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    Those of you who had to train yourselves to drink a lot of water ...

    Posts: 1,041 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    ... did all the peeing eventually stop!?

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    • Posts: 3,077 Member
      Nope!
    • Posts: 346 Member
      Haha, no!
    • Posts: 119 Member
      Unfortunately, no :( lmao it's worth it though for how much better it makes me feel
    • Posts: 9,603 Member
      edited August 2015
      Nope, still peeing. I don't think I pee more, but don't measure or anything.
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    • Posts: 185 Member
      Haha no, you just sort of get used to it.
    • Posts: 138 Member
      No, and Dino is right, you do sort of get used to it. It's just what is supposed to happen.
    • Posts: 5,481 Member
      No. We have annual passes to Disney World, I know where every bathroom is, lol.
    • Posts: 608 Member
      distinctlybeautiful wrote: »
      ... did all the peeing eventually stop!?
      haha - sorry, no.
      Just consider how your system is being flushed out and cleaned.
      :)

    • Posts: 1,054 Member
      No, but I do drink quite a bit of water when I know I am going to be home, and if I am going to be out and about I don't drink as much until I am back home.

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    • Posts: 1,041 Member
      Man! Not what I wanted to hear, but at least I'm not alone! Thanks all!
    • Posts: 4,648 Member
      CharonCharon wrote: »
      Make sure you are not drinking tea.
      Tea, as you know has caffeine, a diuretic.
      It will just make it go through your body.

      If you're adapted to regular caffeine intake, the diuretic effect is negligible.
    • Posts: 679 Member
      PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »
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      If you're adapted to regular caffeine intake, the diuretic effect is negligible.

      I don't know the science, but I know that FOR ME, the above statement is not true. Been drinking coffee over 40 years and I've never adapted enough to not have to pee because of it. A diuretic remains a diuretic for me, no matter how long I've been drinking it.
    • Posts: 287 Member
      the worst is staying hydrated while exercising. I'll pee twice, start my morning hour long walk, and 15 minutes in it hits me >: (
    • Posts: 287 Member
      Virkati wrote: »
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      I don't know the science, but I know that FOR ME, the above statement is not true. Been drinking coffee over 40 years and I've never adapted enough to not have to pee because of it. A diuretic remains a diuretic for me, no matter how long I've been drinking it.

      Keep in mind that coffee is mostly water, and most people get their fix in the morning, so having to pee after you drink it doesn't necessarily mean it's the caffeine.
    • Posts: 623 Member
      Just think of all the extra steps you get walking to the bathroom and back ;) At least that's what I do (with my fitbit)
    • Posts: 679 Member
      bclarke1990 wrote: »
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      Keep in mind that coffee is mostly water, and most people get their fix in the morning, so having to pee after you drink it doesn't necessarily mean it's the caffeine.

      I understand about the coffee and water etc. I was responding to the post that said if you drink caffeine long enough that you'll "adapt" and that the diuretic effect would be "negligible". I was saying that for me, after 40 years, the effect was still there and NOT negligible.
    • Posts: 28,072 Member
      bclarke1990 wrote: »
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      Keep in mind that coffee is mostly water, and most people get their fix in the morning, so having to pee after you drink it doesn't necessarily mean it's the caffeine.

      Yep. Water is a diuretic.

      Diuretic = any substance that promotes the production of urine...which includes water.

      The impact of caffeine in a drink, over and above the water used to make the beverage, is negligible.

    • Posts: 7,097 Member
      So we're all just going along with the assumption that a person has to drink "a lot" of water?
    • Posts: 56 Member
      I wish this was the way! I'm always peeing. The other day I had to pee almost every hour. Not only was I drinking my usual amout of water, but I ate soooo many vegetables. Annoying, but yet feels good. haha
    • Posts: 1,041 Member
      Orphia wrote: »
      So we're all just going along with the assumption that a person has to drink "a lot" of water?

      No one said "has to."
    • Posts: 28,072 Member
      edited August 2015
      Orphia wrote: »
      So we're all just going along with the assumption that a person has to drink "a lot" of water?

      Nope.

      If people are drinking so much they are having to pee all the time, its likely that they are drinking much more than they need - which actually can be an issue at some point (other than the peeing thing).
    • Posts: 7,097 Member
      distinctlybeautiful wrote: »
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      No one said "has to."

      Has, needs, should, whatever. The question remains.
    • Posts: 1,041 Member
      Orphia wrote: »
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      Has, needs, should, whatever. The question remains.

      No need to split hairs.. that's what I was trying to get across - that no one said it's a requirement/necessity/something we should do.

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      distinctlybeautiful wrote: »
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      No need to split hairs.. that's what I was trying to get across - that no one said it's a requirement/necessity/something we should do.

      You were the one splitting hairs by nitpicking the word "has". Nevermind, it's good to know you don't think you need to drink a lot of water.

      2 litres (which includes tea, coffee, alcohol, juice) is the rough amount a woman needs a day.

      We had someone here yesterday drinking 3 litres plus coffee. :/
    • Posts: 149 Member
      edited August 2015
      Orphia wrote: »
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      2 litres (which includes tea, coffee, alcohol, juice) is the rough amount a woman needs a day.

      We had someone here yesterday drinking 3 litres plus coffee. :/

      That includes fluids from food too iirc?
      So around 20% of your fluid intake comes from what you eat rather than drink.

      I tend just to drink when I'm thirsty which equates to around 3.5 litres a day when I'm active and around 2.5 on a lazy day.

      Oh the answer is yes but not as much as my wife.
    • Posts: 9,562 Member
      edited August 2015
      I drink between1 to 2 liters depending on my work out or what I am eating.
    • Posts: 169 Member
      Virkati wrote: »
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      I don't know the science, but I know that FOR ME, the above statement is not true. Been drinking coffee over 40 years and I've never adapted enough to not have to pee because of it. A diuretic remains a diuretic for me, no matter how long I've been drinking it.

      Not true for me, either. I have been drinking one coffee a day for 4+ years, it might actually be SMALLER now than before I had my daughter because I worry about her getting caffeine. I still pee pretty soon after my coffee - but I don't pee right after plain water.
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      No, I still pee more, but the days I'm dropping water weight are the worst... like having to pee 20 times during the day worst.
    • Posts: 410 Member
      Depending on my physical activity I'd drink between 2 - 3.5 litres a day. And no the constant peeing never eased. I just sort of got used to it.
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