Too much water?

misskittyfantastico1991
misskittyfantastico1991 Posts: 145
in Health and Weight Loss
Is there such a thing as drinking too much? I tend to drink water to stem food cravings (ie. when I'm really hungry before dinner) and usually consume more than 3L a day.

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  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    There is such a thing, and you can even die from it, but it would be WAY more than 3L.
  • premiumchilenita
    premiumchilenita Posts: 600 Member
    no unless you don't go to the toilet, if you hold it then it could be bad for you. 3L is fine, I think 2L is just a recommended dose but the smaller you are the less water you need, the bigger you are the more water you need. If you were drinking in excess of 5L a day then it would be wise to see a doctor as this could be due to other issues
  • misskittyfantastico1991
    misskittyfantastico1991 Posts: 145
    Great, well it has been getting a lot hotter, I just didn't want to be negatively effecting myself by drinking too much.

    :)
  • bellarox13
    bellarox13 Posts: 95 Member
    Yes there is.

    About two years ago, I drank about six litres of water in approximately four hours. I started to get blurred vision, dizzy, headache and felt bad. I had to eat something really salty fast. Drinking so much and not replacing the lost sodium and whatever else caused it.

    Apparently too much water can swell the brain apparently.
  • mountaincat4
    mountaincat4 Posts: 17
    3 liters is not too much. That much in one go would be pretty rough since the stomach couldn't hold it all. I live where it gets quite hot during summer and I easily drink 5 or 6 liters of water on a hot day.

    ~mountaincat4
  • kr1stadee
    kr1stadee Posts: 1,774 Member
    I'm a 3L chick too! I've been drinking that amount for the last 2 months, so far so good. I'll let you know if anything bad starts happening :wink:
  • TheJarv
    TheJarv Posts: 30 Member
    If it were 3 gallon or 12L then I'd be worried.. I've drank upwards of 6L on my cardio days.
  • sarahrbraun
    sarahrbraun Posts: 2,261 Member
    Yes there is.

    About two years ago, I drank about six litres of water in approximately four hours. I started to get blurred vision, dizzy, headache and felt bad. I had to eat something really salty fast. Drinking so much and not replacing the lost sodium and whatever else caused it.

    Apparently too much water can swell the brain apparently.

    yeah, THAT is a lot, and can cause problems...but if you were to drink 6L over 24hrs, it would not cause an issue. One hot day recently I drank 200oz or more in one day ( long story short, for several months I was only logging 3/4 of my water because I was mistaken about the size of my water bottle...so my 200oz day might have been 250oz)
  • TheJarv
    TheJarv Posts: 30 Member
    Yes there is.

    About two years ago, I drank about six litres of water in approximately four hours. I started to get blurred vision, dizzy, headache and felt bad. I had to eat something really salty fast. Drinking so much and not replacing the lost sodium and whatever else caused it.

    Apparently too much water can swell the brain apparently.

    Correct, there have been reports of people suffering irreversible brain damage due to flushing the sodium out of their system and their brain went into shock.
  • heagler870
    heagler870 Posts: 280 Member
    Well there is such a thing and your cells can drown from too much... But you would hae to chug so much at one time for that to happen. In the summer it wasn't anything for me to drink 1.5 gallons of water in a day but that was throughout the entire day and not at one sitting... I was also working out like a crazy person. I'm sure if I would have drank that at one sitting (If I could even do it) it wouldn't have been a good thing.
  • sabrinafaith
    sabrinafaith Posts: 607 Member
    i drink 3.5 liters a day usually. if i drink less than 3 liters, i usually wake up feeling bloated and dehydrated. if i don't workout i usually drink about 2.5/3 liters. I try to have one glass of water for every hour awake.
  • BubblySharon
    BubblySharon Posts: 96 Member
    I have been drinking just over 2 litres a day, and sometimes closer to 3 litres, but there's a downside... I wake up every 2 hours to go to the bathroom. How do you all avoid this?

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