Wellness Wednesday: Hydration
Last week the temperatures stayed in the 95-100 degree range all week. It was a little brutal and just a taste of what July and August will be like. We hid inside with the air conditioners on and tried to keep from overheating. And we drank lots and lots of water. And brought it with us every time we ventured out. No matter if we were going around the block or to another place to use their ac. When it is hot like that we don't have much trouble remembering to drink our water because we can see and feel it leaving our bodies so rapidly. I find, the hard time to keep up with hydration is when the temperatures are a little less extreme. When we are just coasting along, this is when we "forget" to drink. The standard recommendation for water is about 64 ounces a day. It sounds like a lot, but on a hot day it is easy to manage. On a cool day (like today, thank goodness!) it gets a lot harder. It also fails to take in...