One of the more costly and unhealthy routines many people have is grabbing sodas out of the refrigerator, taking them into the office, and gulping them down.
Not only does it cost you your health, but it was also an expensive routine. Even if you buy in bulk, a can of soda is still going to cost you a good quarter.
Obviously, this is a routine that needs to change, both for your body and wallet.
One approach is to start buying bottled water in bulk. You could also buy the bottles in bulk, keep several of them in the fridge and just refill my supply when it got low. There are two problems with this approach.
The first one was flavor. Drinking lots of bottled water and little else is simply bland.
The second problem was cost. Buying bottled water instead of soda is healthier, but it doesn’t really save you any money.
However you could solve these issues very easily.
The filling procedure is pretty straightforward. You could fill several bottles, put them in the fridge, and just go through them as needed. When you see the number in the fridge getting low, just fill more bottles. It doesn’t take too long – maybe a minute to fill several bottles.
Once they’re filled, it becomes very convenient to just grab a bottle from the fridge and gulp it.
It’s easy to add some variety, too. Add a couple teaspoons of lemon juice to a bottle. You can also add a teaspoon of honey to a bottle – or both lemon and honey.
Another tactic is to toss a teabag or two into the bottle as soon as you fill it, then let that teabag stay in there until you’re ready to drink the bottle. If it’s got tea in it, you can thoroughly shake the bottle before drinking it. Leave the teabag in until it’s easy to retrieve it and throw it away.
There are a lot of benefits of doing this beyond just saving money.
Reduced headaches. Before cutting out sodas and other beverages, many people feel a few headaches a week however changing this routine leads to only a few every other month.
You lose weight easier. It’s more than just replacing soda with water. Being hydrated improves your body’s function in a lot of ways. One of them is that weight loss becomes much easier.
It’s much easier to just bring your own water to the gym. That means you’re not dropping a dollar into the can to take one of their overpriced bottles. Having a bottle in the fridge at home means you can just grab it and go out the door.
If you’re trying to break a soda addiction – or even if you’re trying to get out of a chain of buying bottled water – give this a try.
