8 glasses of water?

Do you eat a lot of sodium in your diet?

You'll always feel thirsty no matter how much water you drink if your daily sodium is too high as that actually causes you to retain water.

Firstly, don't get hung up on water in particular, plain water has no special powers, it's water intake overall that counts, which includes things like soup and tea and sauces and so on.

Secondly, the whole "eight glasses of water" thing came from research that did not offer it as a recommendation. Yes you absolutely need to drink enough, but that varies wildly depending on your weight, the climate, how much exercise you do and whether you tend to sweat a lot. A better measure is your urine, if it's light yellow and you're urinating a few times a day, you're sufficiently hydrated. Having a bit extra water can help fill you up though, so as long as you don't overdo it, it can be a positive thing.

If, after a few days to adjust, you find you are often thirsty despite drinking a lot of water, go see your doc, it can be an early sign of diabetes so it's best not to ignore it.

Try adding some fresh lemmon

If, after a few days to adjust, you find you are often thirsty despite drinking a lot of water, go see your doc, it can be an early sign of diabetes so it's best not to ignore it.

Great point, I had totally forgotten about that, this was the first sign I noticed when I was initially diagnosed with Type II Diabetes. That and very frequent nighttime urination.

The only water I like was in Hawaii and it's used for swimming. I hate drinking water and I miss Coke.

BUT...

After forcing myself to drink even a small amount of water (large for me, 16oz.) I found that my lips were softer, my face was awesome and I was way, WAYYYYYYY less bloated. I was eating a lot of salt before my diet, now I eat only what's in the food. If I occasionally have an apple, sometimes I'll use salt (30 years of a habit is hard to break), then I notice that I am a little bloated. Water DOES help, even if you notice it melt a little something that was bulgy before and not now!

What helps me is MIO. That little bottle in the commercials that you squirt into your drink. I thought it would be a gross taste, but the fruit punch is delicious and I only need to use the recommended amount: one squirt. I thought I'd need more. It's awesome. Even when I drink, I will just drink water, raspeberry vodka and a squirt of MIO. Then you only have to count the vodka, which is about 69 calories a shot.

Don't fill yourself to the brim with water to where you feel sick, but if you can drink a lot, do it! H2O on!!!

It's true. You probably will lose at least 5 lbs within 1 or 2 days by increasing your water consumption.

don't count sauces either lol

veggies have lots of water in them if you need more

All food contains water, even something like roast chicken which you'd think of as fairly dry contains 60% water.

Honestly, it really does not matter one iota what the various sources of your water are, whether it's a glass of water that you drink, or whether it is ingested as a component of your food or other drinks. It all gets mashed up together in your stomach anyway.

The REALLY important thing is that you drink enough for your needs.

This may not be what you want but this is what I go by -- it depends on your weight literally water helps flush toxins from your body

http://nutrition.about.com/library/blwatercalculator.htm

you enter in weight and a few other things and it says how much to drink -- mine was 3 Liters -- and when I did drink that much I lost more weight. It is hard to do but you just have to keep drinking

I drink crystal light......loads of it. Or ice water with lemon or orange or cucumber slices or perhaps apple or mint. I just have a hard time drinking plain water except when I am hiking or running.