You Don’t Need 8 Glasses Of Water A Day

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  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member

    Remember the old saying - eat when you are hungry, drink when you are dry.

    Hormones control your hunger. Those hormones do not always send the right signals. i.e. underweight people are often not hungry and overweight people are often always hungry.
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,855 Member
    I drink 3-4 liters of water daily (usually 4 and sometimes a little more) and while it may not actually have any effect on weight loss, it makes me feel better, my feet swell less in the heat and humidity, I have fewer headaches, etc. I don't care if anyone else drinks no water, a gallon of water, or toilet water.
  • thelazydandelion
    thelazydandelion Posts: 58 Member
    I personally feel a lot better when I drink water and I like having the 8 glasses a day as a goal. If I wasn't drinking water, I'd be snacking or drinking something that was bad for me.
  • cloggsy71
    cloggsy71 Posts: 2,208 Member
    Remember the old saying - eat when you are hungry, drink when you are dry.
    This is true, but where the saying falls down is a lot of people can't read the signals they are getting from their stomachs; a lot of people mistake the signal for thirst as hunger - this has been proven!

    This is why people advise that if you are feeling hungry, drink a [large] glass of water first. If you are still hungry after finishing the water, then you are hungry & not thirsty...

    Personally I drink LOTS of water; a minimum of 8 x 800ml glasses, but normally more & it doesn't do me any harm whatsoever! :drinker:
  • CM9178
    CM9178 Posts: 1,251 Member
    Yeah no surprise there.

    I'm still amazed that some people really believe that drinking water helps with weight loss.
    Um because it does. I've seen it for a fact with myself. If I don't drink enough water, I don't lose weight. If I drink more water, I lose weight. It DEFINITELY helps me lose weight.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Does beer count for my daily classes of water?
  • stephanieluvspb
    stephanieluvspb Posts: 997 Member
    I freaking love water, nothing quenches my thirst better. I don't track my water intake though. I've actually had people pm with concern because my diary shows zero in my water consumption. lol sorry I just drink till I'm not thirsty no need to track
  • Raclex
    Raclex Posts: 238
    Drink liquid until you are hydrated.

    /thread :wink:

    Yup. If you're thirsty, drink. If not, don't. There's days when I drinks lots, and others, when I drink less.
  • independant2406
    independant2406 Posts: 447 Member
    Um because it does. I've seen it for a fact with myself. If I don't drink enough water, I don't lose weight. If I drink more water, I lose weight. It DEFINITELY helps me lose weight.

    ^^ Yep
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    This is true, but where the saying falls down is a lot of people can't read the signals they are getting from their stomachs; a lot of people mistake the signal for thirst as hunger - this has been proven!

    Sure, although as someone who can read those signals (except that I probably think I'm thirsty when I'm not, so hmm) that always seems so weird to me. (But I have issues with hunger signals, and prefer to just eat when it's mealtime, and that probably seems weird to someone without that issue.)

    What bugs me about the "you must drink 8 glasses of water" crowd, especially when it's insisted that it must be water or otherwise does not count, is that they ignore the fact that plenty of people have no problems drinking adequate water and wouldn't ever come close to getting too little on a regular basis. (If anything I tend to drink more water and other liquids than I need, and always have.) My belief is that people should just generally gauge their habits and their urine to see if they think they need to make a concerted effort to drink more. If not, don't worry about it.
  • alska
    alska Posts: 300 Member
    I'm tired of hearing that. I love my water ... even if I don't need that much I drink it and some!!!

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