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What's a cup of water and can you drink too much water

tremoneboy
tremoneboy Posts: 7 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Just checking measurements here, MFP asks for 8 cups, but what in litres is 8 cups? Also can you drink too much water. I would drink 3-4 litres a day but I exercise 6 out of 7 days. Just started my mfp journey but it keeps my eating on track ,1540 target makes me focused. That leads me to another question,mfp adds on calories so I might eat 1700 on those days, is this ok or should I stick religiously to 1540. Right that's me.

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  • Tubbs216
    Tubbs216 Posts: 6,597 Member
    A 'cup' is a volume measurement in North America - it's about 250ml, so 4 cups is about a litre.
  • HStheBusyBee
    HStheBusyBee Posts: 1,366 Member
    Aproximately 250ml in a cup :) So 2l in 8 cups
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    edited March 2016
    a standard cup is 8 ounces. sorry. this uneducated american doesnt know metric measurements LOL ;)

    technically yes, you could drink too much but its EXTREMELY unlikely. youll go to the bathroom and get rid of it all anyways

    eat back around half your exercise calories
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    About a quarter of a liter. So two liters.

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    It is hard to drink too much because to force yourself to do it will make you feel sick. This is too much;
    "drinking 10 to 22 quarts of water over a few hours". A quart is about a liter.

    http://www.gssiweb.org/Article/sse-88-hyponatremia-in-athletes
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    If MFP gives you more calories, feel free to eat them
  • faithsstaircase
    faithsstaircase Posts: 97 Member
    Check this out and see if it helps. http://thehightowerproject.blogspot.com/2016/03/water-for-weight-loss.html
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    8 fluid ounces.

    Yes, you can drink too much...but you would be hard pressed to actually do so unless you were doing some kind of crazy water drinking competition or something.
  • tremoneboy
    tremoneboy Posts: 7 Member
    Thx guys, I know the metric system is the work of the devil & the US rightly stay away. You guys are alright even if you do drive on the wrong side of the road. Hill climbs tomorrow -arghh!!



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