Does weight have any impact on water?

canadacatman
canadacatman Posts: 224 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Does weight have anything to do with how much water you should be drinking.
Thanks

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  • fsunole13
    fsunole13 Posts: 9 Member
    I have always heard this: you should try to drink between half an ounce and an ounce of water for each pound you weigh, each day. So, if you weigh 150 pounds, that would be 75 to 150 ounces of water a day. You should reach for the higher end if you live in a hot climate and exercise a lot! I hope this helps.
  • bigmangettingsmall
    bigmangettingsmall Posts: 34 Member
    fsunole13 wrote: »
    I have always heard this: you should try to drink between half an ounce and an ounce of water for each pound you weigh, each day. So, if you weigh 150 pounds, that would be 75 to 150 ounces of water a day. You should reach for the higher end if you live in a hot climate and exercise a lot! I hope this helps.

    I heard that too but if I drank half my weight in ounces it's like 5 liters so half an ounce would be 2.5 or so that is a big gap lol. Thanks
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    Technically yes, but not nearly as much as you think. A good general recommendation is that if your urine is very yellow you should drink more. If your urine is pale yellow you're hydrated well enough. Healthy people can have a very wide range of water consumption and do quite well.

  • capaul42
    capaul42 Posts: 1,390 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    Technically yes, but not nearly as much as you think. A good general recommendation is that if your urine is very yellow you should drink more. If your urine is pale yellow you're hydrated well enough. Healthy people can have a very wide range of water consumption and do quite well.

    This. Everyone is different and their bodies hydrate at different levels. So you may have 2 people with identical stats, one has to drink 10 cups of water a day and the other one may only need 5.

    One factor that people don't see is your diet as well. Some foods have a lot of water so if your diet is rich in those foods, you typically don't need to drink as much water to be well hydrated.

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