Water per day for someone over 400lb

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jardane1
jardane1 Posts: 58 Member
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All the water drinking calculations say i should be drinking over 200 oz of water a day and to me that is totally unreasonable. I think the formula does not scale up to us bigger guts. I have been drinking between 64 and 96 oz a day and that even took me a little bit to manage.

I have lost 16 lb in 6 weeks and i want to ramp things up, maybe i am not drinking enough water or not getting enough exercise but i feel my weight loss slowing down and i don't want it to.

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  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
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    The rules are arbitrary and not based on any science.

    Check the color of your urine:
    http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA401328/Urine-the-Wrong-Color.html
  • itsbasschick
    itsbasschick Posts: 1,584 Member
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    my weight loss slowed after the first month, and i read here that so do a lot of other people's. do some additional walking and that should burn some more calories.

    btw, i'm only 5' 3" and i rarely drink as much water as i read i should (and my doctor says i should), but that's the same amount of water the doctor recommended to my 6' 7" husband. my urine is always very light in color, i feel fine, and i'm not going to overfill my stomach with water till i slosh.
  • Bearbrat
    Bearbrat Posts: 230
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    I think 96 oz is reasonable depending on your activity level, that comes out to about 12, 8 oz glasses a day. If your urine is mostly clear/light yellow you should be fine. Don't be in too big of a hurry to lose the weight, slow and steady is a good thing :)
  • cingle87
    cingle87 Posts: 717 Member
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    the whole you have to drink X amout of glasses a day is stupid idea, I just drink until my urine is a pale yellow colour. You have to remember you also get water from alot of foods you eat.
  • jardane1
    jardane1 Posts: 58 Member
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    I have a great 32oz bottle that makes drinking water very easy, i am trying to make drinking more water a habit but sometimes i need to remember to drink even when i am not thirsty so i get enough to keep my weight loss going.
  • WalkingAlong
    WalkingAlong Posts: 4,926 Member
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    Your weight loss won't slow down or speed up due to changes in water intake. If you listen to your body and your urine isn't cloudy or dark, you're fine.

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