Sipper with straw.

Maybe both. I always have water bottles on my desk, nightstand, the car, ect. When I am thirsty though, I get a big cup and I do gulp.

I'm like PK. I have a drink with me constantly. Never leave the house without one. But when I'm really thirsty I will chug a whole glass of water.

I have to make an effort to drink water, I just don't think of it and am rarely what I would describe as thirsty. I have liquids during the day (and we both drink milk) but just have never developed a consistent water habit like DH has. That means I when I do think of it, I'm drinking a glass or half glass at a time, not carrying water around with me and sipping from it. The last few months I try to make a point of drinking a glass of water in the morning when I first walk into the kitchen.

Water is the only fluid I drink and it's next to me at all times but I can easily down a glass or two when I'm thirsty.

I sip water all day long, from a tall insulated glass with a straw. On the road or in the gym, I use a stainless insulated water bottle.

I never allow myself to become thirsty.

Both. ;)

Usually I am a sipper, but if really hot I guess I would be a gulper. I do not buy water and I do not carry water around with me. I drink a lot of iced tea, unsweetened. My water does not have to be cold or have ice in it. My iced tea does.

Sue

I always have a drink of some kind with me, and I sip that but when I drink water, which I try to make myself drink more of....I gulp it down.

I have water with me all the time. Every time I get in the car, it seems that I'm thirsty. I use a stainless refillable bottle.

I bought an insulated cup with a silicone straw recently, but I found that when I drink from a straw I feel bloated.

I am a sipper. I only use a straw with iced drinks. I cannot gulp anything down for the life of me. Even if I try to "gulp" I can only do a mouthful at a time.

DH is a gulper. He can just open his throat and practically pour things down it.

I always put ice in my water, wish that I liked it at room temperature, but I don't.

I am both. First thing in the morning I kinda gulp down a cup and a half of ice water (while making coffee, which I sip) Then thru the day I always have water by my side...ice water mostly. Don't gulp then so much, even tho I am trying to drink more than usual ... my bi-weekly tests are saying I am dehydrated.

Always gulp, and during meals I tend to eat first then down my drink. Lol

"...the mandatory 8 glasses of water." is one of those ideas that was casually put out there long ago, falsely got adopted as fact and it became the hydra that just won't die. Take in sufficient hydration for your needs (does not have to be just water; even fruits with a high moisture content count towards the total). So many factors affect the needed amount, such as exercise intensity and duration, or heat level, that there is no set one-size-fits-all. It even varies from day to day per individual.

I sip or gulp depending upon by need for fluids.

With water, I always have ice. I fill my bottle up with ice and water. I have it with me at all times. I drink most of my water in the morning at work and again later after my work out. I both gulp and sip.

Gulper. I'm not a natural water drinker, so I have to concentrate on downing my 100 ounces a day.

I'm a sipper, my husband can glug, glug, glug and be finished in no time...

Sipper with my insulated water container.. I carry it every where I go. Ice water drinker, and learned to fill half full with ice, then water, as ice cubes last a long long time.

Have a Hydro Flask, that I bought from Alabama Outdoors, which is worth the money.

I love water with ice cubes. It really does quench my thirst. I don't count how many glasses or bottles I drink. I let my body tell me. There is a saying that sez: Your body is your best doctor." I always have water with me in the car too.

I have three water bottles with me at different times. One is plain room temp water by my bed, the other is a bottle filled with water and 1/2 lemon squeezed(no sugar) and the other is plain water in the car which also goes to the gym with me.

Depending on thirst level I have have done both. I have a stainless steel bubba bottle with me at all times every where filled with ice cubes and water. It's essential since I have sjogrens must have water at hand. I really like water.

I could've written morz's post! To a T.

:)

However, after an especially arduous marching band season, moving a house, and just plain being on the go, i an dehydrated (according to medical tests). To the point of kidney stone formation, so I'll be gulping all day long today.

sipper (we buy water) and yes recycle...

Gulp ice cold water when I am truly parched and sip it all day long. Other than the evening "tasty adult beverage", all I drink is water, I LOVE it!

how do you define strange? :) I'd love to get a fill up.

Sometimes one ... sometimes t'other.

Tend to be more of a gulper in summer ... but only sometimes, for when I drink from an insulated mug, tend to swish each intake around in my mouth, to enjoy the coolness.

ole joyful

rob333 I didn't see this until just now. Don't get around here as often as I used to. If you're still interested, it's hard to describe the feeling. There's a slightly lightheaded feeling, almost a "spaced out" feeling (and don't ask me to define that! LOL). I have to concentrate more, even a touch of blurred vision. There's no one symptom, nor consistent. And if it's very warm and I get chills, and/or break out in a cold sweat, I know there's an issue. Usually my temperature drops to probably 95° or so, although that can happen at other times too. Whenever I "just don't feel right" I pinch the skin on the back of my hand. I've noticed if the skin doesn't retract promptly, if it just stands up there a bit, I know I'm getting dehydrated and at that point I'm going to need an IV.

I get a kick out of people when they say they're dehydrated when they're actually just thirsty. If you're truly dehydrated, it's a serious thing. And if you DO get dehydrated, drinking will help of course, but if you're seriously dehydrated, you can't take in enough fluids to rehydrate. You'll flush your system out well though, which often can be a good thing.

Most of the time I am a sipper whether it is coffee, tea or water. I am suppose to drink more water so have a glass by my chair at night when I watch TV and sip.

I am bad, drink coffee from morning until bedtime. Switch to decaf after dinner. Wine at night. Drink two bottles of water during the night. Got sick about three weeks ago, only had coffee that day, got tunnel vision while driving. Passed out twice, severe dehydration, 3 IVs later was ok.