Drinking at least 8 glasses of water per day burns...

abyssfully
abyssfully Posts: 410 Member
edited September 26 in Health and Weight Loss
500 calories a week! (According to Dr. Sears on "The Doctors" TV show.)

Wow!
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  • RockaholicMama
    RockaholicMama Posts: 786 Member
    I had the dietitian on base tell me the same thing. I really believe it. I've been drinking water like crazy.
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    The act of drinking? The lifting of the glass to my lips? Or is it the constant trips to the potty. I could see burning 75 extra calories a day just from walking to the bathroom so many times :wink:
  • flutterqueen04
    flutterqueen04 Posts: 278
    The act of drinking? The lifting of the glass to my lips? Or is it the constant trips to the potty. I could see burning 75 extra calories a day just from walking to the bathroom so many times :wink:

    :laugh: Same here!! My bedroom is upstairs and the bathroom is down the hall, then down the stairs, then through 3 rooms...quite the walk at night when I have to pee pretty much every 2 hours! Well maybe not every two but a lot and I think to myself "I better be burning some major calories!" haha. I think I pee more now then when I was pregnant! But its all good :)
  • Carmendu
    Carmendu Posts: 409
    I have to agree with the ones about going to the bathroom. it is killin' me. i think we should be able to burn more than that just because we have to even think about it. :laugh: Not really. That is a lot of cals burned. I think there needs to be a water drinking exercise that we can count. If it is burning 500 cals a day then we should get somethin' out of it. lol
  • Natalie0506
    Natalie0506 Posts: 163
    I'm with you there! I'm definately peeing more than when I was pregnant. It's frustrating!
  • casi_ann
    casi_ann Posts: 423 Member
    I'm going to have to work harder at getting in the 8 glasses of water per day.. Most days i am able to get in 4 glasses, but 8 is sort of hard.
  • abyssfully
    abyssfully Posts: 410 Member
    I had the dietitian on base tell me the same thing. I really believe it. I've been drinking water like crazy.
    So it is confirmed! :) I dunno why, but I find it amazing.
  • Kat120285
    Kat120285 Posts: 1,599 Member
    I must burn quite a bit then as just today I had 25 glasses, not even counting the other 3 I'll have through the night haha.
  • jojospero
    jojospero Posts: 92 Member
    WOW... I didn't know that! I defintely have to drink more water now... that will really motivate me!
  • alexbowser
    alexbowser Posts: 322
    I drank an entire glass of water after reading that. :smile:
  • canaussie
    canaussie Posts: 168 Member
    going to fill up my water bottle now! hehehehe
  • cshine06
    cshine06 Posts: 139 Member
    Amazing !! Bump :)
  • denyse24
    denyse24 Posts: 62
    I have such a hard time drinking water , I just never seem thirsty , sometimes I try to drink but it is if my body just dosen,t want it :( don't know what to do
  • Jerri68
    Jerri68 Posts: 14
    I read somewhere concerning weight loss that if you are trying to lose weight, you should drink half your body weight in ounces of water per day. For example if you weighed 200 pounds, then you would need to drink 100 ounces of water. I could cut my water intake down, but I am still drinking around a gallon a day!
  • IdaMoreno38
    IdaMoreno38 Posts: 105
    Thank you for sharing! Good to know this! I'm glad I get my 8 glasses in everyday!
  • skinnybearlyndsay
    skinnybearlyndsay Posts: 798 Member
    I read somewhere concerning weight loss that if you are trying to lose weight, you should drink half your body weight in ounces of water per day. For example if you weighed 200 pounds, then you would need to drink 100 ounces of water. I could cut my water intake down, but I am still drinking around a gallon a day!

    I heard the same thing...and I've been wondering if that's really the case. I try and get there, but I have to use the restroom almost every hour on the hour.
  • beccaboo1021
    beccaboo1021 Posts: 51
    500 calories a week! (According to Dr. Sears on "The Doctors" TV show.)

    Wow!

    Are you ready for the big question....you know it's coming, right??!! :wink: Somebody is gonna ask....."how do you log the 500 calories burned just for drinking water?" :bigsmile:

    Just had to toss it out there, get it out of the way now, LOL. And, I personally have no intention of logging my physcal act of drinking or eating, for that matter!
  • Cherilea
    Cherilea Posts: 1,118 Member
    Or is it the constant trips to the potty. I could see burning 75 extra calories a day just from walking to the bathroom so many times :wink:

    Oh, I think it's way more than that! lol Seriously, I have never gone to the bathroom so much, which makes me a complete joy to travel with! :ohwell: My husband is fit to be tied when we no sooner get on the road, and I say, "I have to go...I mean really go!" I think I burn at least a 100 calories running from the van, into the convenience store, pushing old ladies and children out of my way, and flinging myself onto the toilet! :wink: Only to do it all over again in an hour!! It's when you start looking at the empty McDonald's cup, as you are traveling down the road w/an already irritated dh, and start thinking to yourself, "Hmmmm...I wonder if I could pee in that if it were a true emergency!" It's then you really know you have a problem!! :drinker:
  • cdenham001
    cdenham001 Posts: 83
    I'm going to have to work harder at getting in the 8 glasses of water per day.. Most days i am able to get in 4 glasses, but 8 is sort of hard.


    I am the same way. I can barely get down four, I'm trying hard to get down 8 but I haven't made it yet. :)
  • skinnybearlyndsay
    skinnybearlyndsay Posts: 798 Member
    bump :)
  • Tuffjourney
    Tuffjourney Posts: 971
    The act of drinking? The lifting of the glass to my lips? Or is it the constant trips to the potty. I could see burning 75 extra calories a day just from walking to the bathroom so many times :wink:

    Oh ya, I so agree...... all day long:grumble:
  • Saruman_w
    Saruman_w Posts: 1,531 Member
    Sometimes I get confused on what's considered a 'glass' of water. Is 8 glasses considered 8 of those 16oz water bottles? Guess I'm looking for an exact # in volume.
  • anulle2009
    anulle2009 Posts: 580 Member
    Did he explain how or why that is?? That what i am curious about
  • tbelivea
    tbelivea Posts: 94 Member
    I consider one glass to be 1 cup or 250ml or 8.5oz.
  • anulle2009
    anulle2009 Posts: 580 Member
    Sometimes I get confused on what's considered a 'glass' of water. Is 8 glasses considered 8 of those 16oz water bottles? Guess I'm looking for an exact # in volume.
    8 ounces i believe is considered a "glass" of water. so a 16oz bottle you got 2 or your 8 down!
  • ninpiggy
    ninpiggy Posts: 228 Member
    I'm going to have to work harder at getting in the 8 glasses of water per day.. Most days i am able to get in 4 glasses, but 8 is sort of hard.


    I am the same way. I can barely get down four, I'm trying hard to get down 8 but I haven't made it yet. :)


    Glacaeau Smart Water comes in 33.8 fl oz bottles. I drink two of them and the problem is solved. :) Buying bottles can be expensive but if you get used to drinking that volume of water, it gets much easier to do it without the bottles to guide you. At least it works for me.
  • anulle2009
    anulle2009 Posts: 580 Member
    I'm going to have to work harder at getting in the 8 glasses of water per day.. Most days i am able to get in 4 glasses, but 8 is sort of hard.


    I am the same way. I can barely get down four, I'm trying hard to get down 8 but I haven't made it yet. :)


    Glacaeau Smart Water comes in 33.8 fl oz bottles. I drink two of them and the problem is solved. :) Buying bottles can be expensive but if you get used to drinking that volume of water, it gets much easier to do it without the bottles to guide you. At least it works for me.

    I buy a liter of water and that helps me. I will reuse the bottle a few times so im not buying them ALLL the time
  • rachel_onamission
    rachel_onamission Posts: 54
    REALLY!!??? Wow I didnt know that!! :) Thanks for sharing! I try to do 8 glasses of water a day but I find it hard to do..guess I will push myself a little harder!
  • olyrose
    olyrose Posts: 569 Member
    I think I've seen that drinking cold water burns more calories because your body has to adjust the temperature or something? And maybe it helps speed your metabolism? Can't quite remember...
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    This is def. interesting. I drink two 32 oz water bottles a day and when I first started, i seriously considered moving into the bathroom for awhile because I was in there so much.

    As anyone else noticed that the more water they drink, the more they sweat? I used to hardly sweat at the gym and now I'm like dripping every time.
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