Trouble with fluids

Something I've always had a really hard time with is drinking enough water or other beverages. I don't like the feeling of liquid in my stomach. For some reason I have an irrational fear that drinking too much liquid is going to make my weight shoot up. I realize now that this is silly. Water is not going to make me gain weight... It doesn't have any calories!! It may make me feel bloated but it will not make me gain real weight to drink water.

I've been really trying to challenge these distorted fears. I'm drinking a lot more these days. But I find that I really just don't like water: in order to drink enough I need flavor in my water. I add crystal light packets usually. I bought flavored liquid which is supposed to be coconut flavor but it's kind of gross... I really do need to get better about drinking plain water.

For a while I had even a fear of drinking coffee, even when it was black or just had sweetener. Silly me I was afraid that coffee would make me gain weight so I kept purging my coffee in the morning. Not anymore. This afternoon I had two grande cups of iced coffee and felt ok :) and they even had soy milk in them! Basically with liquid you're going to pee it out anyway and whatever liquid you hang on to is because your body needs the hydration! I mean come on, our bodies are made of like 90% water!

So if you have a fear of liquids you are not alone. It's something I've really been 

working on. And having lots of liquid in your belly can feel really uncomfortable!! I just tell myself repeatedly that my body needs this fluid and that it will keep me healthy. Fluids = good.