Momentum Issue 16: Drink a bottle of water as soon as you wake up, and hack your water to be even more beneficial.
Drink a bottle of water as soon as you wake up, and hack your water to be even more beneficial.
Out of all the practices I write about, I can confidently say that this is the most important one to incorporate into your morning.
If you do nothing else in your morning routine, at least get some water into your body. Without enough water, our bodies won’t be able to effectively execute everything else we need them to.
This week, try drinking a whole bottle of water as soon as possible after waking up.
Importance
It is so important to drink water in the morning.
Dehydration is not good for us, and is definitely not a productive way to start the day. During the night you sweat and breathe, and lose a surprisingly large amount of fluid. Drinking water as soon as you wake up will rehydrate the body and will aid your body in starting to flush toxins out.
About 60% of our bodies are water, and adequate hydration is required for myriad functions, including:
Regulating body temperature
Transporting nutrients to cells
Transporting waste out of cells
Regulating mood and cognition
Lubricating joints
If you want to be in peak form and continue working toward optimizing your health, make sure you are hydrated.
Although this practice may seem less exciting than some of the other ones we cover, it is a daily practice you should never skip.
Implementation
This practice is flexible.
I like to keep a bottle of water on my bedside table so that as soon as I wake up, I can drink the whole thing. I used to keep a glass of water, but the risk of spilling was too great for me. You could walk to the kitchen when you get out of bed and grab a glass of water. It doesn’t matter what this looks like, the point is to have water.
To make this water even more beneficial, you can “hack” it to make a morning cocktail - something I learned from Aubrey Marcus.
He recommends putting a pinch of pink Himalayan salt in your water and a squirt of lemon juice.
The pink Himalayan salt will provide trace minerals that have been depleted overnight - in particular, sodium chloride, potassium, magnesium, and calcium - all the vital electrolytes.
The squirt of lemon juice has numerous benefits:
Helps with liver health (important for detoxification processes in the body)
Provides a small dose of vitamin C
Provides a small dose of antioxidants
Aids in digestion
Has an alkalizing effect in the body - although lemon water is acidic, when it is metabolized by the body it produces alkaline by-products
Before you go
Here are some free links to some of my most popular articles published this week:
The Simple 4 Step Evening Routine Which Has Enabled Me to Drastically Improve My Sleep Quality
6 Reasons Why You Should Take Fish Oil before Your Next Workout
Can’t Find the Motivation to Work Out? Here Are 3 Simple Strategies to Get You Back in the Gym
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Thank you for your tips :)
Indeed water is so important for our well being!
Thanks 🙏