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bethanestaI am terrible at remembering to drink. I am chronically dehydrated because of it but I do find keeping adequately hydrated to be difficult.
One of my goals for January is to consciously try and drink more but it's tricky because I have bad interoception and don't always get the signal that I'm thirsty. I also have sensory issues around the temperature of drinks - cold drinks have to be ice-cold, and hot drinks have to be (according to some friends) the temperature of the sun, but then cool to the right temperature. So one of those giant bottles of water that you drink all day doesn't work for me. And I forget that I have a drink, leading to half-drunk drinks all over the place.
I have set up some alarms on my phone using an app called Randomly Remind me which will, as the name suggest, remind me at random intervals throughout the day to 'drink something'. It's set to go off 8 times, between 7am and 9pm.
I do not know if it will work, or if I will just ignore or forget that the reminder has gone off, but it cannot do any harm. And it is never too late to try and start a healthy habit
One of my goals for January is to consciously try and drink more but it's tricky because I have bad interoception and don't always get the signal that I'm thirsty. I also have sensory issues around the temperature of drinks - cold drinks have to be ice-cold, and hot drinks have to be (according to some friends) the temperature of the sun, but then cool to the right temperature. So one of those giant bottles of water that you drink all day doesn't work for me. And I forget that I have a drink, leading to half-drunk drinks all over the place.
I have set up some alarms on my phone using an app called Randomly Remind me which will, as the name suggest, remind me at random intervals throughout the day to 'drink something'. It's set to go off 8 times, between 7am and 9pm.
I do not know if it will work, or if I will just ignore or forget that the reminder has gone off, but it cannot do any harm. And it is never too late to try and start a healthy habit
