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Nicole3d
Nicole3d Posts: 9 Member
edited November 12 in Introduce Yourself
Hello everyone...just want it to introduce myself.
I am actually here to see what i eat and drink during the day. I am in nursing school and survive on coffee and coke....all day long. I am not eating healthy and hardly went to the gym. I am really not trying to lose weight...more like maintain it ( 131 lbs), start watching what i eat and going to the gym. I am on day 2 and so far had no coke for the last 3 days and 2 cups of coffee in the morning...its a start.
But what i realized is, its really hard to get 8 cups of water...and it makes you pee even more than coffee...;)
Anyway...glad to be here

Nicole

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  • tnrunningnurse
    tnrunningnurse Posts: 549 Member
    Welcome...you will love this site. Once your body gets use to increased water intake you won't pee as much. I am an OR nurse. feel free to friend request me.
  • mfp_1
    mfp_1 Posts: 516 Member
    The UK National Health Service says this about water:

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    http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/water-drinks.aspx

    Research measuring water loss has shown that we should drink about 1.2 litres of fluid every day to stop us getting dehydrated. This works out to be about six 200ml or eight 150ml glasses, cups or mugs.

    The total amount of water we lose each day and need to replace is in fact greater than this – about 2.5 litres – but we get 1 litre of the fluid we need from food and the body recovers 0.3 litres from chemical reactions in our cells. The rest needs to be taken from drinks. All non-alcoholic drinks count, but water, milk and fruit juices are the healthiest.

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    Read the whole webpage if you want to know more.

    I'd say you've done really well to focus on reducing fizzy drinks.
  • leena50
    leena50 Posts: 3
    Hello everyone
    I need to keep a track record of what I eat and drink as I am not able to shift the weight off. I've been 11.9 for nearly 3 years now and I can't get to 10 which would be my ideal weight. I have never kept a log of a food diary, this is my fist time and I am absolutely horrified how the calories soon add up when all the food consumed is listed.
    my job doe'snt require that much walking so I am sitting at my chair and pc for most of the day.
    any help, advice how to loose a few llbs would be great,
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