People DON'T drink enough water
rodduz
Posts: 251 Member
Get it down you people, you'll drop plenty more weight by drinking lots... I promise you!
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I am now, did this week and still keep doing it. I have two bottles a day0
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2-3 litres a day here
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5-6 litres a day here!0
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3ltrs a day is not enough? I cannot pee anymore captain.0
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Agreed ! Started doing that this week - up to about 10 pints a day. Never peed more BUT never lost more either - its made the difference between dropping an extra 3-4lbs this week, AND my portion size food wise has DRASTICALLY reduced!0
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chris powell the personal trainer recommends half your weight number in ounces.. example. 200 lbs = 100 ounces of water.
i dunno how accurate this is but just passing n what i read x0 -
Thank you, Captain!
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hydration in general is important it doesn't just have to be water.
http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/in-depth/water/art-20044256
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20356431
3l for men, 2l for women...
Water is recommend because it is free, calorie free and easy to obtain but juice, milk, beer, wine etc is mostly water as well and contributes to fluid intake and hydration.0 -
I have no reason to believe that my hypothalamus wants me to die, so I drink when I'm thirsty.0
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I put frozen water in my vodka. Does that count?0
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I don't drink that much water, don't even bother logging it here either.
But I do drink looooads of coffee in daytime and another couple of mugs of tea in the evening. Not too worried about the hydration0 -
People probably drink more water a day than they actually need.
I eat lots of veggies and drink plenty of coffee - how many glasses a day do I need?0 -
It's only obvious if you know the facts! There's hundred of people that could be dropping weight if they drank more. This is for them. Thank me later!
Water and caffeine... water and caffeine... bye bye retained water... then a carb re-feed with slightly less water intake.... hello glycogen going into my muscles... hello sub-cutaneous water being dragged in with the glycogen... hello bigger muscles... hello better looking body :-)0 -
Why are people talking about being thirsty and hydration?! This post in nothing to do with being hydrated or drinking when you're thirsty. It's about not retaining water. Which is what you will do if you do not drink more water than you need.0
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It's only obvious if you know the facts! There's hundred of people that could be dropping weight if they drank more. This is for them. Thank me later!
Water and caffeine... water and caffeine... bye bye retained water... then a carb re-feed with slightly less water intake.... hello glycogen going into my muscles... hello sub-cutaneous water being dragged in with the glycogen... hello bigger muscles... hello better looking body :-)
Great, have you got any studies you can post to support this. Plus I take it this only applies to people eating a diet high in carbs? I eat low carb high fat, will this apply to me?0 -
I put frozen water in my vodka. Does that count?
Yes! lol0 -
Why are people talking about being thirsty and hydration?! This post in nothing to do with being hydrated or drinking when you're thirsty. It's about not retaining water. Which is what you will do if you do not drink more water than you need.
Why is retaining water such a bad thing? Sure, it may make the number on the scale a little higher, but it doesn't help you lose fat. Ultimately, "weight loss" is a misnomer. We don't really want to lose weight, we want to lose fat. That is the goal. Weight is just a way of measuring fat loss (and an inaccurate one too, because it fluctuates based on a million different factors, including water retention).0 -
It's only obvious if you know the facts! There's hundred of people that could be dropping weight if they drank more. This is for them. Thank me later!
Water and caffeine... water and caffeine... bye bye retained water... then a carb re-feed with slightly less water intake.... hello glycogen going into my muscles... hello sub-cutaneous water being dragged in with the glycogen... hello bigger muscles... hello better looking body :-)
Great, have you got any studies you can post to support this. Plus I take it this only applies to people eating a diet high in carbs? I eat low carb high fat, will this apply to me?
There's loads out there. Google things such as 're-feed' 'carb re-feed' Check out bodyrecomposition website. Stuff by Lyle McDonald and Layne Norton. Lots and lots of stuff on water retention and the re-feed.
If you're low carb, now and again you should raise your carb intake! Has all sorts of benefits. Again, google re-feed and leptin levels etc0 -
Why are people talking about being thirsty and hydration?! This post in nothing to do with being hydrated or drinking when you're thirsty. It's about not retaining water. Which is what you will do if you do not drink more water than you need.
Why is retaining water such a bad thing? Sure, it may make the number on the scale a little higher, but it doesn't help you lose fat. Ultimately, "weight loss" is a misnomer. We don't really want to lose weight, we want to lose fat. That is the goal. Weight is just a way of measuring fat loss (and an inaccurate one too, because it fluctuates based on a million different factors, including water retention).
Retaining water makes you look fatter, we don't want to look fatter.0 -
Why are people talking about being thirsty and hydration?! This post in nothing to do with being hydrated or drinking when you're thirsty. It's about not retaining water. Which is what you will do if you do not drink more water than you need.
because the whole point of drinking water is to quench thrist and keep yourself hydrated.
Retaining water is a fact of life...esp for a lifter or someone starting new exercise...
Retaining water is only a big deal when it causes medical issues for example when you are pregnant...otherwise psh.0 -
Why are people talking about being thirsty and hydration?! This post in nothing to do with being hydrated or drinking when you're thirsty. It's about not retaining water. Which is what you will do if you do not drink more water than you need.
Why is retaining water such a bad thing? Sure, it may make the number on the scale a little higher, but it doesn't help you lose fat. Ultimately, "weight loss" is a misnomer. We don't really want to lose weight, we want to lose fat. That is the goal. Weight is just a way of measuring fat loss (and an inaccurate one too, because it fluctuates based on a million different factors, including water retention).
Retaining water makes you look fatter, we don't want to look fatter.
psh it makes the muscles look bigger which is what a lot of us want...I mean come on...0 -
I love some dodgy science in the morning0
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It's only obvious if you know the facts! There's hundred of people that could be dropping weight if they drank more. This is for them. Thank me later!
Water and caffeine... water and caffeine... bye bye retained water... then a carb re-feed with slightly less water intake.... hello glycogen going into my muscles... hello sub-cutaneous water being dragged in with the glycogen... hello bigger muscles... hello better looking body :-)
Great, have you got any studies you can post to support this. Plus I take it this only applies to people eating a diet high in carbs? I eat low carb high fat, will this apply to me?
There's loads out there. Google things such as 're-feed' 'carb re-feed' Check out bodyrecomposition website. Stuff by Lyle McDonald and Layne Norton. Lots and lots of stuff on water retention and the re-feed.
If you're low carb, now and again you should raise your carb intake! Has all sorts of benefits. Again, google re-feed and leptin levels etc
Lol - sounds like you google enough for all of us!0 -
It's only obvious if you know the facts! There's hundred of people that could be dropping weight if they drank more. This is for them. Thank me later!
Water and caffeine... water and caffeine... bye bye retained water... then a carb re-feed with slightly less water intake.... hello glycogen going into my muscles... hello sub-cutaneous water being dragged in with the glycogen... hello bigger muscles... hello better looking body :-)
Great, have you got any studies you can post to support this. Plus I take it this only applies to people eating a diet high in carbs? I eat low carb high fat, will this apply to me?
There's loads out there. Google things such as 're-feed' 'carb re-feed' Check out bodyrecomposition website. Stuff by Lyle McDonald and Layne Norton. Lots and lots of stuff on water retention and the re-feed.
If you're low carb, now and again you should raise your carb intake! Has all sorts of benefits. Again, google re-feed and leptin levels etc
Lol - sounds like you google enough for all of us!
Here you go:
http://www.simplyshredded.com/layne-norton-the-most-effective-cutting-diet.html0 -
That's why I love working out, because now it makes me want to drink tons of water! Before I wasn't drinking that much, but now its practically all I drink0
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Why are people talking about being thirsty and hydration?! This post in nothing to do with being hydrated or drinking when you're thirsty. It's about not retaining water. Which is what you will do if you do not drink more water than you need.
Why is retaining water such a bad thing? Sure, it may make the number on the scale a little higher, but it doesn't help you lose fat. Ultimately, "weight loss" is a misnomer. We don't really want to lose weight, we want to lose fat. That is the goal. Weight is just a way of measuring fat loss (and an inaccurate one too, because it fluctuates based on a million different factors, including water retention).
Retaining water makes you look fatter, we don't want to look fatter.
psh it makes the muscles look bigger which is what a lot of us want...I mean come on...
Maybe this is aimed more at the lean people. When you're pretty lean, it's the water between your skin that's making you still look a little fat. Re-feeds will drawer that water into the muscles. But in order to set the re-feed up properly you need your body to be in full on flush everything that comes in to the body out mode. This is done by drinking loads. The science is out there, I didn't make it up. Comes from some of the best in the business.0 -
It's only obvious if you know the facts! There's hundred of people that could be dropping weight if they drank more. This is for them. Thank me later!
Water and caffeine... water and caffeine... bye bye retained water... then a carb re-feed with slightly less water intake.... hello glycogen going into my muscles... hello sub-cutaneous water being dragged in with the glycogen... hello bigger muscles... hello better looking body :-)
Great, have you got any studies you can post to support this. Plus I take it this only applies to people eating a diet high in carbs? I eat low carb high fat, will this apply to me?
There's loads out there. Google things such as 're-feed' 'carb re-feed' Check out bodyrecomposition website. Stuff by Lyle McDonald and Layne Norton. Lots and lots of stuff on water retention and the re-feed.
If you're low carb, now and again you should raise your carb intake! Has all sorts of benefits. Again, google re-feed and leptin levels etc
Lol - sounds like you google enough for all of us!
Here you go:
http://www.simplyshredded.com/layne-norton-the-most-effective-cutting-diet.html
Thanks but this is a blog (as in someone's opinion/interpretation) - I was after a study.
Also layne Norton certainly is well versed in nutrition, but his take is based on coming at it from a body building point of view - most on MFP are not looking to get ripped/fit they are looking to get healthy (with elite sports people there can be a big difference between fitness and health).0 -
Very true. I'm more interested in the bodybuilding perspective.0
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Why are people talking about being thirsty and hydration?! This post in nothing to do with being hydrated or drinking when you're thirsty. It's about not retaining water. Which is what you will do if you do not drink more water than you need.
Why is retaining water such a bad thing? Sure, it may make the number on the scale a little higher, but it doesn't help you lose fat. Ultimately, "weight loss" is a misnomer. We don't really want to lose weight, we want to lose fat. That is the goal. Weight is just a way of measuring fat loss (and an inaccurate one too, because it fluctuates based on a million different factors, including water retention).
Retaining water makes you look fatter, we don't want to look fatter.
psh it makes the muscles look bigger which is what a lot of us want...I mean come on...
Maybe this is aimed more at the lean people. When you're pretty lean, it's the water between your skin that's making you still look a little fat. Re-feeds will drawer that water into the muscles. But in order to set the re-feed up properly you need your body to be in full on flush everything that comes in to the body out mode. This is done by drinking loads. The science is out there, I didn't make it up. Comes from some of the best in the business.
what the post in general? or that retaining water makes you look fatter?
If post in general then I suspect they don't need to worry about "losing weight"
If it's water retention makes you look fatter I am sure they just don't care...
Water weight is inconsequential in the long run...it comes and goes and as long as you stay hydrated that's what is important and you just need fluids for that...
This post has gone from drink water you lose weight faster to water retention makes lean people look fatter to bodybuilding (all from the OP)..let's pick a topic and stick to it...
Water (fluid in general) is a good thing, drink it to prevent thrist which can be mistaken for hunger sometimes...it keeps you from snacking (for some) and it helps prevent water retention which can mask weight loss but at the same time don't go all ape **** about it...peeing clear is not a good thing...0 -
Why are people talking about being thirsty and hydration?! This post in nothing to do with being hydrated or drinking when you're thirsty. It's about not retaining water. Which is what you will do if you do not drink more water than you need.
Why is retaining water such a bad thing? Sure, it may make the number on the scale a little higher, but it doesn't help you lose fat. Ultimately, "weight loss" is a misnomer. We don't really want to lose weight, we want to lose fat. That is the goal. Weight is just a way of measuring fat loss (and an inaccurate one too, because it fluctuates based on a million different factors, including water retention).
Retaining water makes you look fatter, we don't want to look fatter.
Body shaming? People want to reach a stage where they are healthy and happy with the way they look0
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