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At any moment we can decide to change something about ourselves that we do not like. It can be anything from our physical appearance, like our hair, or a behavior, like studying habits. Although it is easy to say that we do not like something about ourselves it is not as easy to actually change those qualities. Some people like myself need a little push or shove in order to get the ball rolling, so when the opportunity came around, through a school project, I decided to change my drinking habits. Now I don’t have an issue with alcohol, but I do have an issue with giving my body the right amount of water it needs in order to stay hydrated and healthy. Over the years I have suffered from a few kidney infections and UTIs, and I am frequently …show more content…

A minimum of eighty ounces of water a day (five water bottles) for seven days felt like a good starting point. Since I began to drink the eighty ounces of water on Monday, September 25, Monday’s would be the start of a new week and Sundays the end. The plan was to increase by one water bottle or sixteen-ounces each week until my goal was met, so eight ounces on week one, ninety-six ounces by week two, and one hundred and twelve ounces by week three. Although drinking plenty, of water comes with many rewarding health benefits like increasing energy, boosting your metabolism, and flushing out toxins (Phon, 2012), I added a reward system where I encouraged myself to stick with my plan and meet my goal by allowing myself to drink one twelve ounces can of soda or juice when I met the amount of water intake I needed in a day. I noticed while recording the information for my baseline that I would drink juice and soda when I was thirsty rather than just drink water, so I replaced those drinks with water and used them as a rewards system to help keep me motivated and ultimately reach my goal. Below is a 3-D line graph that displays the amount of my water intake in ounces for each day of the three weeks and the five days of the baseline. As seen, my baseline is significantly less than the other weeks. Week one, which started on September 25th, went very well I even managed

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