This is one of the only pictures I have to show my acne (I was too embarrassed to take pictures if I didn’t have makeup on) but I used to have cystic acne that was extremely painful and took FOREVER to heal.
Back in October I started Rachael Hollis
‘ Last 90 Days
challenge.
One of the goals is to drink HALF of your body weight in water – EACH DAY!
I went from drinking no water a day to half my weight in water.
How to figure out how much water you should drink – Take your weight (when I first started I was 150 lbs) and divide that by 2 and that’s how many ounces you need to drink a day (150/2 = 75 oz)
Now I NEVER drank water, it was always Coke or coffee. Maybe a sip of water to wash down my birth control pill but that was it. I HATED water ew!!
So to drink all that water daily – 75 oz – was a struggle! But I pushed myself. I carried a water bottle with me EVERYWHERE I went. Bought a filter so I would have fresh water at home and set goals on how much I wanted to drink at certain times of the day – To be honest there was LOTS of chugging and there still is!
Right away I noticed how much more energy I had. Overall I felt better! I wasn’t getting sick all the time like I used to and HANGOVERS were GONE! – Staying hydrated really was paying off. On the downside I was peeing CONSTANTLY!
I was told my skin would see improvements but that was the LAST thing I noticed. Now after 4 month of drinking half my weight in water – I have lost weight but I also can see the improvement on my face. I rarely get breakouts anymore – if I do they are little and go away ASAP. No more of the cystic acne that was huge and painful.
Top row of pictures is from this morning and the bottom row is from October.
