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[denny]

Saturday night's sleep:
Got to sleep around 5:30am. Woke up 11:30am-ish. Didn't get up.

Sunday's food:
Double-lolly :)
Pasta with tuna mayo.
(step back in amazement as Denny eats something healthy! by the way, I make huge portions of this stuff, so it's a pretty good meal for a day)

Sunday's drinks:
Don't remember. Not a lot, judging by lack of drinks containers around bedroom.

Remembered to take an Echinacea capsule and vitamin C.


Last night's sleep:
Got to sleep around 2am. Woke up around midday. Haven't really got up.

Today's food:
Half a pot of soup, half a dozen slices of bread.

Today's drinks:
Swigs of Orangina, Ribena and Oasis. Around half a litre in total, maybe.

Remembered to take an Echinacea capsule and vitamin C.


Okay, so we've established that I consistently drink far less than anyone who's expressed an interest here so far thinks I should. But I'm never particularly thirsty - how on earth can anyone want to drink 2 litres (of any liquid) a day??

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[ali-in-london.livejournal.com]

But I'm never particularly thirsty

I bet you are, it's just that you don't realise that the hungry-tired-headachey feeling is actually thirst. You actually have to put in a fair bit of effort to retrain yourself to recognise it.

The way I learned to drink a lot of fluids was that I used wandering to get more water from the cooler as an excuse to not do anything for five minutes. Now I always make sure that I have a pint glass on my desk. That's a good trick, find out whether you drink faster if the liquid is in a pint glass, a water bottle, a mug or something else. Find out if you drink more through a straw than by sipping (some people do). If your sugar intake isn't too bad, drink squash or juice. Get a water filter and keep it in the fridge, so you have nice chilled water (unless you're a weirdo like me who actually likes the taste of local water).

Yes, I'm a bit obsessed, but considering that I turn into a zombie if dehydrated, I consider it worth it.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

I do feel tired a lot. I don't get hungry unless I stop eating for a couple of days, and I haven't had a headache for months, that I can remember.

I tend to feel my thirst is quenched quicker when I drink from glasses than anything else, but I probably drink more, because I'll drink what's left in the glass even though I'm no longer thirsty, whereas a bottle I'd re-cap at that point and save the rest for later. However, I can't drink out of anything except bottles at present - can't carry full glasses etc around, and can't leave one beside my bed and refill it because I can't carry any leftovers to a sink to tip away when stupid flying insects land in it, or it gets covered in a layer of dust overnight. This problem rules out the water cooler thing too, for now.

In fact, my current state of health tends to rule out cold drinks in general - going downstairs to the fridge every time I want a drink is an unacceptable level of risk to put myself at - I only have to cock up the stairs once on crutches and I'll be sorry for a long time.

[fellcat.livejournal.com]

going downstairs to the fridge every time I want a drink is an unacceptable level of risk to put myself at

I repeat the "mini fridge" suggestion.