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jenerik
jenerik Posts: 31
edited September 19 in Health and Weight Loss
I have been told drinking half your body weight in water will help you lose weight faster...Does anyone know if that is true and if it is healthy?
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  • jenerik
    jenerik Posts: 31
    I have been told drinking half your body weight in water will help you lose weight faster...Does anyone know if that is true and if it is healthy?
  • Manda86
    Manda86 Posts: 1,859 Member
    I have been told drinking half your body weight in water will help you lose weight faster...Does anyone know if that is true and if it is healthy?

    Wowsa!! 1/2 your body weight?! Over what amount of time?
  • jenerik
    jenerik Posts: 31
    a day. i have done it then i got told you can drown out your body and die from it so i stopped and have only been drinkin 8-10 ounces a day.
  • nicolet04
    nicolet04 Posts: 830
    the first week i did i dropped 5 lbs and i have kept it off!!! oh and its half ur body weight in ounces:smile: i think it might be a little much to drink half ur weight:laugh: good luck!!!
  • MDF08
    MDF08 Posts: 57
    Drinking half your body weight will simply offset the effects of all the sodium we eat and keep your bodily functions functioning.

    You'll urinate A LOT so start slowly. If you drink too much too fast it may cause a UTI.

    Focus on taking it slow and you will do GREAT here. I promise. (I've been around for awhile, changed my name a few times and gave up on myself a few times too....but one thing I know is that slow and steady wins the race. Trust me, too much too fast will only lead to disaster.)

    :flowerforyou:
  • jenerik
    jenerik Posts: 31
    LOL thats what i meant. sorry for the confusion
  • heather0mc
    heather0mc Posts: 4,656 Member
    i think she meant taking your body weight, dividing by 1/2 and drinking that amount in ounces per day.

    1/2 your body weight would put you in the hospital.

    i believe drinking at least 8 cups per day is minimum. i drink water constantly - about 4 bottles (8 cups) at work, one at the gym, one afterwards = about 12 cups a day. thats about 96 ounces and half by body weight is 95. does it help me loose weight faster? no idea. but it sure helps me when i go over my sodium, which is sure hard not to do!
  • MyaPapaya75
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
    a day. i have done it then i got told you can drown out your body and die from it so i stopped and have only been drinkin 8-10 ounces a day.

    8-10 oz a day is not enough fluid intake...Eight 8oz glasses of water is more of what your trying to aim for ..not just 8oz
  • stewartmn
    stewartmn Posts: 15
    It seems like most healthy eating plans recommend 64 ounces of water everyday. I find it hard to even drink that much sometimes...I can't imagine drinking more than that. I have read in running magazines that drinking too much water is harmful, but I don't know enough about why to comment on that here! Hopefully you figure out your optimum amount.
  • jenerik
    jenerik Posts: 31
    again that is what i meant. my mind is somewhere else today
  • allaboutme
    allaboutme Posts: 391 Member
    :happy: my vote would be false. Water is good for you your body needs it daily, but extreme increases in water consumption is not healthy and can be dangerous, it can throw off the balance of your electrolytes, which I know we don't care about (or I don't much) but you are talking like 100 glasses a day? (1/2 body weight of 130 pounds is 55 pounds = 110 glasses of water(2 glasses per pound)) Dangerous amount. Too much of a good thing can be bad. I read a normal person should not exceed 1 8oz glass per hour.
  • jenerik
    jenerik Posts: 31
    i miswrote the first time. i meant half your body weight in ounces. say you weighed 200 lbs, that would be 100 ounces in water a day.
  • macollins79
    macollins79 Posts: 36
    YOU WILL KILL YOUR SELF!!!!!!!
    If you drink too much water you will over dilute your body and cause an electrolyte imbalance and die!
    Your Kidneys can not balance the water and flush it fast enough!
    Trust me I am nurse!
    Talk to your Doctor before you ever make any changes to your diet
  • jenerik
    jenerik Posts: 31
    so how much is the right amount? 64 ounces?
  • macollins79
    macollins79 Posts: 36
    http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/14/national/main2358958.shtml
  • MattySparky
    MattySparky Posts: 771
    YOU WILL KILL YOUR SELF!!!!!!!
    If you drink too much water you will over dilute your body and cause an electrolyte imbalance and die!
    Your Kidneys can not balance the water and flush it fast enough!
    Trust me I am nurse!
    Talk to your Doctor before you ever make any changes to your diet

    you should really speak with a nutritionist instead of your doctor as they are the trained professional in that area of medical health... doctors barely get any nutrition training if any at all.
  • jenerik
    jenerik Posts: 31
    I also wouldnt be doing it over an hour or so span...it would be an all day thing..
  • macollins79
    macollins79 Posts: 36
    Doctors Know about nutrition! They have to know the body as a whole and how it functions this includes nutrition! Yes and if you want a good base see a Dietarian not a nutritionist!
  • macollins79
    macollins79 Posts: 36
    if you want to over drink water go ahead... if your kidneys don't shut down you will have a heart attack, is fast weight loss really worth your health.
  • jenerik
    jenerik Posts: 31
    oh my....this was just a question....didnt mean for attitudes to start flying!
  • DMORTIFF
    DMORTIFF Posts: 22 Member
    http://www.drdonnica.com/today/00008300.htm

    the link above is an article on just that topic it should explain a little more
  • macollins79
    macollins79 Posts: 36
    oh my....this was just a question....didnt mean for attitudes to start flying!

    Its not an attitude... I have a background in Nephrology and have seen young women put themselves into acute renal failure drinking too much water as a weight loss tool. Its not worth it. And I work with many brilliant doctors they do have a background in nutrition. I don't make many posts but the ones I do, I make sure I know what I am talking about first before I make them.... as for the link it was an example, You don't know what your kidney function is and if you over load your kidneys you can cause nephrons to die, you can not "grow" new ones, so my point is, is a few pound weight loss really worth causing your self damage
  • macollins79
    macollins79 Posts: 36
    http://www.drdonnica.com/today/00008300.htm

    the link above is an article on just that topic it should explain a little more

    Thank you "DMORTIFF"
    I must point out on our food diary once you put in more than 8 glasses of water the cup over flows.
  • Kimono
    Kimono Posts: 367
    I am not dead yet. I know I have drank half my body weight in ounces. I am not sure how hard you guys work out, but just guessing from previous posts we have some pretty intense workouts going on. After I run for an hour I drink 40 ounces just to refuel. Not to mention the amount durring the rest of the day. If you drink an excess of water in a very short amount of time, you can die. It happened around here at a fraturnity as part of their rush/pledge. I also watched my best friend run a 1/2 marathon (under 2 hours) and she not drink enough and ended up in the ER and got 4 L. of fluid. If you are working out you need to be hydrated, or it can kill you.
  • macollins79
    macollins79 Posts: 36
    I am not dead yet. I know I have drank half my body weight in ounces. I am not sure how hard you guys work out, but just guessing from previous posts we have some pretty intense workouts going on. After I run for an hour I drink 40 ounces just to refuel. Not to mention the amount durring the rest of the day. If you drink an excess of water in a very short amount of time, you can die. It happened around here at a fraturnity as part of their rush/pledge. I also watched my best friend run a 1/2 marathon (under 2 hours) and she not drink enough and ended up in the ER and got 4 L. of fluid. If you are working out you need to be hydrated, or it can kill you.

    After your work out you need to refuel.... your kindeys have somewhere to put the water (back into your cells) but if you are not doing the work outs and just drinking the water.... where is it going to go... it can sit in your system thats when you can have issues
  • plussizemommy
    plussizemommy Posts: 185
    Holy cow!! I weigh over 300 pounds. If I drank half my weight in water (ounces) I'd be a freakin camel lol!! I would literally be drinking over 150 ounces of water!!!
    Wouldn't water poisoning become a factor if you did that? Maybe if you were skinnier but not if your obese like me!!
  • ivykivy
    ivykivy Posts: 2,970 Member
    Water poisoning is not a factor unless you drink it all at one time and/or you are not receiving the proper nutrition.

    I try to drink around 6-8 + the four cups of coffee I drink a day so that would be around 10-12 cups intake of water. Usually one glass every hour or two before each meal one with each snack. I don't count sweat replacement water in my totals.
  • MattySparky
    MattySparky Posts: 771
    Doctors Know about nutrition! They have to know the body as a whole and how it functions this includes nutrition! Yes and if you want a good base see a Dietarian not a nutritionist!

    Doctors know minimal things about nutrition, Im not arguing that they dont know anything but unless it's their specific field of study a "doctor" doesn't have a wide knowledge base for giving out specific nutritional advice... they will refer you to a nutritionist or dietarian or whatever you want to call them it really doesn't matter to me hehe.
  • MattySparky
    MattySparky Posts: 771
    if you want to over drink water go ahead... if your kidneys don't shut down you will have a heart attack, is fast weight loss really worth your health.

    excuse my abruptness but how did this thread turn into "fast weight loss"?? She was asking about the amount of water to consume in a day and weather or not what she heard was true.
  • macollins79
    macollins79 Posts: 36
    I have been told drinking half your body weight in water will help you lose weight faster...Does anyone know if that is true and if it is healthy?

    She also asked if it was healthy, and its not. There is a fine line and water is both good for you but can cause damage, I needed to and have the right to express this. I did not mean to start anything... so take what ever you want out of this.

    And way to go on your weight loss, keep it up, its worth it.
    Take care


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