Water. How much do we REALLY need to shed pounds?

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  • junyr
    junyr Posts: 416 Member
    Another note on the water intake...if you drink any caffeine, this includes Green Tea and pop, you need to drink an extra glass of water to compensate for each glass of caffeine ingested. Caffeine dehydrates your body of water and actually causes fatigue contrary to popular believe.

    This is not true, you need around 7 cups of coffee to get any type of diuretic effect from coffee. Check the following link:

    http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caffeinated-drinks/AN01661

    Also guys, don't forget that stuff you eat has liquid in it too. It all counts. That apple you ate? Guess how much of it is water, bananas, veggies, even meat, it all has water in it and IT ALL can count toward your intake.
  • obsidianwings
    obsidianwings Posts: 1,237 Member
    I use the water your body app on android to track my water intake/remind me to drink water. You put in your weight (and I think height can't quite remember) and it tells you how much to drink. Not sure how accurate it is, however as I have lost weight the number I need to drink goes down.
    Right now its 1500ml which is 5 glasses, but I usually have 6 just because i've already got into the routine of that.
  • Kalynx
    Kalynx Posts: 707 Member
    Due to problems with kidneys I have to limit my fluid intake to 56 oz a day...I honestly go over by about 8 oz or so daily but it was definately a struggle at first as I've been drinking probably double that for years per day.
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