Dehydrated........?

Dehydrated....?

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This last weekend, I attended my 2 boys Soccer tournament here in North Florida. 98 degrees and about 98 per cent humidity.
The games were at 2 different complexes....Here's a recap
Game 1 ...set up chair ...grab umbrella..spend 1 hour cheering on my 9 year old..
Game over ...load up ...go drive 25 minutes to other complex.
Game 2 set up chair, grab umbrella ....spend 1 hour cheering on my 16 year old..
Game 3 drive back to first complex and repeat
Game 4 drive back to 2nd complex and repeat

Rinse and repeat.......for 2 days...a total of 8 games.

On labor day, we went to shoot skeet in the hot sun for about 4 hours....

Monday night, I had an incredible headache. I don't normally get headaches and i was trying to figure out what was going on. I remembered that a buddy of mine recently was having horrible headaches and went to the doctor. The doc said he was dehydrated and made him drink a lot of water over the next few days. He recovered and felt much better and his headaches have not returned.
Hmmmm..I really didn't drink almost anything over those 3 days. I'm not sure why, but I didn't really think about it. So, Monday night I drank about 6 glasses of water and after a while started feeling better. Tuesday I continued to drink a lot and ultimately felt much better. I wasnt have blood pressure problems or anything else, so I truly believe I was dehydrated. I know it sounds crazy, but I never really thought about it before.
I am doing much better and have now realized that I truly have to prepare better for the hot outdoors than maybe I have in the past.....

well, the good news is that both my boys swept the tournament and had a great time
Like momma says,......drink lots of water..