Seriously... do I have to drink THAT much water??

Yes!! Haha. So I know there's always all this hype about making sure you get 8, 10, or 100 glasses of water a day...and maybe you think it's complete BS, or something we are told so we will go out and buy more bottled water or whatever, but here are some reasons why you actually do want to drink this yummy clear beverage all day:

1. We all know our bodies are mostly made up of water, so when you don't put adequate amounts of water into your body, it leaves your muscle tissue unprotected from getting burned off. Yea, not good.

2. Water helps control your appetite. If you're feeling a little hungry, most likely you're slightly dehydrated. So if you drink a glass of water, it will help take away your craving of a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup (sorry, daydream).

3. Water flushes out impurities in your skin and drinking lots of water will help with your complexion and also makes your skin look younger. Water also cleanses your body from toxins and pollutants that may make you sick.

4. Studies have shown that within 10 minutes of drinking a bunch of water, your metabolism increases. Cold water increases your metabolism more.

5. An adequate amount of water is needed for all the chemical reactions to take place in your body and perform at its maximum level. Body functions that require water: energy production, muscle building, and fat burning...you don't want to interrupt THOSE processes, do you?

I could ad more numbers about water being beneficial, but I'll just leave you with those top 5 for now...

Want to find out how much water you should be drinking? Go here and take a 9 question quiz... it's sort of fun... Am I drinking Enough Water?

If you think it's going to be hard to drink this much water, think about bringing a Nalgene bottle to work and keeping it at your desk... I get through 2 large Nalgene bottles worth just when I'm at work.

Question you may ask: Won't drinking a lot more water make me bloated? No, it has been shown that drinking more water actually helps your body stop holding onto its extra water, so you should actually lose some of that extra water weight.

Another question you may ask: Won't I start having to pee a lot more? Yes, of course, but it's a good way to get a 3 minute break at work :).

Good luck!