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apps to help you track your water

2/8/2018

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We're in Day 3 of our 7 Day Water Challenge. Everyone's been doing an amazing job!

I've had a few people ask me how I track or if there are any reminder apps I use to help me meet my goal. I know I need reminders to get to the finish line every day!

Here's a few ideas I wanted to share with you. NOTE: I have not used all of these methods, nor do receive any endorsements from any company. My job is to research and report to you all :)

1. Your smartphone's reminder and/or timer feature: All smartphones (Android and Apple) have these features. You can either enter a reminder in your phone or set a timer to go off at whatever interval you want (hourly, every 90 minutes, etc.) Easy peasy!

2. If you use a FitBit, SparkPeople or MyFitnessPal already, then you're in luck! All of these apps have a built in water tracking feature. Just go into any of these apps and enter how much water you've finished in a sitting. None of these have a built-in reminder feature, BUT the people at MyFitnessPal came up with a genius hack to create a water reminder in their system.  Brilliant!

3. My Water app by Victor Sharov. This is the app I've been using for quite some time. It's free (my favorite!) and easy to use. You set up a profile that includes your weight and activity level. Then, the app gives you a recommended total daily intake (in ounces). You can adjust it, though, so no worries there! Then, as you drink, you can enter your totals and see your progress.
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Another cool feature? It tracks all liquids. There's buttons for coffee, juice, protein shakes, tea and more. The catch? Unless it's water, you won't get full credit. For example, if you drink 8 ounces of juice, you'll only get 5-6 ounces credit. Yeah, not exactly fair. But they are trying to encourage us to drink more water, right?

FULL DISCLOSURE: Unless the drink has calories, I enter it as water. SHOCK, HORROR! Yes, I'm a cheater. But, it's my journey and I do my best to make sure the majority of my fluids are water. So, my flavored water (Crystal light or pre-packaged) and Coke Zero go in for full credit. If it has calories (protein shake, juice, milk) then I take the hit. 

If you Google Water Tracking Apps, you'll can find a lot more choices. Let me know what you decide and let's keep drinking! :)


3 Comments
Pam
2/8/2018 01:08:01 pm

Hi Marie, I don't know if there is another place to post updates, if so let me know.

Day 1 I got more than my 80 oz in. Yesterday I had to drive 2.5 hours to Tallahassee, attend a WW meeting and do a few errands and did not get my 80 in, but I knew that would happen. I didn't want to drink too much since I was on the road!! (I'm currently in an area where WW is franchised and will not accept my monthly pass. I could attend a meeting 1 time as a guest but I decided to drive so I could also go to Trader Joes)

Today it's looking good. I've had about 40 oz so far.

I walked this morning on the beach and it is beautiful!! I really enjoy getting my steps in on the beach. I just finished some wonderful steamed shrimp for lunch.

I track on the WW app, but double track on MFP. I wanted to keep track of protein, sodium ... So I keep track of my water on MFP..

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Marie Rossiter
2/8/2018 01:23:31 pm

Hey Pam!! Now THAT is commitment driving all that way! And, I don't blame you, I wouldn't want to drink that much either!

There's a TJ's about 30 min from me, but I'm almost afraid of going there! I keep reading about all the amazing stuff for WWers! I'd be broke. What are your top buys there? I may have to break down and go!

I wish I could walk on the beach. Here in Ohio it's cold and there's snow. Ugh. Over winter!

Sounds like you are perfectly on track! Feel free to keep posting updates here or on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/thelightersideofme/

Keep up the fantastic work!

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Suzanne
2/8/2018 04:00:36 pm

So far 7 cups of my 8 cup goal!

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