DRINKING water only- thoughts, results, recommendations

Thanks for clarifying this isn't about only consuming water instead of food.

I drink water mostly, sometimes a glass of milk. When I went off soda pop, water was the only thing I could drink that was free and I could drink as much as I wanted without (much) consequence. I guess I pee a lot. I'm used to it so it doesn't seem like I'm peeing all that often. I have no advice about the booze because I'm not much of a drinker.

Lucky for me that I don't drink alcohol so that wasn't a problem for me. I swapped juice for water and I love it. I crave water now and it's good. Yeah, you pee a lot more, but your body will adapt slowly. I'd say if you're used to only say 5 cups a day, increase slowly. I wouldn't suggest going all out 8+ cups. It's hard to keep that up. I found adding in an extra cup slowly over time worked best for me. I'm up to usually 12-14 cups a day now easy. Good luck.

I have been drinking water only for a long time now..well except my 8.0 redbull in the morning. It really works lost alot of weight just by stopping sodas. Now if I can only stop the redbull

If that's what works for you, go for it. The only things I drink nowadays are water and diet soda (which I try to limit to a can a day).

Most of my life I've been drinking only water (except occassionally coffee, which I now drink black, and the odd glass of wine at an event, but pretty rate these days). Since I've always been a mostly-water drinker, I can't compare to anything else, so it's never done anything for my weight. But I assume if you were drinking a lot of calories, and now cutting those out and are SURE you aren't replacing them with something else, then yes you'll lose weight.

At once point I was drinking my weight in ounces of water. Not on purpose. I'm just a really thirsty person all the time. I end up peeing about every hour.

I drink water or unsweetened tea usually. It saves calories for food, saves money and I prefer it. I've been drinking mostly water or tea for years so I don't notice any differences.
I have a pitcher of water I keep in the refrigerator at home as I like my water cold. I usually have to refill it at least once a day.
I don't bother with how much water I drink. I drink water with every meal and whenever I am thirsty. I seem to be decently hydrated.
For hot tea, I like peppermint or cinnamon apple spice.

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I don't drink alcohol and while I liked soda, it wasn't difficult cutting it out of my diet. If you work out on a regular basis, drinking enough water is fairly easy as the loss of water and exhaustion makes your body crave it. To make sure I'm getting enough in, it helps to always carry a water bottle on the go and keep refilling it. If you're peeing too often, you can cut it back slightly because you only need enough to stay hydrated. Just listen to your body and not the "recommended amount" which is different for everyone.

Honestly, cutting anything out of your diet often leads to cravings and inability to stick with it for the long term. If you enjoy milk, drink milk (Almond Milk is a good substitute that is lower in calories). For alcohol, you don't need to cut it out if you don't want, just limit it. Going out? No more than 1 drink is an example.

Good luck!

Coffee in the morning, 2-3 gallons of water per day, and then an adult beverage at night has worked great for me

Dihydrogen monoxide (DHMO) is the liquid you need. It can be consumed in lieu of all other liquids.

I think you'll like the way you feel! Water is so essential for all of your body's functions, and it will work so much better when it's well-hydrated. I second working your way up slowly. I started out at 4 cups, and now I'm drinking somewhere in the range of 3 liters to a gallon every day, mostly based on my activity level for the day. My body craves it and I feel like garbage if I don't get enough! It also helps keep water retention down, which is a big plus, since water weight is singularly the most frustrating thing about weight loss. I'll still drink tea with a little bit of honey in it almost every day, though. And peeing a lot isn't necessarily a bad thing. Gives me a good reason to get away from my desk and stretch my legs more throughout the day.

I still work in a treat occasionally. I don't particularly enjoy the taste of alcohol, but my husband and I still pretend with sparkling juice. And I really don't care if that makes me sound like an 8-year-old! But anyways, I'll work a serving of that into my calories/macros, or I'll get something sweet from Starbucks. Whatever I do, I always make sure I have enough room in my macros for it.

Maybe tell your friends you're trying to replace all fluids with water, and suggest social activities that don't revolve around getting a drink? And also, one thing that helped me get my water intake up was to drink from a container that had a straw. Not sure why this helped - maybe drinking from a straw is just so much easier than constantly taking a cap off and putting it back on - but it made a big difference.

I drink 2 cups of coffee each morning and I do like my ocassional beer and wine but keep that to like one a day and mostly only on weekends. I drink about 120 oz of water a day. At first I hated it and was always looking for "flavors" to add to my water. Now it's just what I drink. I've been doing this for a year and I feel really good and my skin has never looked better.

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davert123 wrote: »

We made it for 2.5 million years on just water so you should be ok :-)

Just drinking water is fine but as a species we have not made it on just water for quite a long time.
Homo sapiens have been around about 200,000 years and have been drinking beer, wine, chocolate, coffee and tea for thousands of years. Historically, there have been times and places where people did not drink water much at all.
news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1003_051003_six_drinks.html
localhistories.org/drink.html

There is no "recommended" amount of water to drink per day. Drink when you get thirsty. There are no demonstrated health benefits to drinking eight glasses of water per day.