Fluidity of Movement: Drink More Water

Mark Joyner's Simpleology 103 program addresses the issues of personal energy. This is by far the toughest course I've taken. Not because the content is challenging, but because my mindset has been in a completely different place for so long, that it's proven difficult for me to change.

I have never been a big fan of plain water. But I've been trying not to lose a bet that my 11 year old son made me: lose 50 pounds by Halloween or cough up $20 in cold hard cash.

I hate losing bets even MORE than I hate drinking plain water.

But the verdict is out on the total amount of water a person needs in a day. 8 eight ounce glasses of water is a great start - but it's not necessarily everything you need if you're in a hot climate, or you're heavier, or you're exercising a lot.

One rule of thumb says to drink 1oz for every 2 pounds you weigh. So if you weighed 150 pounds, you'd need 75 ounces of water every day. That's actually MORE than 8 eight ounce glasses of water.

But Mark offers a link to a water calculator - that doesn't appear to work for me. I'm somewhere off the scale! Dangit!

At the very least, he suggests drinking SOME water every hour. There's even a tool built into the free simpleology 101 program to help you do it.

Does a gargle and rinse count?

I really don't like plain water.