You're eating healthier, thats awesome!

jeccawest91 · May 2014

BUT, don't forget to drink water! Water is so essential and more and more I'm seeing people's diaries with 4, 2, and even 0 cups of water! Take your body weight and divide it in half. That number should be the amount of ounces that you should be drinking a day. At least 9 cups! And if you're exercising, you should drink more. This is so important to your body!

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256

_John_ · May 2014

I don't track my water.

Holly_Roman_Empire · May 2014

^^^I don't either. I just drink when I'm thirsty.

thavoice · May 2014

I don't track my water.

Neither do i.

BUt I dont have a problem with drinking enough.

It can be healthy for those out there who, for whatever reasons I cannot understand, just dont drink much water at all.

Francl27 · May 2014

Ain't nobody got time to track water! Seriously... I know I drink enough, no need to make life more complicated.

Ely82010 · May 2014

Ain't nobody got time to track water! Seriously... I know I drink enough, no need to make life more complicated.

Agree!

Muddy_Yogi · May 2014

leefuuxx · May 2014

I definitely track my water. I at least, at the minimum, try to drink two bottles a day, if not more. :C I don't enjoy drinking water all that much unless I'm thirsty, but I do it anyways, knowing it'll help my body. C:

ashleyisgreat · May 2014

FYI, those guidelines include water in your food and other beverages.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/eight-glasses-water-per-day/

sullus · May 2014

BUT, don't forget to drink water! Water is so essential and more and more I'm seeing people's diaries with 4, 2, and even 0 cups of water! Take your body weight and divide it in half. That number should be the amount of ounces that you should be drinking a day. At least 9 cups! And if you're exercising, you should drink more. This is so important to your body!

http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256

Drinking 4 cups of water daily is more than sufficient.

ashleyisgreat · May 2014

I don't think water is that important.

that doesn't mean it's not important, I just don't think it's that big of a deal. Drink when thirsty. I go by my pee. If my pee is yellow, I drink. When it's white, I'm good. This generally works pretty well and seems to be a pretty well accepted way of determining thirst, as well as just feeling thirsty. But, people drink way too much water, IMO. Way, way, way too much. The 8 glasses a day thing is a joke. You know that some dude just made that up. There was no study or anything to back it up. He just said it, and then later admitted that it was just made up and is probably too high, but it wont hurt either, so it's stuck ever since.

Yep. And the new guidelines, which estimate that an average-sized woman needs 91 ounces and an average-sized man needs about 125 ounces, include all fluids--meaning, your water, coffee, food, etc. all count toward that total. The unrelenting emphasis on drinking a specific number of ounces of water per day is misinformed and annoying. Shows up almost every day on MFP.

k_nicole87 · May 2014

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/drinking-enough-water-topic-overview

I monitor my pee color.

sullus · May 2014

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/drinking-enough-water-topic-overview

I monitor my pee color.

This isn't always accurate. You can be well hydrated and have fairly dark urine. For example if you are the type to take a megadose of vitamin c when you feel a cold coming on - you may be well-hydrated, but peeing technicolor.

ButYouGotMySoul · May 2014

I drink tea, and log that. I don't log water, because if I were to log it each time, I'd never be off my phone!!

zeal26 · May 2014

Meh. Sometimes I drink a LOT and can't get enough liquid into me (I don't count just plain water as hydration) and other days I get to the end of the day and realize I've only had a few glasses and didn't even realize it.

And often I completely forget to log my water intake in my diary.

gmallan · May 2014

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/drinking-enough-water-topic-overview

I monitor my pee color.

This isn't always accurate. You can be well hydrated and have fairly dark urine. For example if you are the type to take a megadose of vitamin c when you feel a cold coming on - you may be well-hydrated, but peeing technicolor.

This is true. Nothing is 100%. But, for the most part, pee color is a good indicator. You should be smart enough to know when there are anomalies with it.

I agree that this approach is best and for the record pee should be light yellow (straw coloured NOT clear). If you drink too much water than you dilute the salts in the body (magnesium, sodium, potassium) that are essential for normal celluar functioning. Also, yes if you take certain vitimins it will cahnge the colour of your pee (I've noticed this personally with magnesium) so just get used to the amount that it takes to fully hydrate and don't panic if you observe this effect

jeccawest91 · May 2014

I disagree here, I feel like water is super essential. You can survive 2 weeks without food but you can only survive 3 DAYS without water. and besides, most of the time when you think you're hungry, really your body is just needing water. I think some of you are not giving good old H2O the proper credit it deserves. I have the Brita water bottle and it hold approx 22oz of water. The only thing I do is count how many times I fill it up and do some simple math. The I can log my water. And if you thinkw ater is not as important, why would MFP have it on there?? AND aiming towards 8/9 eight oz glasses a day?

JoRocka · May 2014

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/drinking-enough-water-topic-overview

I monitor my pee color.

This isn't always accurate. You can be well hydrated and have fairly dark urine. For example if you are the type to take a megadose of vitamin c when you feel a cold coming on - you may be well-hydrated, but peeing technicolor.

This is true. Nothing is 100%. But, for the most part, pee color is a good indicator. You should be smart enough to know when there are anomalies with it.

it's generally a better indicator than thirst.

Typically when you are legitimately thirsty- you're already dehydrated.

(which is a none linear- exponential bit- which is why it's so dangerous)

redversustheblue · May 2014

I disagree here, I feel like water is super essential. You can survive 2 weeks without food but you can only survive 3 DAYS without water. and besides, most of the time when you think you're hungry, really your body is just needing water. I think some of you are not giving good old H2O the proper credit it deserves. I have the Brita water bottle and it hold approx 22oz of water. The only thing I do is count how many times I fill it up and do some simple math. The I can log my water. And if you thinkw ater is not as important, why would MFP have it on there?? AND aiming towards 8/9 eight oz glasses a day?

Yes, but you get water out of food and other types of drinks too, not just plain H20. The 8 glasses a day thing was just made up and it became a common misconception that everyone needs that. People should just go with how they feel.

Which is why, for me personally, I do drink a ton of water, I feel better. On days when I drink only water I probably drink a gallon. I even drink just water first thing in the morning and it wakes me up better than coffee ever has. However, this is what works for me, not everyone has or wants to drink that much.

You're eating healthier, thats awesome!

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