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Sodium - how much water should I drink?
incisron
Posts: 550 Member
I ate two crunchy Taco Bell beef tacos. How much water should I drink to flush out the sodium so I can get an accurate scale reading tomorrow?
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Whatever the scale says tomorrow will be accurate. Weight fluctuates 24/7, and even if you consumed an average amount of sodium you could still be up.
Look at the long-term trend, not the day-to-day or week-to-week.6 -
It depends on the person/body. My last excess sodium day increased my weight by 5 pounds and I was guzzling water all day. I peed out everything two days later. Even if you have a weight spike, you know it's an outlier and you can weigh in again at a later date.0
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It will probably take a couple of days for any fluid retention to disperse.
I probably wouldn't drink too much extra water if you are already drinking plenty. If you are not a big water drinker, drink a couple or so extra glasses. Just don't expect immediate results, tomorrow there may still be fluid retention.0 -
I thought you just posted in another thread that you drank water and staved off craving for taco's??
Anyway, I cant see the point of drinking any particular amount of water just to change tomorrows scale reading - scale readings fluctuate and doing that doesnt change your actual amount of fat loss.4 -
It doesn't work like that. The water will whoosh away when it wants, if there is any retained. Making sure you're properly hydrated helps but it's not instant "cure". Stop stressing about small fluctuations and if you can't then stop weighing daily.3
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paperpudding wrote: »I thought you just posted in another thread that you drank water and staved off craving for taco's??
Anyway, I cant see the point of drinking any particular amount of water just to change tomorrows scale reading - scale readings fluctuate and doing that doesnt change your actual amount of fat loss.
I staved off a burrito craving. The taco dinner was the end of my daily calories.
Thx, though.
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Thanks, everyone.0
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oh ok - tacos and burritos are interchangeable terms to me.paperpudding wrote: »I thought you just posted in another thread that you drank water and staved off craving for taco's??
Anyway, I cant see the point of drinking any particular amount of water just to change tomorrows scale reading - scale readings fluctuate and doing that doesnt change your actual amount of fat loss.
I staved off a burrito craving. The taco dinner was the end of my daily calories.
Thx, though.
I guess that is a 'words meaning different things in different places' thing.
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paperpudding wrote: »
oh ok - tacos and burritos are interchangeable terms to me.paperpudding wrote: »I thought you just posted in another thread that you drank water and staved off craving for taco's??
Anyway, I cant see the point of drinking any particular amount of water just to change tomorrows scale reading - scale readings fluctuate and doing that doesnt change your actual amount of fat loss.
I staved off a burrito craving. The taco dinner was the end of my daily calories.
Thx, though.
I guess that is a 'words meaning different things in different places' thing.
They are very different things but both Mexican. I just think in the UK (if that's where you are) we don't get as much or as good Mexican food here so our familiarity with the differences isn't as good.0 -
paperpudding wrote: »
oh ok - tacos and burritos are interchangeable terms to me.paperpudding wrote: »I thought you just posted in another thread that you drank water and staved off craving for taco's??
Anyway, I cant see the point of drinking any particular amount of water just to change tomorrows scale reading - scale readings fluctuate and doing that doesnt change your actual amount of fat loss.
I staved off a burrito craving. The taco dinner was the end of my daily calories.
Thx, though.
I guess that is a 'words meaning different things in different places' thing.
Tacos = Hard shell
Burritos = soft wrap
Tha'ts how I've always differentiated them.0 -
VintageFeline wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »
oh ok - tacos and burritos are interchangeable terms to me.paperpudding wrote: »I thought you just posted in another thread that you drank water and staved off craving for taco's??
Anyway, I cant see the point of drinking any particular amount of water just to change tomorrows scale reading - scale readings fluctuate and doing that doesnt change your actual amount of fat loss.
I staved off a burrito craving. The taco dinner was the end of my daily calories.
Thx, though.
I guess that is a 'words meaning different things in different places' thing.
They are very different things but both Mexican. I just think in the UK (if that's where you are) we don't get as much or as good Mexican food here so our familiarity with the differences isn't as good.
I am in Australia.
So is Christine - and she may well be right. I am not a big eater of mexican food so not really familiar with these terms.
For the purpose of clarifying my earlier post - i thought they were same things, which is why I didnt understand apparent contradiction in what OP was saying - but seems was just my misunderstanding of terms.
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Christine_72 wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »
oh ok - tacos and burritos are interchangeable terms to me.paperpudding wrote: »I thought you just posted in another thread that you drank water and staved off craving for taco's??
Anyway, I cant see the point of drinking any particular amount of water just to change tomorrows scale reading - scale readings fluctuate and doing that doesnt change your actual amount of fat loss.
I staved off a burrito craving. The taco dinner was the end of my daily calories.
Thx, though.
I guess that is a 'words meaning different things in different places' thing.
Tacos = Hard shell
Burritos = soft wrap
Tha'ts how I've always differentiated them.
Tacos can be soft. They're open. A burrito is wrapped up. The contents are different too. I'm not an expert though to give a better breakdown, this is where Google is our friend.2 -
And now I want tacos.0
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VintageFeline wrote: »Christine_72 wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »
oh ok - tacos and burritos are interchangeable terms to me.paperpudding wrote: »I thought you just posted in another thread that you drank water and staved off craving for taco's??
Anyway, I cant see the point of drinking any particular amount of water just to change tomorrows scale reading - scale readings fluctuate and doing that doesnt change your actual amount of fat loss.
I staved off a burrito craving. The taco dinner was the end of my daily calories.
Thx, though.
I guess that is a 'words meaning different things in different places' thing.
Tacos = Hard shell
Burritos = soft wrap
Tha'ts how I've always differentiated them.
Tacos can be soft. They're open. A burrito is wrapped up. The contents are different too. I'm not an expert though to give a better breakdown, this is where Google is our friend.
Aah good point.
I'm not interested enough to go Google it
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