HALF YOUR BODY WEIGHT IN WATER?

in ounces. so if 1/2 your body weight is 80 lbs, drink 80 oz of water.

Totally myth. If your urine is pale yellow, you are hydrated. There is no advantage to drinking huge quantities of water, it has no magic weight loss properties and drinking large amounts puts extra strain on your kidneys.

I don't think that you should over do it on the water. As long as you're getting your 8 glasses a day then you're fine. Serious athletes can actually over do the water and it's caused deaths, it's creepy.

I've never heard that. I've always heard that you should drink atleast 8 glasses of water, which is 64 ounces. It wouldn't hurt to drink a little more than that, but if you drink too much, it can really screw up your body. Drinking excessive amounts can actually kill you.

Totally myth. If your urine is pale yellow, you are hydrated. There is no advantage to drinking huge quantities of water, it has no magic weight loss properties and drinking large amounts puts extra strain on your kidneys.

I agree with this. I am prone to kidney and bladder infections and I always do the wrong thing and try to flush them out myself. Last year, I had a pretty bad one and my back was starting to hurt. So, my solution was to drink even more extra water, on top of the 10 glasses I normally have a day, for a few days. My back kept hurting worse and worse, and I finally ended up in the emergency room with a severe infection. The doctor there told me, while drinking a little extra water IS good when you have an infection, I was putting an extra strain on my kidneys which caused more pain. Additionally, he told me to STOP drinking sooo much water every day, as it was straining my kidneys also and was the cause of me being dizzy and light headed often. My pee was pretty much CLEAR (sorry to be gross lol) and he told me it should be PALE YELLOW, nver clear. More water is NOT always better!

I just drink when I'm thirsty. I usually end up at over twice my weight in ounces and my kidneys haven't given out yet.

I find myself to be quite thirsty and I have a hard time drinking even my 8 glasses a day if you are drinking twice your weight in water and that's from your body telling you that you're actually thirsty then there may really be a problem there like diabetes or something. I'm sure that more than likely you're perfectly healthy but I just thought that I would throw that out there because that doesn't sound normal. In fact I know that excessive thirst is a sign of diabetes and that my dear is excessive.

I drink at least half of my weight (in oz) in water. I love Sassy Water. It's really hard to drink plain ole water - unless it's hot out - and we are not there yet in Illinois!!!!

I was freaking out the first time I heard this rule, too.
Then, I cut out all over drinks.
Along with a way less intake of food, I find myself to be thirsty often and can chug 8oz no problem, whereas that was the only amount of water I used to drink each day.
It's a process. Eventually, you will become best friends with water, and will find that there is so much more physical activity your body can do when you're fully hydrated!!!

In response to the person who said there is no advantage to drinking excess water. That is simply false. Drinking too much water in one sitting is dangerous and can be deadly, however spanned out over the course of a day is perfectly fine. Water is an essential biological solvent that is required for almost every physiological process. That being said, half your body weight in fluid ounces is more than sufficient. For weight loss, ehh probably not gonna attain significant weight loss. More or less you would end up filling up your stomach which would cause hormonal release of ghrelin to stimulate your hypothalamus that you are full. However, your capillaries would be excessively permeable to water and that would increase water store (characteristic water weight). I would only imagine a potentially OVER-excessive amount of water would be a 1:1 lb to fl oz ratio consumption of water. That could put you at an elevated risk of hyponatremia. But the cool thing about the brain is that it knows when you're over doing it. So, before coming close to that point you begin losing the urge to drink water to complete disdain for it! Good luck

I think you folks are all VERY confused, VERY confused. As a 580lb person if i drank 8 glasses of water a day I would be dead. It is all VERY much weight dependant. I Have been drinking about 280oz a day which is half my bodyweight in water and the weight has just been falling off.

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT drink 8 glasses a day, HALF your bodyweight in oz. Do the research before you post. Pleanty of info on it out there including your OWN DOCTORS!!!

You took the words right out of my mouth. Thank you for bringing common sense to the table. Everyone's body is different. Therefore, everyone will require different needs. Do the research!!! When all else fails... ask your doctor.