water? 8 cups-- really?

cheshirechic

I drink between 6 to 8 cups (always striving for 8!) and I think my body is getting used to it, as others have said. I also drink one to two pints when I first wake up, before I do anything else (exercise or even eat!), and I always add lemon juice to my water. I find that I can't drink it too cold, so I keep the water filter outside of the fridge. I'll also count unsweetened tea as water. I hope this helps!

AshDHart

I drink a minimum of 160 oz (16 cups) a day and if I'm out in the heat I get over 200 oz in. The first week my exercise came from bathroom trips! But now the trips have gone back to what they used to be for the most part.

TheTeeWhy

Yeah the whole hunger thing has really proven itself to be thirst a lot of the times with me now that I always have a bottle on the go. One minute my stomach is growling raging cause it wants food. And I go oh hail no, down some water and it just kinda, ya know. shuts up.

noogie98

Water can be addicting actually! Your body gets used to it (no really it does) and you will pee less and less your body is just detoxing . I drink about 12 cups a day and honestly if I go below 8 c. I get headaches!! Crazy right!! and YES you can count Crystal Light as your water intake!!

Sooooooo true!! I drink about a gallon and a half of water daily, no sodas or energy drinks here. I actually CRAVE water! I haven't had a soda in over 3 years and do not miss them at all. I usually have a glass of iced tea, unsweetened, around noon. The rest of the day, pure H20 for me, especially in the 100 degree plus daily temperatures we have been experiencing in TX this year!!

maserati185

I would count your 32 oz. of Crystal Light - and right there you've met 1/2 of your daily requirement. 1 cup = 8 oz. I used to think it was 8 glasses. I just can't hang with that daily. But 8 actual cups (64 oz.), no biggy.

stormieweather

I drink 100+ oz a day. I have a 20oz bottle (that's really pretty small!! ) and my goal is to refill it at 11 am, 1 pm, 3 pm, 7pm and as needed during my workouts. The bottle at home is 32 oz's, so I often go over the 100oz's.

It helps me feel full, keeps me from being dehydrated (nastiest feeling in the world!), keeps my skin clear and youthful looking, and flushes my system out.

Love my water! I don't count anything as water but water.

Oh and I use the facilities a lot...so what? LOL!

catwrangler

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283

blobby10

I drink an average of 3 litres of water per day plus 3-4 mugs of coffee (black) and possibly a couple of mugs of peppermint tea if I'm trying to avoid food!

I have been doing this for over 20 years since I heard it would help clear my skin. it didn't but skin didn't get any worse and I think the overall health benefits were good!! I don't go to the toilet any more than 'normal'!

B x

Katieladie40

My household we buy Ice Mountain bottled water, the 23.7 oz. which is roughly 3 cups of water. I try to drink 3-5 bottles a day. I don't like the taste of tap water, for some reason it just doesn't taste right. Probably because we didn't have tap water from our fridge for like 6 years, and we just bought bottled. But 3-5 bottles usually makes me feel good. I just take a bottle with me in my purse, and if im bored i just drink it. Yes you do pee alot, like i do constantly, but once you work out and replenish your body with the right amount of water you usually lose the constant peeing sensation. Keep trying, it'd defiantly make you feel good.

dad106

I drink two 32 oz water bottles a day plus a 16 oz water bottle when I workout at night. If I don't then I retain water like crazy... and I know when I've not been drinking my water because like a day or two after I start again, I have one big pee and then thats it and it goes back to normal... and I'm back to peeing like 3 times a day.

I know that when I first started drinking though, i literally considered moving into my bathroom for a few days because I was peeing so much... I was like when is it ever going to end?!

Jaradel

I use my 24 oz Starbucks cold cup all day. I start with homemade brewed unsweetened iced tea, and when I finish that I refill my cup with ice water at work. I fill up at least twice a day at work. So 24 oz = 3 cups, which means that I get 3 cups of unsweetened iced tea plus 6 cups of water before 6pm most days. In the evening, I'll fill my cup with more ice water and sip that until bedtime.

jmgj27

Holy crap - I just checked out the ozs to pints conversion (I'm British and ounces confuse me!) - apparently one pint is 20 ozs (or an American pint is 16 ozs). I easily drink 6 - 8 pints of water (with or without squash) every day, plus plenty of tea, coffee, milk and diet bitter lemon. On an average day I think I probably get through 200oz without thinking about it. I do pee a lot but I also exercise a lot and am a generally hyper person. I've also always been thirsty (so much so that I've had myself checked for diabetes a few times but I'm all clear). I feel SO rubbish if I only drink 80oz that I don't know how you would cope! I've had a little look around and apparently people are just wildly different in this regard. I'm always thirsty - others rarely drink. I guess as long as you've got healthy coloured pee (sorry for the TMI!) then it's all good!

27strange

I try for at least 10 cups or more a day. I drink water from 16oz bottles that I fill so every bottle is 2 cups.

This is my typical work day watering routine:
2 cups in the AM
2 cups with lunch
2 cups in the afternoon
4-6 cups with early evening workout
2 cups with dinner/evening

I drink little to nothing else throughout the day, but water. I have found that all the water helps to fight off hunger cravings and gives me more energy (yes it makes me need to pee a lot more often). Plus I don't enjoy wasting precious food calories on beverages, like soda, juice, coffee anymore.

HMonsterX

Why do people continue to think you literally have to drink 8 glasses of pure water a day?!

http://nutritiondiva.quickanddirtytips.com/how-much-water-should-I-drink.aspx

Its advised to get the equivalent of 8 glasses a day. Be that in the form of tea, juice, even water from fruits, all counts towards it.

People take it too literally!

melsinct

Your body adjusts. It is 3:30 pm where I am and I have already had 64 ounces of water. I pee every couple of hours.

SavCal71

I drink 80-120 oz of water a day. On top of 4-5 Diet Pepsis.

After a while your body adjusts ...

k8edge

Haha... this cracks me up.

After you start drinking more water your body adjusts and you will not longer have to pee every 20 min.

I find that 8 glasses a day is not enough...

SavCal71

Monster, taking it literally helps me.

I lose more, and more consistently, when I have 80-100 ounces of WATER per day. If I drop below that for more than a day or two, I see an immediate slowing of weight loss.

k8edge

Why do people continue to think you literally have to drink 8 glasses of pure water a day?!

http://nutritiondiva.quickanddirtytips.com/how-much-water-should-I-drink.aspx

Its advised to get the equivalent of 8 glasses a day. Be that in the form of tea, juice, even water from fruits, all counts towards it.

People take it too literally!

This is not true. Tea, juice, pop... fruit... Do NOT count in your daily water intake.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eight-glasses-water-per-day

k8edge

My household we buy Ice Mountain bottled water, the 23.7 oz. which is roughly 3 cups of water. I try to drink 3-5 bottles a day. I don't like the taste of tap water, for some reason it just doesn't taste right. Probably because we didn't have tap water from our fridge for like 6 years, and we just bought bottled. But 3-5 bottles usually makes me feel good. I just take a bottle with me in my purse, and if im bored i just drink it. Yes you do pee alot, like i do constantly, but once you work out and replenish your body with the right amount of water you usually lose the constant peeing sensation. Keep trying, it'd defiantly make you feel good.

Why don't you get a Britta filter? It would be a much friendlier step to help the environment... If you drink 4 bottles a day (average your 3-5) you drink 1460 bottles each year. That is just you. That is a lot of plastic.

HMonsterX

Why do people continue to think you literally have to drink 8 glasses of pure water a day?!

http://nutritiondiva.quickanddirtytips.com/how-much-water-should-I-drink.aspx

Its advised to get the equivalent of 8 glasses a day. Be that in the form of tea, juice, even water from fruits, all counts towards it.

People take it too literally!

This is not true. Tea, juice, pop... fruit... Do NOT count in your daily water intake.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eight-glasses-water-per-day

So, your professional says it doesnt. My professional says it does.

How are you qualified to say it is not true? Its just another one of those things which gives different answers depending on who you ask. No wonder people who want to lose weight are confused...

Btw, from the link you gave me:

"Its panel on "dietary preference intakes for electrolytes and water" noted that women who appear adequately hydrated consume about 91 ounces (2.7 liters) of water a day and men about 125 ounces (3.7 liters). These seemingly large quantities come from a variety of sources— including coffee, tea, milk, soda, juice, fruits, vegetables and other foods. Instead of recommending how much extra water a person should drink to maintain health, the panel simply concluded that "the vast majority of healthy people adequately meet their daily hydration needs by letting thirst be their guide."

That just backs up what i said

Ely82010

Why do people continue to think you literally have to drink 8 glasses of pure water a day?!

http://nutritiondiva.quickanddirtytips.com/how-much-water-should-I-drink.aspx

Its advised to get the equivalent of 8 glasses a day. Be that in the form of tea, juice, even water from fruits, all counts towards it.

People take it too literally!

This is not true. Tea, juice, pop... fruit... Do NOT count in your daily water intake.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eight-glasses-water-per-day

Actually it does, if you read the article correctly (http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eight-glasses-water-per-day), it says that there is not scientific evidence that people needs to drink eight 8oz glasses fo water a day, or that it helps with weight lost or that if you are thirsty it means that you are dehydrated.

peteb79

The plan I am on requires me to drink 26 cups, 208 oz!! .. Once you start measuring cups out, its really not that bad. I get about 14 cups in at work work by drinking 2 cups every hour, on the hour. At home I use 3 cup glasses, so getting the rest in is not too hard. It also gets me out of my chair and walking, because I have to walk down to the break room to fill my container, I fill it and put it in the freezer for half an hour, which gets me up again half an hour later to get my container. On top of the extra walking, ice cold water burns calories.

As long as it doesn't bother you, then drink the 8x8oz.. if its difficult then drink what you can.. I have no difficulty drinking 208oz and don't plan on changing till I reach a weight I want to maintain, then I will drink when I am thirsty.

Sa2ah

camel back reusable water bottle! i got mine at target. cuz it has a straw, you end up drinking more with out realizing it...atleast i do. its a 24oz bottle and ill suck it down in about 15 mins when im watching tv/on the comp. i also chug 2 cups (1 of my glasses) right b4 bed, ive been doing it for a while to help with my acne and its working. my body may just be used to high water intake cuz i dont pee a million times a day, prob like 6, and i get 8-10glasses a day (i tend to forget to log them on MFP tho)

OH i also dont drink soda (havent for years) but if i want something flavored i use Mia its an artificially flavored water enhancer you can get at target also. they have a bunch of flavors.

shanice_22

I do need to pee a lot lol. But I think I go a lot less than when I first started to drink so much water. Also, when I exercise I sweat it out instead. Your body gets used to it I suppose, and I don't really crave fizzy drinks anymore, though do have the odd diet one every now and then. But if the fizzy drinks aren't in the house I don't feel like I'm missing them either, and also don't really miss squash or fruit juice for that matter. (I know juice is good for you, but I try to just eat fruit and veggies rather than drink fruit juice now).

Had 10 glasses today, and still really thirsty.

girlinahat

Why do people continue to think you literally have to drink 8 glasses of pure water a day?!

http://nutritiondiva.quickanddirtytips.com/how-much-water-should-I-drink.aspx

Its advised to get the equivalent of 8 glasses a day. Be that in the form of tea, juice, even water from fruits, all counts towards it.

People take it too literally!

This is not true. Tea, juice, pop... fruit... Do NOT count in your daily water intake.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=eight-glasses-water-per-day

did you read that article? In it it states 'many dieticians and other people failed to notice a critical point: namely, that much of the daily need for water could be met by the water content found in food.'

erm. seems to me that indicates fruit and other beverages counts towards the daily intake. In fact, the whole article is suggesting that the 8 cups of water a day is a misinterpretation. Part of the reason people feel they need so many more fluids (fluids, not water specifically) is that they eat so mich crap it doesn't give them the fluid they need.

mksw

Yes I agree crystal light is the best!

Rae6503

I count anything that's not caffeinated. I interpret it as 8 cups liquid (read that in an article somewhere). I even count milk (and I sometimes drink 3 glasses of that).