Hydration: Day 3

Obstacles.

My primary obstacle to getting enough water is a strange one.

I tend to ignore thirst.

I don't know why. When I am hungry, I will almost always respond to that immediately and go get something to eat. When I am thirsty, it can wait. For a very. long. time. It seems odd really, since I know in my head that thirst is a biological function that says: "you need more water now". You'd think that would be the sort of thing that there isn't any benefit to ignoring. But no.

Actually, I am thirsty right now typing this and I am ignoring it. Hold on...

...there we go. (my mid-morning glass) It's not unlike a small child who will be so busy playing that they fight sleep. Sleep which is obviously a good thing. Of course, I am guilty of this too, it's late, I'm playing a video game and I just want to beat one more level...before you know it, it's 2am. You've lost several hours of sleep.. Yeah. Like that. Only, I ignore being thirsty.

My other significant obstacle to drinking enough water, is that I hate drinking water that's too cold. So, if I do heed the thirst, I will go fill a glass of water, take a sip, and then put the glass down 'for a few minutes' because it's too cold. The next thing I know, my house is littered with water glasses all half full and I still haven't drunk a sip.

My universe is strange.

**Daily report for yesterday

Going well. I wasn't precisely according to schedule, but I had another day where I had extra, so it's working out. Water with meals seems to be the hard part. That glass (or two) before each meal is going to help me out tremendously, weight wise, so I just have to get better at it.