In the water section it uses 'cups' as a measurement. Is thi

SittingNow

I tend to drink about 4 metric litres of water a day. when I go to add this into the calculator, it only has the option for 'cup'. Am I right in assuming this is the American measurement system?

3laine75

think it just means a cup

svanhoecke

Yup! us crazy americans and our non-metricness. Sorry.

EatClenTrenHard

you drink 16 cups per day? damn

SittingNow

Yep. Water = Weight loss! To be fair, I've always drunk about 3 litres a day anyway.

kikina

yes 1 cup equals 8 liquid ounces or in metric it would be about 2 25 dl a bit less than 1/4 litre

EatClenTrenHard

yes 1 cup equals 8 liquid ounces or in metric it would be about 2 25 dl a bit less than 1/4 litre

1 cup is 250ml

amuchison

Love it!!! I drink 6-8 liters a day;)

islandjumper

Love it!!! I drink 6-8 liters a day;)

Wow! That's pretty impressive...do you get enough electrolytes though??? And how do you keep from peeing every 10 minutes?? I drink 3-5 liters and I go all the time!

spekticalface

Love it!!! I drink 6-8 liters a day;)

oh my gosh!!!! i struggle to drink one!!!




I think a 'cup' is 8oz

41degsouth

Holy heck that's a lot of water! I hope those of you in the 6+ liter camp are doing a *lot* of exercise and sweating it out. See here for a reputable source regarding a woman who *died* from water intoxication after drinking 6L of water in three hours:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=strange-but-true-drinking-too-much-water-can-kill

Mom0fTwo

Canadians have the pleasure of learning both lmao

cups tbsp etc for food/baking
ml, litres for liquids
lbs for adult weight
kgs for babies weight
cm, m, and km for distance/math in school
inches and feet for adult heights

we are just crazy like that lol

1 cup=250ml=8oz there ya go

Avandel

I tend to drink about 4 metric litres of water a day. when I go to add this into the calculator, it only has the option for 'cup'. Am I right in assuming this is the American measurement system?

You can change to metric by going to Home, Settings & Change to Metric, it's second from the bottom. Don't know if this will also change the Water to litres, or if it's just the food

geezer99

A standard American measuring cup is 8 fluid ounces which works out to 0.24 liters. Just to confuse the issue, Americans sometimes use "cups" to mean "tea cups" for which the standard is 6 ounces (unlikely to be the case here.)

HorrorChix89

There's no way I could drink THAT much water a day. And water doesn't actually equal weight loss...but to each their own I suppose.

I posted a suggestion about more ways to count water. Like on Fitbit.com they have mL, cup, and oz. Easier for me since I measure my water using three 20oz bottles (7.5 cups).

Scott_P

Ive always just assumed it to be 250 ml of water. A cup is a crappy unit of measurement. Why not use a rod or a furlong for frig sake.

3laine75

Canadians have the pleasure of learning both lmao

cups tbsp etc for food/baking
ml, litres for liquids
lbs for adult weight
kgs for babies weight
cm, m, and km for distance/math in school
inches and feet for adult heights

we are just crazy like that lol



1 cup=250ml=8oz there ya go

haha - britain is the same
must be easier to be american or european where they have one or the other

KatKatatrophic

A cup is 8 ounces of water. We learned the metric system, but sometimes using cups is easier than using liters. I never understood the metric system. There is always a converter online if you search it on Google. I'd do the math, but again, I never really understood how to convert whatever the U.S calls it to metric.

islandjumper

Canadians have the pleasure of learning both lmao

cups tbsp etc for food/baking
ml, litres for liquids
lbs for adult weight
kgs for babies weight
cm, m, and km for distance/math in school
inches and feet for adult heights

we are just crazy like that lol



1 cup=250ml=8oz there ya go

haha - britain is the same
must be easier to be american or european where they have one or the other

We do learn both and our products are packaged with metric measurements right along side the imperial ones. It's just hard for most of us to think metric and relate it to imperial.

amuchison

My electrolytes r fine and I have been drinking like this for 6 months now, I will begin workouts soon;) I slowed for a little time to 15-25 cups a day...my body functions best when I am at this level if I drink fewer than 100oz my body goes wonkie!!;) I am on Medifast so my diet is fairly diff;) its almost addicting I love my water;) I drink 6-8 liters over the course of 15 hrs so its not all at once usually 2 liters before noon another 4 liters between noon and 5 and then another 2 liters between 6-8 I'm dine by 8 pm so I don't pee all night I go 1 tiime usually at 4 am...I go usually 2-4 times every 2-3 hrs during the day..not too bad;)

ashleab37

A cup is 250ml.

AZKristi

It is an American convention. A cup is 8 ounces. A liter is 33.8 ounces. A liter is, therefore, approximately 4.25 cups.

EQHanks

I drink so much water a day its unnatural LOL

tigersword

A cup is 8 fluid ounces, which is actually 240 ml, not 250.

As for the water counter, pretty sure it's just "cups," not measuring cups, just whatever cup you use to drink. If you have a 1 liter bottle and drink 4 a day, each one is a "cup." That's how I've always interpreted it.

EatClenTrenHard

I think that drinking that much water is dangerous. And expensive.

gp79

It doesn't matter what measurement it is, whatsoever. The water counter is not tied to any other feature in MFP and is merely there for you to use for your own record. It says 'cups' but you can assume whatever you want.

EatClenTrenHard

A cup is 8 fluid ounces, which is actually 240 ml, not 250.

As for the water counter, pretty sure it's just "cups," not measuring cups, just whatever cup you use to drink. If you have a 1 liter bottle and drink 4 a day, each one is a "cup." That's how I've always interpreted it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cup_(unit)

there are so many cups

japanese cup = 200ml.
why do people make life so hard. 1 cup is enough.

athensguy

http://goo.gl/6lLFd

http://goo.gl/jK8uB

1 cup is 8 fl oz is 236.588237 ml

JadeRabbit08

Green is metric black is who uses the old imperial measurements.

Apart from the US , the other countries are Burma and Liberia.

967_1111

You know you are Canadian when....

You drive 3 kilometers to put 20 liters of gas in your car, and stop in a McDonald's for a quarter pounder and a 20oz Coke. On the way home, you stop at the beer store for a 2-4, and the LCBO for a 40-pounder. While at the beer store, someone asks for directions, and you start off by saying, "ok, take a left, and then drive for about 5 minutes, then turn right".

You pay for your dinner with a toonie and a loonie, and drive back home in your Honda Civic, which gets 40 miles per gallon.

ashleab37

I think that drinking that much water is dangerous. And expensive.

Expensive? Really?