H2O VS The Other Stuff

I know this isn't exactly a food blog, but it's how I've been feeling lately so I thought I'd share.

For the past 4 days, I have declared a strike against water, persay. Not because it's "boring" or "plain", but for an experiment. With the exception of early Saturday afternoon (I sat in the sun for an hour), I have only consumed tea, Propel, and Gatorade. (And a Keva Juice).
Things I experienced:
Bloating
Fatigue
Cramping -my period isn't due for another 2 weeks.
Scratchy throat
Dry mouth/cotton mouth
Charly horses in my calves
Just overall miserable

The reason I started drinking stuff like this in the first place is because I had a hangover both Saturday and Sunday (not regretting any of it, however), and I was told that drinking Propel and Gatorade would help since they have "electrolytes" in them, meaning they had "salt" or "sodium". Which basically means I was retaining water, thus was my reason for feeling extremely bloated. It was horrible, I felt like I was on my period PLUS having a gnarly hangover at the same time.

As for my hangovers, the electrolyte drinks hadn't worked as well as water had. Water flushes everything out instead of retaining it in.

And the only rearson I didn't drink water yesterday is because I forgot. I know, I know, it's a sad excuse. But I woke up late, didn't have a lunch, had a free Keva Juice, went to Sonic, then home. The first time I consumed water was this morning at 2am.

At least I'm doing better than Kevin. He jokingly blames being married for breaking his streak of not drinking soda. It's just the opposite for me, actually. I stopped drinking soda right before we met (about 3 years ago), and I haven't to this day (with the exception of an occasional root beer, and even THAT isn't often). To be honest, I LOVE the taste of Coca-Cola, but I tried to drink it a while ago, and I was sick to my stomach. I can't even handle Ginger Ale, which is ironic, because it's supposed to relieve stomach aches!

I'm so glad that he's finally realised he's been drinking too much soda, and has decided to cut down. But that's why we have the Gatorade. I think it's disgusting, and I have some bad memories with it (psychological issues-it's silly but I'll explain if you want).

Overall, now I'll just stick with water, and the occasional tea (hot or cold), and the even more infrequent Starbucks coffee/tea. It just makes me feel better physically, and mentally.