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Finally forced myself to drink water!

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  • MelodyBronson
    MelodyBronson Posts: 67 Member
    Good job on drking your water. I struggle with drinking enough water everyday myself. I think I may get one of those water pitchers!:drinker:
  • gypsythis
    gypsythis Posts: 5
    We talking a cup is 6 oz or 8? I have been trying to drink 1/2 my body weight in ounces.... About 3 liters I think...
  • Robin_Bin
    Robin_Bin Posts: 1,046 Member
    We talking a cup is 6 oz or 8? I have been trying to drink 1/2 my body weight in ounces.... About 3 liters I think...
    U.S. standard cups, so 8 o.z. is what people are usually referring to when they mention this 8 cups of water per day.

    My blog entry on water, which I mentioned earlier, has references and information about the original study and other research on drinking, hydration, etc. As someone else mentioned, the origin of this 8 cups of water per day was referring to how much liquid an average person (at the weight of that time and in a temperate climate) needed. It wasn't about drinking water, but that's how many people misinterpreted it. On the other hand research since that time has found other benefits from drinking water. The blog entry also includes bits like how many ounces, other ways to calculate a target amount, and ways to make drinking more palatable.
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/Robin_Bin/view/water-265761
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