How do you water? (and other basic life skills)

Hiya folks,

Who else here stinks at hydrating properly?

Problem 1: I've always hated the consistency of water, no matter how thirsty I am. Something about the texture and hint of chemical flavor makes me gag like the worst rotten egg in the world. Worst of all, I'm a long distance runner, and I know it's truly a miracle I've survived this long, but I can't keep on like this.

Problem 1: I've always struggled with water bottles—I'm uncoordinated, and I dislike having to aim a hard metal lid at not-my-teeth and not-my-upper-lip but into-my-mouth-why-am-I-playing-corn-hole-with-this-stuff—and the wide lipped kind are, in my humble opinion, one of most inconvenient means of drinking water I've ever encountered in my life. Why can I not just imbibe all of the liquid i need for the day in one sitting and then be DONE?

I've tried everything to make it easier: got an accessible water bottle with a button-release cap, a straw, and two comfy handles and some fun little stickers, bought hydration mix packs to make the water taste like not-water (lemonade, grape juice, sweet tea), but I can't get over the whole watery-ness of the water.

Still, it's so haaaaarrrd.

The ultimate question: how do you water?

Love,

Max

  • Have you tried an air up bottle. I recently got one and I now drink much more water. The bottle itself is like sucking water up through a straw so no tipping up. The principle of the bottle is to add flavour to the water. Nothing is added to the water. How it works is that there is a scent ring on the mouth piece and as you suck up the water the scent of the flavour is drawn into you month and pickup up by your nose. Your mond is then trick to thinking that the water is flavoured and that you can taste it. It is amazing how it works. Here is a link to there website. 

    Flavored water bottle | Taste through scent | air up® United Kingdom share.google/KiYI48FLyDG7LDnmr

  • Hi Max. You're not alone. I have this problem too. I have hyper sensitive taste buds and have always found the taste of water to be completely yuck and meh. I'm the same with food, if I don't like the taste I really can't have it or I'll bring it straight back up.

    If you look about online there's a lot of different water bottles out there you can have a look at and see what works for you.

    Luckily there's a lot of drinks out there that you can have that masks the overwhelming taste of plain water. You can drink tea, cola, milk, tea, coffee, there's lots of variety out there. Some are better than others and testing to find the right ones can be a horrible experience, lol was for me.

    I forget to drink as well which is its own separate issue.

    Hope you can find something that works for you Max.

  • If you can tolerate it, milk is good for hydration. Real milk that is not the fake stuff

  • If you don't like the taste of water do not drink it. Anything that contains a high proportion of water will hydrate you. There is nothing magical about straight water. Cold tea will hydrate you, as will alcohol-free beer, apple juice etc. etc. Add something to water to make it taste better, but watch out for too much sugar, caffeine etc.

  • I'm intrigued as to where you are from. Only on the basis of your hydration mix solution. I don't like the taste of water either and struggled from an early age. My solution came in the form of Robinson's squash/cordial and I've lived off the stuff for most of my life. It hides the taste of water enough for me. I don't have issue with the texture though, just the taste. You not mentioning squash made me wonder if you're not from UK.

    I agree about not being a big fan of many water bottles especially the metal open topped ones but I have found ones I'm comfortable with which means I can happily sip throughout the day.

    I hope you find your solution.

  • Problem solved:

  • My son has difficulty drinking out of a bottle. We have recently discovered metal flasks which have a screw on lid and a hole for the plastic straw. You can buy spare straws, so they have time to dry out when washed. Since having this he has drunk a lot more. It also keeps the water cooler which seems to mean the water has less of that unpleasant taste.

  • I tend to forget to drink. I can go all day and then realise I haven't drunk anything for 9 hours. I try to have drinking routines at work.

    I mostly drink tea, including various herbal ones.

    I tried having an extra pint of water, but water is not my favourite. I think it might be the texture. I can drink it though.

  • I drink loads of water, I use a filter jug and the water tastes much better.

    If you're running, have you tried those water back packs with a plastic tube that goes over your shoulder and to your mouth so as you don't have to stop, just take a sip?