dehydration?

clairibou1
clairibou1 Posts: 124
edited September 29 in Health and Weight Loss
sorry this is kind of random, but maybe someone else has experienced this and can help me...
so i usually run on the treadmill in my basement, and right now, i run a max of 1 mile at a time, but i usually do interval training. today i ran outside, and it was about 86 degrees and sunny outside. i drank about 250 ml of water when i came home and i have probably drank that much since then. its been about 4 hours since we got back and i'm starting to have really bad cramps in my stomach. is this dehydration or heat exhaustion, or is it totally unrelated?

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  • fastbelly
    fastbelly Posts: 727 Member
    Its very hard to diagnose something with the information you provide. Depending on the distance you ran and how well hydrated you were before the run 250ml may not be enough.

    I for instance regularly drink about 1 ltr of water when I get home from a 60 minute jogging/walking session before I even have a protein shake.

    Cramps can also mean that you either had food too close to exercise or you didn't have enough food.
  • 6heatherb6
    6heatherb6 Posts: 469 Member
    I don't ACTUALLY know but there was an interesting interview on morning television today about drinking water....although 8 glasses are 'recommended'..we CAN include tea and coffee made from water (Caffine is apparently only dehydrating if consentrated) and soups etc..If we have too much water we flush too many nutrients out of our systems...especially salts....so the conclusion was check your wee :blushing: ...light is good..yellow is bad..hope this helps...:flowerforyou:
  • kgalea
    kgalea Posts: 156 Member
    I would be curious about what you ate earlier in the day... When I would eat certain foods (raisins/some cereals) before a long run, I would come home with TERRIBLE cramps. Once I switched to oatmeal before every run, I didn't have those problems.
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    in 4 hrs I can easily drink 1L of water. I say drink a bit more (maybe 500ml but not gulped all at once) and see if that helps. It could be related, I am unsure.

    The one time I got bad stomach cramps, I ate a huge meal then exercised right after. It was awful.
    Second time is when I went for a run and totally wore myself out, got home and mixed a protein shake and chugged it down. Was on the couch whining for probably 40 minutes.

    Hope you feel better soon!
  • clairibou1
    clairibou1 Posts: 124
    that's really interesting. i ate watermelon, cherries, and a bowl of raisin bran before i left. maybe the cereal was what did it? i'm just confused about the fact that it didn't happen until 4 hours after i got home.
  • vivid2012
    vivid2012 Posts: 31
    in 4 hrs I can easily drink 1L of water. I say drink a bit more (maybe 500ml but not gulped all at once) and see if that helps. It could be related, I am unsure.

    The one time I got bad stomach cramps, I ate a huge meal then exercised right after. It was awful.
    Second time is when I went for a run and totally wore myself out, got home and mixed a protein shake and chugged it down. Was on the couch whining for probably 40 minutes.

    Hope you feel better soon!
    No offence. YOu seem drink a lot.
  • fishbrain976
    fishbrain976 Posts: 35 Member
    generally, you need to do this.

    - drink a lot of water before long runs
    - warm up!! that can avoid cramps
    - drink water between interval
    - warm down!! after finish your run
    - do not drink water immediately

    when drinking water... drink sip by sip... no gulp
  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
    Rule of thumb is 8 oz of water for every 30 minutes of exercise, and then add more in if you're in heat (outside in 86 degree weather counts as this) - probably another 8 oz for every 30 minutes. Stomach cramps can be a symptom of dehydration, but usually won't be alone.
  • chrisfnet
    chrisfnet Posts: 83
    A simple "litmus test", so to speak, to determine if you may or may not be dehydrate is to check your skin turgor. To do this, pinch and pull up a small portion of the skin on your hand and hold it for a couple seconds and then release it. Note the time and ease by which your skin returns to its normal position. If your skin slowly rebounds back to normal, you may be mildly dehydrated.
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