"I was also found to have small kidneys, possibility how I came from the factory " yep…your genetic fate is sealed at time of conception. no getting around it.
@hyperJulie I read the reviews before I bought and they tend to be either 5-star or 1-star, not much in between. I don’t use mine as a lot of people seem to; i.e., I don’t throw it into bags and it’s always upright. With that caveat, I give it 5 stars. I only wish it came in a raspberry-ish color. 
There is no way around it. If your body works the way it is designed to work, you will run to the bathroom more often if you drink more water, which is the whole purpose of drinking more to possibly make the kidneys issue to go away. So, think about your options. 1. As doc. suggested, drink more, go to the bathroom more as the second is the whole reason why doc. suggested more water intake. 2. Do not follow doc’s orders with the risk of getting sick. Your decision will be based on your aversion to risk. Some people still smoke while they know very well that it puts them to the higher risk of getting very sick. They still do, nobody can stop them! By the same token, you can continue having insufficient amount of water intake while knowing your personal risk associated with such a decision. Nobody can make you drink more water, just like nobody can make a smoker to quit. Sorry, it is on you!
I’m a big water drinker, and I agree with the others that it’s a habit you need to get into. I always have a big glass of water next to the computer, and I’ll drink it constantly without realizing I’m doing it, because that’s my habit. (I never have food near the computer, for the same reason-I don’t even realize what I’m doing and who needs those calories). When I get up to pee (which is good because you don’t want to be sedentary anyway) I’ll refill the glass.
Once you get to the point where you’re drinking enough water consistently, you’ll be amazed at how good you feel. I can tell right away if I start feeling out of energy or tired-I’ll go drink 2 cups of water (chug! chug!) and in about 10 minutes I’m like oh yeah, that’s the ticket.
I don’t drink sugary or diet drinks, or juice, but I do drink a lot of unsweet tea, so be aware of the diuretic effect of sugar and caffeine.
My Fitbit lets me track water intake, but I don’t need to. It might work for you, though.
Oh, let me add this-my daughters drink a ton of La Croix water (in cans, no sweetener), but they struggle with unflavored water unless they’re exercising, so I make cucumber-ginger-lemon water and keep it in a gallon glass jug in the fridge. Just peel and thinly slice a cucumber, add a few slices of freshly peeled ginger, and one thinly sliced (and washed well) lemon. I can’t keep up with them on how much of it they drink-you can run out of water and just refill it about 3 times before the flavor is exhausted.
I drink a glass of water in the morning as soon as I get up, then have my tea, then have another glass of water while my second cup of tea is steeping. That’s about 20 ounces right there. Another 20 at lunch (one glass while I’m cooking, another while I’m eating), and 20 at dinner (ditto).
I have been having water retention lately where my feet swell as it gets warm. I have been drinking lots of water with lemon and cucumber. I started drinking green tea and plan to have watermelon once it is in season. (diuretic)
@raclut For diuretic purposes, the seeds of cucumbers and watermelons are the best part. Try to find old school watermelon with seeds if you can.
Drink in the car. I struggle to drink sufficient water as well, but the camelback bottle always in the car keeps me hydrated while driving. But need to remember to keep it filled.
I too developed the water habit a couple decades ago to ward off kidney stones that plagued me in my twenties…I don’t measure anymore but know I drink more than 64 ounces a day. I drain a 32 camelbak at work, 16 ounces before work and 16 to 32 ounces at night. The only thing that bothers me is I am up 2X a night but I am used to that and I fall right back to sleep.
I also try to drink about 64 oz water each day but rarely make that goal. Two things: put a 16 oz bottle of water on your nightstand and before you get out of bed in the am, drink that. Make it a habit. There’s 25% of your intake before you even start your day. I then fill that bottle up from the tap and throw it in my workbag for mid-morning. Another at lunch and another mid to late afternoon. I stop drinking at dinnertime because I was truly losing sleep getting up 3-4 times a night if I continued to drink until bedtime.
Have you tried the flavored selzer? I find that I enjoy a couple of flavors so much that I down a bottle pretty quickly. You will need to read the label to make sure it’s just water. Some stores sell sweetened clear beverages Iin the same section.
One of my medications I had to go off of was a diuretic I had been taking for sudden hearing lose about 8 years ago… The concern was I might have had mild high blood pressure without knowing it as I had been on the diuretic for so long. Luckily as I tapered off, and finally off of it totally, my blood pressure has been normal, and no change in my hearing. I am sorry I have been taking a medication for years that I didn’t need. Diuretic are not something I need to be taking with decreased renal function. I do have permission to have my caffeinated coffee in the morning as well as ice tea the couple of times a week I have it for lunch!
The glass of water first thing in the morning has gone great; not liking it so much this Saturday morning when we slept late; really wanted that cup of coffee first, but stuck with the water 