Water Captain — Everything water 💧.

Charlie Arcodia
3 min readFeb 17, 2021

Captain your Water Intake and own your health, TODAY!

Did you know?

Just about 70% of the worlds fresh water is trapped in Glaciers which just so happens to match the amount our brains are composed of. That’s a big fact. We know the importance of water, but let’s be honest, it’s difficult to stay on top for a million reasons. Paid applications are great, but the kicker is paid 🤦🏽.

So naturally, we built a simple, easy to use iOS application that can track your water intake while removing all of the unnecessary manual upkeep! Also, it’s 100% FREE to track your daily water intake! — Big time BOOM!

Insert excitement <here>

Not an application person? We get that, so let’s get the process down to not only increase your overall health, but to truly feel good enough to be your best self! Let’s face it, we can’t control everything, but we can certainly control our water intake!

Let’s dig in.

So what’s the formula? Well, it’s a secret. Okay… not a secret, let’s break this down.

Step 1: Grab your weight (Don’t tell me 🤫)

Step 2: Get a calculator (If you still have a TI-83, much respect your way)

Formula.

Generally accepted formulas give us our expected water intake + or minus a fl. oz or so.

Considering I weigh 230lbs for the purpose of this example 😉, my expected water consumption works out to be:

(Current Weight * 2/3) or (Current Weight * 67%)

(230 * 2/3) = 153 fl. oz

(230 * 67%) = 154 fl. oz

That’s it?

Wouldn’t that be great! Almost there, we need to factor in activity and environmental factors. General rule of thumb says add an extra 11–13 ounces for every 30 minutes of physical activity (video games don’t count). Is the climate chilly? If so, shoot for the additional 11 ounces and vice versa for 13 ounces.

Wrapping this up

Okay so this seems trivial but monitoring water intake over time is essential. If you hit your target water amount today, you’ll feel great tomorrow. We have an application for this, or simply track your water in a note book (If you have the TI-83 then I feel certain you have a Marble Notebook as the perfect compliment!). Alright, we did it! Go live healthy, this past year was something but we can certainly take full control of our water intake to live every moment to its fullest!

Cheers 2021!

Thank you for reading and although this was targeted at an application, it’s free and I truly love to help the world in any way possible. Check me out on Linkedin, hit some claps or send me a note! Go 2021 💥

Last thing I promise — let’s showcase one more application that compliments 2021 and the new you! Financial forecasting, let’s keep this simple. n90 lets you know your financial forecast 90 days in advance, so you can prepare and not only master your water intake, but take a hold of those financials! This is one of our favorites, and we know you’ll love it also. Thank you Blackwolf Labs!

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Charlie Arcodia

iOS Engineer • Techstars Alumnus • Entrepreneur • CTO @ spectatAR