Glass of water is what size ?

hazelsmrf

Sorry I didn't mean to sound smart-alecy, I just wanted to point out that "8 cups of water" mean different things in different countries is all! If they said something like "2 litres of water" then that would mean the same thing anywhere in the world because a litre is standard. Sorry if that came across badly.

LiftBigtoGetFit

per my nutritionist friend. DO NOT GO BY THAT ANCIENT RULE!!!!
Take your body weight in pounds. divide it by 2. thats how many FL OZ of water you should drink a day.

That's kind of logical. A 120 pounds girl won't need as many glasses of water than a 220 pound women..

That doesn't make sense. Really, who can drink 110 fluid ounces of water a day, which is what a 220 pould woman would need to do.

LOL! I think I'd drown!! Which can really be done if you drink excessive amounts of water. Well not drown but hyponatremia, low sodium, which is also bad.


I typically drink 4, 16 oz glasses :-)

Here's what Mayo clinic has to say...http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/water/NU00283

I know most days I am close the .5 oz per lb ratio. this also can include water from food and other drinks as well so not necessarily 110oz water for 220lb person. for me I keep water with me at just about all times and drink throughout the day. like it has been stated already it helps keep food cravings down since most cravings come from thirst and not hunger. no one says you have to get to that ratio over night but it is a good goal to shoot for for everyone.

Meg_78

Sorry I didn't mean to sound smart-alecy, I just wanted to point out that "8 cups of water" mean different things in different countries is all! If they said something like "2 litres of water" then that would mean the same thing anywhere in the world because a litre is standard. Sorry if that came across badly.

You didn't come across badly at all hazel.

budhandy

Actually you can just drink when you're thirsty, and if your pee is mostly clear you're good. But if you insist on tracking your water, the tool is there.

i agree with this, i like to track just for the hell of it but if im not thirsty and pee pee clear im good to go lol

keem88

per my nutritionist friend. DO NOT GO BY THAT ANCIENT RULE!!!!
Take your body weight in pounds. divide it by 2. thats how many FL OZ of water you should drink a day.

That's kind of logical. A 120 pounds girl won't need as many glasses of water than a 220 pound women..

That doesn't make sense. Really, who can drink 110 fluid ounces of water a day, which is what a 220 pould woman would need to do.

that's 13 or 14 glasses of water a day, if you have a big *kitten* water bottle i could see that being possible, but it is quite a lot of water and you would have to pee all day lol

finallyFIT_ForMe

1 glass water = 8 oz

asia_hanebach

Where are you seeing anything about a glass? A glass could be any size. The water tracker says they recommend at least 8 cups of water a day. A cup is a standard measurement of 8 ounces, which is about 237 ml. Close enough to 250.

However you may also notice that the tracker itself is merely a picture of a drinking glass with a number on it. It does not actually say it represents a cup. You can use it for any measurement you want.

In Canada, 1 cup is actually considered to be 250 mL

treetop57

per my nutritionist friend. DO NOT GO BY THAT ANCIENT RULE!!!!
Take your body weight in pounds. divide it by 2. thats how many FL OZ of water you should drink a day.

Why do I suspect your nutritionist friend has a side business in coin-operated toilets??!?!!???!???

tinkermommc

per my nutritionist friend. DO NOT GO BY THAT ANCIENT RULE!!!!
Take your body weight in pounds. divide it by 2. thats how many FL OZ of water you should drink a day.

Why do I suspect your nutritionist friend has a side business in coin-operated toilets??!?!!???!???

LOL!!

BlueBaron37

well I'm sure every body is different. but I do know that the closer you drink to your 1/2 body weight rule.. the more weight you'll lose. because its been shown that 60% of the time you think you need a snack... you are actually thirsty.
so you lose more and then need less water.

What is the half body weight rule please ?

treetop57

Further up, someone said, "Take your body weight in pounds. divide it by 2. thats how many FL OZ of water you should drink a day."

Seems like a lot to me.

HarlCarl

Doesn't matter the size of the glass.

1 cup = 8 oz

Spice_4_Life

per my nutritionist friend. DO NOT GO BY THAT ANCIENT RULE!!!!
Take your body weight in pounds. divide it by 2. thats how many FL OZ of water you should drink a day.

so you want me to drink 13 glasses a day?? I can barely get to 4/5 :laugh: no chance in hell, unless I cut away every other fluid intake, which I don't see happening....ever.

That's understandable. It took me quite a while to get down enough water, but if you do cut out all other beverages like say...diet sodas (which although they have no calories...they contain sodium), then in turn you tend to lose more weight and feel better. I feel a lot better now that I only drink water. Maybe a diet soda once in a while. It's hard to get used to, but it does make me feel better

kezzlarr85

i have a pint of water every morning and just put it down as 1 glass ?? now im confused lol

treetop57

A pint is two cups. Here is what the tracker says:

Water Consumption

We recommend that you drink at least 8 cups of water a day. Click the arrows to add or subtract cups of water.

Angierae75

Actually you can just drink when you're thirsty, and if your pee is mostly clear you're good. But if you insist on tracking your water, the tool is there.

This. You also get water from the foods you eat. If your pee is very light colored, you're getting enough water. I don't track water, I watch my output. When it starts getting dark, I up my water.

mishmash81

A cup is a standard measurement of 8 ounces, which is about 237 ml. Close enough to 250.

This is nitpicky but just to correct, a cup is not a standard unit of measurement, a cup means different things in different countries. In Canada and Australia, a cup is 250ml. In the US, a cup is half a pint. In Japan, a cup is 200ml.

It makes following recipes quite interesting!

Actually it is a standard measurement. Just because different countries have different standards doesn't invalidate that. And one could assume that a US site would use the US standard. But thanks for your smart-alec reply, all the same.

Oh excuse us, lets all hail The US of A center of the world! Yes this may be a AMERICAN site so the standards are American, but there is a place called the rest of the world where other "cup" measurements exist, and there are INTERNATIONAL people using this ALL AMERICAN site who have different cup and measurement standards so it is good for us to know those differences, which is what this poster was pointing out.

LMAO I just nearly spit out my (Australian 250ml) cup of tea because of reading this :laugh:

treetop57

Think how much simpler this would all be if the American Revolution had occurred after the French Revolution. Chances are, the US would have adopted the metric system as a sign of independence from Great Britain and cups and pints and gallons would have died out years ago. But alas there was no metric system in 1776.

bio_bots

plus there is such a thing as water intoxication

Overhydration occurs at 90g/kg in rats... It would take around 7 gallons of water for me to 'overdose' from water and die.

Robin_Bin

1 US Cup = 236.588237 Milliliters
Some people say to adjust the amount of water (or liquid) based on your current body weight. A reasonably common recommendation is to drink .5 oz. of water for each pound that you weigh. Using this rule of thumb someone weighing 180 lb., would need to drink 90 oz. or the equivalent of 11 and 1/4 cups of water a day. Another way to calculate it is by calorie consumption, drink .034 ounces for each calorie. So, if you're at 1500 calories for the day, you'd drink 51 oz. All these measurements are averages; they don't take into account whether you are getting extra exercise or if it's a very hot day.

It doesn't take 7 gallons to cause problems if you drink it very quickly. There's more on my blog including references at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Robin_Bin/view/water-265761

RainHoward

This is hilarious. 3 pages about a cup of water? Does no one use the google anymore?

carmenhuertosmartinez

I do sometimes!

pinkraynedropjacki

35ml of water per KG of body weight is recommended. Everyone is different...so forget the 8 glasses a day crap. For me it means 2100ml a day.

Also tea, coffee will actually dehydrate you and that means drinking that nice plain water was a waste of time.

eddiesmith1

per my nutritionist friend. DO NOT GO BY THAT ANCIENT RULE!!!!
Take your body weight in pounds. divide it by 2. thats how many FL OZ of water you should drink a day.

so you want me to drink 13 glasses a day?? I can barely get to 4/5 :laugh: no chance in hell, unless I cut away every other fluid intake, which I don't see happening....ever.

half your weight in ounces - water , tea, coffee (I'd limit those 2) milk etc would all count, what i wouldn't count is items with sodium like soda because it defeats the purpose of the water which is balancing the sodium levels amongst other things
I drink 10-15 cups of water/tea combined without even trying

eddiesmith1

Also tea, coffee will actually dehydrate you and that means drinking that nice plain water was a waste of time.

that's been debunked in several studies , you have to drink 6+ cups before it has even a moderate affect. I'd drink less than 6 cups (48 ounces) to avoid the caffeine levels that would disrupt sleep though

pinkraynedropjacki

Also tea, coffee will actually dehydrate you and that means drinking that nice plain water was a waste of time.

that's been debunked in several studies , you have to drink 6+ cups before it has even a moderate affect. I'd drink less than 6 cups (48 ounces) to avoid the caffeine levels that would disrupt sleep though

So you are telling me that picking tea or coffee over a natural plain source of water is better for you or even on par as the same because studies have shown this?

Sleep can be disrupted in many ways & not drinking enough PLAIN water can do this. Drink all the tea or coffee you want, but remember that you are not getting what your body NEEDS through that.... it does not NEED coffee or tea.

pagiasson

My nutritionist gave me those simple rules:
1- Track your input.
2- The only output that should be colored is the morning's one.
3- If you drink alcohol, you should subtract one cup of water per consumption (12 oz of beer, 5 oz of wine, 1.5 oz of spirits) since alcohol dehydrate your body.
4- If you train, you should drink more.
5- If you wait until you get thirsty, it means that you waited until being dehydrated.
6- Avoid adding sugar or sweeteners in the water in order to keep it tasteless and avoid keeping the crave for sweet taste.
7- If you drink large numbers of glasses of water in a day because of exercise or heat, just make sure that you've got an adequate intake of minerals to compensate what you're losing with the output, just as runners do during a marathon.

Here's the way I make sure I drink enough:
- I keep a pitcher or a bottle next to me at all time, whether I'm at work, training, watching TV...
- I fill up my glass whenever it's empty.
- I drink with a straw (much easier as I found and it's the ways bars make money because they know people drink much faster this way).
- I drink all day long, starting my day with a glass before doing anything else.
- I don't drink too cold water, cool-warmish water being easier to swallow and to process by the body.

By the way, don't hydrate too much. Paracelsus said "The dose makes the poison". There is such thing as too much as a good thing. There's a story of a woman who died after drinking too much: http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16614865/ns/us_news-life/t/woman-dies-after-water-drinking-contest/. Also, look for potomania, a pathology developed by people who are obsessed by the need to drink even if they are not thirsty (similar to what we could call a liquid form of bulimia).

Drinking water is not only good for you but it also helps you losing weight. Just drink enough so that you feel good and pee clear.

SingingSingleTracker

....but remember that you are not getting what your body NEEDS through that.... it does NEED coffee.

There, I fixed that for you. ;-)

32 ounces of black coffee every morning to start the day. And a mid-afternoon 10-12 ounces to top off the tank.

NEED. ;-)

BusyRaeNOTBusty

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

_Calypso_

per my nutritionist friend. DO NOT GO BY THAT ANCIENT RULE!!!!
Take your body weight in pounds. divide it by 2. thats how many FL OZ of water you should drink a day.

That's kind of logical. A 120 pounds girl won't need as many glasses of water than a 220 pound women..

That doesn't make sense. Really, who can drink 110 fluid ounces of water a day, which is what a 220 pould woman would need to do.

I can - EASY!!! On a normal day I drink about 80-96oz of water (no workouts). On workout days I can easily get to 110 or more!!

Its not that difficult!!