How much water do you drink everyday?

ihateyoga
ihateyoga Posts: 111
in Health and Weight Loss
I have hard time reaching my water consumption goal of 8 cups everyday. If I drink water when I'm not thirsty, I have to pee every 10 or 15 minutes. How much water do you drink? And how do you drink it?
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  • Mokey41
    Mokey41 Posts: 5,769 Member
    You need to drink enough water for your urine to be pale yellow. There is no set amount and you get a lot of fluid just from the food that you eat. The whole 8 glasses a day thing is a myth.
  • SpleenlessGal
    SpleenlessGal Posts: 24 Member
    You need to drink enough water for your urine to be pale yellow. There is no set amount and you get a lot of fluid just from the food that you eat. The whole 8 glasses a day thing is a myth.

    Exactly!

    I generally drink about 6 cups of water a day, and I find that is sufficient for me.
  • Flabulousss
    Flabulousss Posts: 106
    Ideally half my weight in ounces. I don't know who made that figure up but it works for me. I just fill up a jumbo water bottle twice a day.
  • Gee_24
    Gee_24 Posts: 359 Member
    Zero.


    But I drink about 3 glasses of diluting juice a day and 4 cups of tea. I hate water with a firey passion.!
  • Touji
    Touji Posts: 32 Member
    Two.

    One in the morning, one in the afternoon. Throughout the day I drink coffee.
  • RealMarkD
    RealMarkD Posts: 92 Member
    I drink between 2-3 quarts each day (some days less, some days more). The most recent "rule" I've heard about how much water you should drink is 1/2 your body weight in ounces (ex: if you weigh 100lbs, you should be drinking at least 50 ounces of water per day).
  • TheLung
    TheLung Posts: 58
    I have extremely low saliva production due to I had oral cancer and the radiation zapped the glands. Its very easy for me to drink a quart of water before noon. So 2 quarts a day isn't hard for me to accomplish if not more because I have to have something to drink when I eat otherwise I can't swallow my food. I also have to drink a lot if I am exercising at all not from a dehydration stand point but the dry mouth thing. If my mouth gets to dry I end up throwing up because it chokes me..
  • annekka
    annekka Posts: 517 Member
    I fill up my 500 ml water bottle 3 or 4 times a day, and drink about another 500 ml if I go to the gym. Plus 1-2 cups of green or herbal tea a day. I have a weak bladder and I pee a lot. However, I've gotten better about peeing since I started drinking so much water. Maybe my bladder stretched a bit? Luckily while I'm a teacher, I have enough flexibility in my schedule to be running to the bathroom as often as I need to.
  • astange83
    astange83 Posts: 105
    i drink 4-5 32oz bottles of water a day at work. Off days usually 3-4 bottles
  • jenniferb_00
    jenniferb_00 Posts: 81
    I drink about 8-12 cups a day. I like water though. Plus i drink tea a number of times daily.
  • CyberEd312
    CyberEd312 Posts: 3,536 Member
    100+ ounces a day.........
  • cdahl383
    cdahl383 Posts: 726 Member
    I do the same thing, just keep drinking water throughout the day until my pee is almost clear. Then I taper off for the rest of the day. There is no set amount that I drink each day. Some days I need a lot more and others I need very little.
  • grandmamere
    grandmamere Posts: 155 Member
    8 - 12 glasses. But this will very based on how much protein I've had. Protein seems to makes me thirst so that ups the amount I drink. I also use crystal single packets because I get tired of plain water. I'll switch the flavors from orange sunrise, green tea with raspberry or peach mango tea.
  • d6melanie
    d6melanie Posts: 84 Member
    At least a gallon, but I don't really keep track. I just drink whenever I'm thirsty. I alternate between water and tea... which is basically water...
  • munchkin0518
    munchkin0518 Posts: 32
    I find forcing myself to drink water almost activates my hunger- it's as if the sipping, swallowing, and general feeling of having consumed something (and yet nothing) preps my mind and stomach for a meal, or snacking at the very least. I said "screw it" to the 8-cups-a-day rule a long time ago and now only drink when my throat feels dry.
  • LaurenLouG
    LaurenLouG Posts: 65 Member
    Over 3 litres but I'm a flight attendant and it is seriously dehydrating. I try to drink 400mls every hour and on a 13 hour light that ends up being a pretty substantial amount.
  • MizMimi111
    MizMimi111 Posts: 244 Member
    You need to drink enough water for your urine to be pale yellow. There is no set amount and you get a lot of fluid just from the food that you eat. The whole 8 glasses a day thing is a myth.

    Exactly!

    I generally drink about 6 cups of water a day, and I find that is sufficient for me.

    Ditto both of the above.
  • init2fitit
    init2fitit Posts: 168 Member
    i fill up a 20-24 ounce bottle 3 times a day
  • brraanndi
    brraanndi Posts: 325 Member
    I just estimated that I drink about 4 of these reusable bottles which is a little over a gallon a day.

    I told my husband and he just said "That's just wasteful." ROFL I had no clue I drank so much water.
  • danalin26
    danalin26 Posts: 13 Member
    I drink over 100 oz a day. I do have to pee a lot LOL
  • mamacoates
    mamacoates Posts: 430 Member
    I keep a 2 liter bottle of water with me all day long. I finish one bottle before the end of my work day and another bottle by the time I have completed my workout. That is my minimum. If I can drink more throughout the day, that is even better. 1 bottle = 2 cups.

    I also add to the water, one of those zero calorie flavorings, a squeeze of lemon, a spring of mint or some other natural flavoring so that is the only thing I drink all day long. No sodas, lemonade, etc. I have given up diet soda and almost all coffee, juices, etc., using this approach and have doubled my water consumption in just a couple of months. Once your body is properly hydrated, you will quit having to go to the bathroom so frequently. It's like watering a dried out plant. At first the water just runs through the pot. As the dirt rehydrates, it begins to absorb more water in the process and less runs out the bottom. Water slowly at first to get the water absorbed. Soon you'll easily add more without all the water immediately running out the pot.... :smile:
  • jadedhippo
    jadedhippo Posts: 95 Member
    I drink about 2-4 litres a day.
  • ssm_1972
    ssm_1972 Posts: 396 Member
    12 - 14 cups every day !!
  • SkinnyWannabeGal
    SkinnyWannabeGal Posts: 143 Member
    I drink two 16.9 fl oz bottles of water a day. On top of that, I drink 1-2 cups of green tea, 0-1 cups of iced black tea and occasionally a cup of coffee. This is on the days that I have light to no physical activity. The more I move, the more water I drink. If I exercise vigorously, I'll most likely get around 8 cups of water that day. I would say that I pee between 10-15 times a day.
  • Tropicalfirestorm
    Tropicalfirestorm Posts: 61 Member
    6 and i still pee all the time. i generally have to pee 20 minutes after drinking water.
  • Widadita
    Widadita Posts: 176 Member
    I drink about 4.5 liters every day, which is a little over one us gallon

    Oh, and I pee like 20 times a day, LOL!!!
  • sdreed25
    sdreed25 Posts: 208 Member
    I drink 4 litres every day and your body gets used to it after a week or so, you then don't have to pee quite so often.

    That's 136 US fl oz, 0.88 US gal and 7 UK pints
  • blably
    blably Posts: 490 Member
    probably around 2 L of just water and round 1.5 L of tea/homemade lemonade etc.
  • Kr1ptonite
    Kr1ptonite Posts: 789 Member
    I try to get at least 2L. The last week iv been struggling to drink that much though.
  • JuliMagenta
    JuliMagenta Posts: 79 Member
    usually between 4-6litres a day, water and tea comined :)

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