How much WATER do you drink?

I drink AT LEAST 120 oz. a day. In reality, you are supposed to drink at least half your body weight in ounces every day. It is key in so many aspects of your body's health.

It balances your lymph system. These glands help you perform your daily functions, balance your body fluids and fight infections.

Water helps purge toxins from your blood which helps keep your skin glowing and clear.

It helps with weight loss. Drinking just 16 oz. of chilled water in the morning can boost your metabolism by 24%.

It increases the production of new blood and muscle cells.

Drinking water on an empty stomach purifies the colon making it easier to absorb nutrients.

There, this is my public service announcement for water...LOL!

It really is the key to everything. When I started my weight loss journey, I know the increase in water helped me lose 19 pounds on the first 2 weeks. The bloating was gone, my skin started clearing up and your over all health just feels good. It is essential to keep the sodium out of your system too. Once you start losing weight, you don't want it to stop and I know water is my biggest aide.

I agree with the other posts about dividing your weight by 2 and that is the number of ounces you need to drink in a day. I am about 160 so I aim for 80 ounces of pure, filtered (room temp water) per day. Two things: If you drink caffeine or alcohol, you need to drink more water to counteract their diuretic affects and many people do not count the water they drink during a workout (drink extra water during your exercise session and don't count it as part of your daily intake).

Secondly, doing any activity to make you sweat will make the body create a demand for water on a cellular level. So, if you are sweating 3 times a week for a decent period of time, your body is now demanding water and will pull available water into the cells for true hydration. If you are drinking enough water and you are sweating enough to create that demand, your body will use the water properly and you will find it is not just going straight to your bladder. It takes time and the combination of drinking enough water and sweating to make this happen. It does not matter how you sweat - either a good work-out, sauna, etc...

One more note - I only count pure water as my water intake. Any other fluids with water, such as tea, coffee or Crystal Light, etc are not recognized by the body the way pure water is recognized. Yes, those liquids can be hydrating but the body has to filter that liquid whereas pure water is immediately available.

About 3 liters for me...

Refill a Smart Water 23.7 ounce bottle 4 times so about 90 ounces.

However much it takes to make my urine colorless.

cup of coffee, maybe 1-2 diet drinks, 4-6 glasses of water

Generally it's 2 litres a day. Maybe another 500ml to a litre on my lifting days. I don't include my coffee or protein shake in this count.

2-3 litres of water, and 10 cups of Tea!

I can't drink as much in winter, prefer to drink tea to keep warm lol. So winter 4-6 glasses, summer 6-10 glasses.

I find it weird when I see people drinking 15+ glasses, why would you need so much. Too much of anything can end up being bad for you.

half my body weight in oz of water is 117oz, I drink a little more than that what's the big deal? Why do you care?

why the attitude??

it's called water intoxication or water poisoning - it's highly unlikely, but just as bad as dehydration

in response to being called weird for drinking enough water and being accused of doing a bad thing, that's what. Now if that wasn't what was intended then my apologies, but it sure came off that way and I don't take well to being called names.

I think my plan is very similar. I get the 16.9 oz Ice Mountain waters. I drink one on the way to work, one before breakfast, one before lunch. In between I drink from my 750 ml camelback. When I go home for the evening I go back to my Ice Mountains. Depending on my workout I could drink another 3 before days end.