Those of you who had to train yourselves to drink a lot of water ...

Lorleee

There's actually no need to force down a ton of water to lose weight or to avoid dehydration. Drink when you're thirsty and remember you also get needed fluids from fruits and veggies. The "drink lots of water" to lose weight thing is a myth.

tiggerlove

No..look at it as a workout going back and forth to the bathroom

jgnatca

I am directed by my medical team to be drinking water throughout the day. So I do.

When you get used to how long it takes to pass your water, you can "schedule" your breaks. If you then "schedule" your water consumption you can similarly reduce your trips to the bathroom.

SherryTeach

Orphia wrote: »

So we're all just going along with the assumption that a person has to drink "a lot" of water?

I'm not going with that assumption. I drink when I'm thirsty and I'm fine. I have way more to do with my life than tote giant bottles of water everywhere I go and spend all my time the bathroom.

Orphia

SherryTeach wrote: »

Orphia wrote: »

So we're all just going along with the assumption that a person has to drink "a lot" of water?

I'm not going with that assumption. I drink when I'm thirsty and I'm fine. I have way more to do with my life than tote giant bottles of water everywhere I go and spend all my time the bathroom.

Excellent.

AnnPT77

Over time, I found that while I still needed to pee as much (quantity), I didn't need to pee as often (frequency). However, frequency has never been a big problem for me. FWIW, a breast cancer support group I attend had a speaker about urinary incontinence or inconvenient frequency. Not only did she recommend kegels, but also recommended trying to hold the urine longer (not to the extent of actual pain or anything, but not peeing as soon as or every time you feel the urge).

Athijade

Lorleee wrote: »

There's actually no need to force down a ton of water to lose weight or to avoid dehydration. Drink when you're thirsty and remember you also get needed fluids from fruits and veggies. The "drink lots of water" to lose weight thing is a myth.

That works if you actually feel thirsty. I often just don't until I am WAY behind. Like, muscle cramps behind.

Plus, I am supposed to drink a bit more water due to a bladder condition I have.

MyChocolateDiet

When I learned on MFP that all my liquids could count towards my daily "8 glasses" I had to pee a lot less. Each 8 oz of liquid be it coffee, juice, tea, pelligrino etc gets logged then added to my little glass animation thingie in the food log and I'm always fine. Prior I was ADDING 8-8oz servings of bottled water on top of all the above liquids and spending the day grossed out, water logged, peeing, and wanting to apply Desitin to my chapped aZz.

Christine_72

I've drunk 5-10 cups of tea everyday for many years, and it still goes straight through me. I pee every 30 minutes. I can go an hour at the very most.