I went for a run this morning. 3 miles. My mouth was dry starting off. I took it easy. 10:30 minute miles. Maybe 10. Was not pushing it. Some would say a slow walk. Looking at that number I can hardly believe it as I usually am at around 8:30 minute miles, and on a fast day sub 8. For 5-7 miles.
I got home. Was a little fatigued but feeling good. To get ahead of the fatigue and what I knew was driving it, I started drinking. Lots of water. Not at first. I filled up a 25oz glass Bubbies jar. They’re easy to use, big, and Tom Brady uses them. Drank about half and that was after I’d been home for 5-10 minutes. Not exactly guzzling water for having woken up dehydrated in the first place. But after my shower, pre-coffee I had probably drowned 25 oz and was onto #2. Which I probably drank right there. Between around 9 and noon..I was not keeping too close of tabs, I probably drank at least 4 and probably more like 5 Bubbies jars of water. That’s about 100 oz of water.
So what? My point is…most people would not sit there and over a couple hour period make it a point to ‘pound’ or drink…roughly 100 oz of water. Some would call it unhealthy or “dangerous”. You could die!! Bullshit.
I think most people – if they’re anything like me – are dehydrated. I could have probably drank…25 oz of water and been ‘ok’ish’. I could have probably drank..50 oz of water and been…more ok’ish. But I drank that much because I kept putting the jar to my lips and my body sucked it down. I didn’t ‘force it’. I stopped after a few sips. I stopped after one. I stopped after drinking half a jar and sometimes drinking 3/4’s to most of the jar at one time. But I kept coming back and just putting it to my lips every so often and the body just sucked it down. Yes, I peed. A few times. I shat! Another story altogether, which I’m excited to share. I am. 3 times. But it was part of cleaning me out as well. And the end result was I felt..much better. And had I not drank that much water, or had just drank what – if I wasn’t thinking about it – a full jar and called it a morning of water and on top of that drank a cup of coffee, I’d be like I’ve done a million times before – a little off, a little tired, a little fatigued, or a lot fatigued by afternoon. And yes, you eat more food in the afternoon or morning and that has water in it as well. But not like a bunch of pure water.
Drink more than you think you need. Or better yet, give yourself an opportunity to drink more than you think you might need. Just put it up to your lips. Let your body decide.