to remind me to drink . So far so good ! 🙂
I make sure I drink a glass before every meal and keep a 32 oz. nalgene with me at all times!
I keep my Yeti tumbler (thanks for the raves) with me, filled with ice water and a squirt of tea/lemonade… Love it!!
Because I don’t love drinking water, I use the true lemon and true grapefruit packets. They make water taste good without any sugar/artificial sweetener!
To stay hydrated, I bring my life glass tumbler with me in the car and anywhere I go. I will refill it whenever I get the chance 🙂
I’ve definitely been guilty of not drinking enough water during the day. I find it a LOT easier to drink it when I add some fruit to the water and drink from a straw.
The straw technique seriously works!! I aim to drink two of the huge Poland spring water bottles (33oz) at work and sip on hot green tea throughout the day.
I keep a water bottle with me at all times…and in case I forget it, I keep a spare bottle in the car!
I try to drink at least 20 oz as soon as I wake up in the morning! Also, I match one bottle of water for each cup of coffee or tea I drink to keep me hydrated.
PS that Bubba keg is calling my name!!! ?
weekends I carry a gallon around to help remind me and show me how much I’ve had. Weekdays I give myself a goal that if I drink at least 2 32oz bottles plain I can flavor the one I drink after lunch.
Off of your suggestion, I actually bought a Bubba mug a while back and have been using it ever since to stay hydrated! I love that it keeps my water cold all day long! Shoot, I’ve even forgot it at work and come in the next morning and the water still been ice cold. Ya know tho, the one thing I love the most about this mug, is that I only paid $6 for it (same one you have but pink and orange) at walmart instead of spending $30 on a Yeti and it does just as good keeping my drink cold!!
I keep it with me all the time. A bottle in my purse, in the car, at work!
I always have fresh fruit on hand to add a little zing to my water, especially in the winter when I don’t craze water like I do during the summer!
I do the fill-up-on-your-way-to-the-bathroom trick too – sometimes I even chug my water because I have to pee and don’t want to waste a trip!
Drinking out of my Tervis makes a huge difference! You are right, the straw helps!
Bubba Keg for the win!! I love it because I can add ice in the morning and it keeps my water super cold all day.
Totally on board with using a straw! And I set goals to fill up my bottle every other hour.
I start with a lot of water first thing in the morning!
I am basically always thirsty, but very picky about how my water tastes. In order to have water that I want to drink, I pack my own water from home. The worst part of the workday is when there is too much day at the end of my water.
I keep my water bottle with me at all times!
Huge water bottles, lots of ice and adding fruit!
I am pretty good about keeping my water up but always looking for options to “spice” it up! Ten calories? Count me in!!!
Seeing how healthy my skin looks and how good my body feels when I drink a lot of water makes it easy to get in enough during the day. I always fill up when I get up from my desk to take a walk or go to the bathroom. Everywhere I go, I bring my favorite water bottle with me!
I always carry a water bottle with me at all times.
At work, I challenge myself to finish my water bottle by 10 a.m. Then another refill by noon. Another by 2 p.m. etc
I keep my large Nalgene on my desk right next to me at work. That way, I see it and know I have to keep drinking throughout the day. I also find that I drink more when I can see how much Ive been drinking with the measurements on the bottle!