Water intake - what is 1 cup of water?

danibodani
danibodani Posts: 41
in Food and Nutrition
Hi guys & gals...

I am troubled by logging my water intake. What is 1 cup of water actually? Is it just 1 measuring cup or another measurement? Sorry if this sounds super silly but I am unsure.

I generally drink from a 24oz water bottle. How many cups would that be?

Thank you

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  • dynamitegalxo
    dynamitegalxo Posts: 299 Member
    1 cup is 8oz. Therefore, 24oz is 3 cups.
  • ittyXbittyXbritty
    ittyXbittyXbritty Posts: 73
    8oz. The recommended intake is 64oz, which would be a little over two and a half of your bottles. I used to drink mine like that. Now I have a big 32oz bottle. even easier ;D
  • wtw0n
    wtw0n Posts: 1,083 Member
    1 cup = 2.5dl
  • ShinyFuture
    ShinyFuture Posts: 314 Member
    I'm not sure if you're serious or not, but in case you are - 1 cup = 8 ounces, so a 24 oz bottle = 3 c of water.
  • chelseascounter
    chelseascounter Posts: 1,283 Member
    8 oz or 240 ml
  • HeidiCooksSupper
    HeidiCooksSupper Posts: 3,831 Member
    For those who don't have all these measurements committed to memory, the easy thing is just to google the names of the units and the word "converter."

    Google "ounces cups converter" and just type the number of cups you want to convert to ounces.
    Google "cups ounces converter" and you can get the opposite calculation.

    Works great for grams/ounces, liters/cups, miles/kilometers, farenheit/celsius, etc. I use it all the time.
  • 63lab
    63lab Posts: 80
    dani,a cup is 250mls. x
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    you should try and figure it out before you finish up nursing school.
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    you should try and figure it out before you finish up nursing school.

    I was afraid to point that out.
  • ploppersdf1
    ploppersdf1 Posts: 89 Member
    you should try and figure it out before you finish up nursing school.

    I was afraid to point that out.

    you know, sometimes people with higher intelligence will over think things that are easy to figure out because they are so used to things being more challenging. you should think about that before you try to make someone look stupid..
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    you should try and figure it out before you finish up nursing school.

    I was afraid to point that out.

    you know, sometimes people with higher intelligence will over think things that are easy to figure out because they are so used to things being more challenging. you should think about that before you try to make someone look stupid..
    ...some people just do it to themselves. Calm down, internet police.

    ETA: www.google.com it's so.. so easy.
  • darlilama
    darlilama Posts: 794 Member
    you should try and figure it out before you finish up nursing school.

    I was afraid to point that out.

    Guys, maybe she could have pointed it out in her post, but looks like she's used to the METRIC system, thus "cups" might be a little "wtf?" for her. Thanks to those who noticed and gave her the correct conversions.
  • ploppersdf1
    ploppersdf1 Posts: 89 Member
    you should try and figure it out before you finish up nursing school.

    I was afraid to point that out.

    you know, sometimes people with higher intelligence will over think things that are easy to figure out because they are so used to things being more challenging. you should think about that before you try to make someone look stupid..
    ...some people just do it to themselves. Calm down, internet police.

    well aren't you witty.
  • lizzzylou
    lizzzylou Posts: 325
    you should try and figure it out before you finish up nursing school.

    I was afraid to point that out.

    you know, sometimes people with higher intelligence will over think things that are easy to figure out because they are so used to things being more challenging. you should think about that before you try to make someone look stupid..
    ...some people just do it to themselves. Calm down, internet police.

    ETA: www.google.com it's so.. so easy.

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  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    you should try and figure it out before you finish up nursing school.

    I was afraid to point that out.

    you know, sometimes people with higher intelligence will over think things that are easy to figure out because they are so used to things being more challenging. you should think about that before you try to make someone look stupid..
    ...some people just do it to themselves. Calm down, internet police.

    well aren't you witty.

    I try to be. Thanks for noticing. You're gonna fit in just fine around here.
  • ploppersdf1
    ploppersdf1 Posts: 89 Member
    you should try and figure it out before you finish up nursing school.

    I was afraid to point that out.

    you know, sometimes people with higher intelligence will over think things that are easy to figure out because they are so used to things being more challenging. you should think about that before you try to make someone look stupid..
    ...some people just do it to themselves. Calm down, internet police.

    ETA: www.google.com it's so.. so easy.

    ok well to my knowledge this is supposed to be a SUPPORTIVE community.. not one that makes someone feel like an idiot for asking questions that seem trivial to other people
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    you should try and figure it out before you finish up nursing school.

    I was afraid to point that out.

    you know, sometimes people with higher intelligence will over think things that are easy to figure out because they are so used to things being more challenging. you should think about that before you try to make someone look stupid..

    I don't try and make people look stupid.

    People often don't need any help with that.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    you should try and figure it out before you finish up nursing school.

    I was afraid to point that out.

    you know, sometimes people with higher intelligence will over think things that are easy to figure out because they are so used to things being more challenging. you should think about that before you try to make someone look stupid..
    ...some people just do it to themselves. Calm down, internet police.

    ETA: www.google.com it's so.. so easy.

    ok well to my knowledge this is supposed to be a SUPPORTIVE community.. not one that makes someone feel like an idiot for asking questions that seem trivial to other people

    here, since we're all mean, have a unicorn.
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    This is a supportive community. Google helps with conversion of many kinds.
    fluid ounces to cups, ounces to grams, etc.

    I'm helping give the OP a resource for future use. Again, calm down. It's okay.

    Google, you know, is a search engine. This is a forum to ask questions. They asked a question, we gave them a tool to help them with trivial questions.
  • danibodani
    danibodani Posts: 41
    Thanks to all those that posted in a nice manner, that was super helpful. And yes, I am not so used to using cups as a measurement hence my question.

    To all those that tried to belittle me:
    Wow, harsh much?! I gotta say that I am not stupid. I may not be hardcore 'theory' minded, and know everything there is to know about certain measurements, but hey, we can't all be perfect right?! I do however know that I am NOT going to be giving my patient a cup of medication. Pretty sure that I'll be giving that in mcg, mg, g, ml so you know what you can do right...

    Thanks again everyone, I now know where I am in terms of logging my water consumption :flowerforyou:
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    hey, we can't all be perfect right?!

    You calling my mother a liar?
  • plantgrrl
    plantgrrl Posts: 436 Member
    Yes Capt--and that explains a lot. ;)
  • tiggsnanny
    tiggsnanny Posts: 366 Member
    I get confused because I am in the UK and we don't use cups, we use metric measurements, if I have an american recipe, I usually google it, because I can never remember :wink:
  • m76b
    m76b Posts: 1,498 Member
    That's why I never ask anything on the forums!! :wink:

    good that you had some nice answers!!
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member


    ok well to my knowledge this is supposed to be a SUPPORTIVE community.. not one that makes someone feel like an idiot for asking questions that seem trivial to other people

    It IS supportive. But after all, it is the internet, and you get all kinds.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    you should try and figure it out before you finish up nursing school.

    I was afraid to point that out.

    you know, sometimes people with higher intelligence will over think things that are easy to figure out because they are so used to things being more challenging. you should think about that before you try to make someone look stupid..
    ...some people just do it to themselves. Calm down, internet police.

    ETA: www.google.com it's so.. so easy.

    ok well to my knowledge this is supposed to be a SUPPORTIVE community.. not one that makes someone feel like an idiot for asking questions that seem trivial to other people

    Definitely must be new to the internetz huh?
  • elleeberry
    elleeberry Posts: 1
    Wow. Some of you are nasty *kitten*!! I wondered this too - a cup to me would be a pint! So clearly for someone calorie counting you'd need to know exactly. I'd have been entering 1 cup when intact it's 2!! For someone on a strict daily water intake it's important to know for sure.
  • thinklivebefree
    thinklivebefree Posts: 328 Member
    If youre seriously serious lol Google it! People ask questions on MFP as if its ASK.com just google it, and if youre trolling cut it out!!! That's no NICEEEE! LOL
  • Carnivor0us
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    For those who don't have all these measurements committed to memory, the easy thing is just to google the names of the units and the word "converter."

    Google "ounces cups converter" and just type the number of cups you want to convert to ounces.
    Google "cups ounces converter" and you can get the opposite calculation.

    Works great for grams/ounces, liters/cups, miles/kilometers, farenheit/celsius, etc. I use it all the time.

    No kidding.

    Now what does MFP MEAN when they say cups? That's probably what the OP was asking.
  • BossLadyDSimp
    BossLadyDSimp Posts: 257 Member
    I had this question too, I was counting 8 Oz. Seems as though i was right

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    8 fluid ounces.

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