I Drink Six Bottles Of Water Per Day And You Should Too
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I Drink Six Bottles Of Water Per Day And You Should Too

When I say that drinking water has changed my life, it has, hands down, single handedly, changed my entire life.

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Mariano Nocetti

It began as a challenge for myself. I knew that I had a few personal goals, and after watching various beauty vloggers discuss the amount that water had impacted their life, I knew I wanted to try drinking more water.

In 2014, I solely drank Gatorade for that entire year. Without any exaggeration, I do not think I touched water for that entire year. I was going through about six to eight bottles of Gatorade per day. During this time, I wanted to find a way to stay hydrated and healthy, so with the electrolytes and "good things" I had heard about this drink, I forced myself to drink at least six bottles of it per day. I was not a huge fan of water, and this tasted much better to me at the time, so it became my go-to.

After noticing that this was not helping with breakouts as much as I wanted it to, and learning that this much consumption of sugary Gatorade just made me feel guilty, I knew that I needed to switch up my liquid-intake routine once again.

When I say that I had to force myself to drink water—I literally had to force myself. I would look at my skin in the mirror, and as I was insecure about the acne I had at the time, I would tell myself that drinking more water would help my skin. Switching from solely drinking Gatorade for a year with zero water intake, this was extremely difficult.

One day, I decided on a way to make myself drink more water. I took a water bottle and decided to just chug it. It made my stomach feel awful, and I truly never wanted to drink water again, but this became a routine. After drinking the full water bottle all at once, it somehow leads me to drink even more water, as I found myself thirsty a couple hours later. Every time I would crave water, I would just drink the entire bottle—all 16.9 fl OZ, until I was up to six bottles of water per day.

To this day, I still drink about six bottles of water per day, and I have noticed amazing things from doing so. My energy levels have increased, my acne has nearly completely diminished, and I rarely break out anymore. Whenever I do break out, it is extremely minimal and does not bring up many insecurities whatsoever like my skin used to in 2014.

There's also such an amazing feeling in knowing that what you're doing for your body is healthy and beneficial. I find it extremely important to take care of my skin, as I hope to look as great as possible with age, and water is the absolute best thing to help accomplish this. It helps get rid of toxins in your body and does not add any unhealthy sugars or fats.

Since this challenge of drinking more water that I assigned to myself in 2014, I have truly noticed my life change for the drastic better. Aside from the energy boost and rid of acne, I simply feel like I am doing something amazing for my body on a daily basis—which is truly the best feeling.

If you're looking for a simple way to improve your health, start with water. I never knew water would be the biggest blessing, but oh my—it has been and will continue to be.

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