3 bottles of water - feeling the bloat

I am used to drinking a lot of liquids, I usually drank like 4 cans of soda a day and still drank water alot.

I always heard that your suposed to drink a gallon of water a day and i always noticed that when I was drinking my gallon a day I was losing weight even when I wasent eating the best and exercising. I think water is a big big must for weight loss..

I figure the fact I don't consume enough liquids could be what I am not moving weight wise (I understand its only been 24 days - but still, I DID lose 3 lbs in week 1!) So I decided to drink more water (and cut out coffee).

3 water bottle later during my work day and I feel SO bloated and heavy... I don't like water on the best of days, and basically had to force myself to drink even though I wasn't hungry or thirsty.

Is this normal? If it is I cannot see myself keeping this up very long...

Tracy;
"Normal"? - who knows? (although I'd suggest the lack of weight loss has more to do with total cals in and the ration of carbs, fats, and proteins)

When I was a kid it was "normal" for kids in school to hit up the (common) water fountain when they felt "thirsty". Some never did,
some once or twice a day, some 20 or more (but that was more to get out of class than a real "need").
No body had even heard of a water bottle (and it wouldn't fit in your lunchbox), and all these years later I have still, yet to hear of one of my "kid" friends that died from dehydration.

But we're so much "smarter" now and the "common wisdom" is that if you don't drink 100 gallons a day (or whatever the number is this week), the earth will stop rotating on its axis.

Put your "faith" in the dogma, myths, and "wisdom" of self appointed "experts", if you wish, OR, ask the question "why?", "sez who?", "what does the research show?"

These forums are great for a lot of reasons but one of the biggest detriments (IMO) is the willingness of so many to simply "accept" the "gospel", the dogma, the "conventional wisdom", without question and without thinking for themselves.

Part of the reason (again, IMO) is the stupid "points", "sparkies", or "badges" that the various sites put on to up their "hit counts" and the inane one word posts "yes", "no", "maybe" that demonstrate the intellect of a telephone pole.

Worse than that are those that blindly regurgitate "common knowledge" for whatever reason or warm fuzzy it is they gain.
We learned (or should have learned) long ago the effects of repeating the same thing "over and over" and that after you hear it enough times how fiction seems to morph to "fact" (oversized "air quotes").

I couldn't (and wouldn't) drink 64 ozs of water (whether 8, 8oz glasses, or 2, 32 oz jugs) every day if you held a gun to my head. I drink when I'm thirsty, it's worked for over 6 decades, and no one has shown me any definitive "proof" (beyond "common knowledge") that it's either harmful or likely to accelerate my demise.

In fact, for those that care to actually do a little of their own DD, there's a growing body of "evidence" that all that water (or whatever), might actually BE harmful (especially for those engaged in "endurance" exercise).

Here's a link that will get you started if you're interested.
http://tinyurl.com/ns9apet

I figure the fact I don't consume enough liquids could be what I am not moving weight wise (I understand its only been 24 days - but still, I DID lose 3 lbs in week 1!) So I decided to drink more water (and cut out coffee).

3 water bottle later during my work day and I feel SO bloated and heavy... I don't like water on the best of days, and basically had to force myself to drink even though I wasn't hungry or thirsty.

Is this normal? If it is I cannot see myself keeping this up very long...

Tracy;
"Normal"? - who knows? (although I'd suggest the lack of weight loss has more to do with total cals in and the ration of carbs, fats, and proteins)

When I was a kid it was "normal" for kids in school to hit up the (common) water fountain when they felt "thirsty". Some never did,
some once or twice a day, some 20 or more (but that was more to get out of class than a real "need").
No body had even heard of a water bottle (and it wouldn't fit in your lunchbox), and all these years later I have still, yet to hear of one of my "kid" friends that died from dehydration.

But we're so much "smarter" now and the "common wisdom" is that if you don't drink 100 gallons a day (or whatever the number is this week), the earth will stop rotating on its axis.

Put your "faith" in the dogma, myths, and "wisdom" of self appointed "experts", if you wish, OR, ask the question "why?", "sez who?", "what does the research show?"

These forums are great for a lot of reasons but one of the biggest detriments (IMO) is the willingness of so many to simply "accept" the "gospel", the dogma, the "conventional wisdom", without question and without thinking for themselves.

Part of the reason (again, IMO) is the stupid "points", "sparkies", or "badges" that the various sites put on to up their "hit counts" and the inane one word posts "yes", "no", "maybe" that demonstrate the intellect of a telephone pole.

Worse than that are those that blindly regurgitate "common knowledge" for whatever reason or warm fuzzy it is they gain.
We learned (or should have learned) long ago the effects of repeating the same thing "over and over" and that after you hear it enough times how fiction seems to morph to "fact" (oversized "air quotes").

I couldn't (and wouldn't) drink 64 ozs of water (whether 8, 8oz glasses, or 2, 32 oz jugs) every day if you held a gun to my head. I drink when I'm thirsty, it's worked for over 6 decades, and no one has shown me any definitive "proof" (beyond "common knowledge") that it's either harmful or likely to accelerate my demise.

In fact, for those that care to actually do a little of their own DD, there's a growing body of "evidence" that all that water (or whatever), might actually BE harmful (especially for those engaged in "endurance" exercise).

Here's a link that will get you started if you're interested.
http://tinyurl.com/ns9apet

I consumed approximately 18oz of water while reading this.