Unforeseen side effect
Posted October 23rd, 2008 by Jeff J. SniderAs you all know, drinking water is healthy. It helps keep your body cleansed, it helps fill you up so you don’t eat as much at meals, etc., etc. I’ve always liked drinking a lot of water, but as part of my effort to get healthy, I noticed that I didn’t drink much water during the work day, which obviously meant I drank less water overall. So I bought a water bottle a month or so ago, and I keep it here on my desk so I can drink as much as I need to. It’s a one-liter bottle (about 34 ounces), and I probably empty it about eight times a day. So that’s over 250 ounces of water, which is a lot, but it’s also probably about right for my weight.
But you know what the experts don’t tell you? It’s a simple little formula:
Water + bladder = gotta pee a lot
Gotta pee a lot = gotta wash your hands a lot
Gotta wash your hands a lot + cold, dry Utah autumn air = extremely chapped hands
Extremely chapped hands = gotta put on lotion like a blasted girl about a hundred times a day
4 Comments
not your daughter Lindsay on Thursday, October 23, 2008 2:58pm
I started drinking water like that, aiming for the reccomended ounces a day…I got so anooyed with peeing all the time I quit. Seriously. But reading your post inspired me. I am going to try it again. I’ll let you know how it goes. At least you’ll smell nice…..?
Elaine on Sunday, October 26, 2008 8:59pm
Well I agree with ‘not your daughter Lindsay’…at least you will smell nice.
MIMI on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 8:51pm
Oh how pretty. =)
Amy on Thursday, November 13, 2008 9:55pm
Here’s my answer: I got so fed up with chapped winter hands, that I stopped washing my hands after every bathroom trip–maybe every 3 or 4 times instead. I figure that if you’re careful, you don’t actually touch anything dirty.