water

I carry i water bottle.. so to speak with me, first thing in the morning, i drink a glass, or more. Have worked out if im gonna get 10 plus glasses of water, I need to drink a glass an hour, at least. My drink bottle holds 3 plus glasses. I then never forget.

What I tend to do is always have a water bottle full with water and keep it by my side. I just drink when my mouth feels dry and drink when I am feeling a little hungry. If I don't have my water bottle next to me I just forget about it and go to food instead, whicht is why I keep it with me.

i start and end every day with a full glass. plus i drink a full glass before each meal to keep my appetite low and i always drink plenty of water while i work out. the best thing to do is to keep a tally every day. if you don't get enough one day, just start over the next.

i have the same problem, i'm always falling short of 8 glasses a day. Now i should betaking in about 100 oz according to the half your body weight advice, but I can barely make it over 6 glasses a day. BUT if i drink alot of water, I get really bad indigestion and I throw up. Does tea (lightly sugared) count towards my daily water intake???

I went out and bought a rubbermai 32 ounce waterbottle with the straw attached and I try to fill and drink it 3 times a day, while I'm sitting watching tv I drink from my straw until its gone, its really easy from a straw and while i'm sitting up watching tv, try this i'm sure you'll be successful

I play games with my self to get the water in. If i am driving, I will drink from the bottle for the duration of the red light. I will take a drink after every email that i write. I will drink if I find myself getting hungry. If I have to get up from my desk for something, I take a long drink before I leave my desk, and then when i return to my desk I take another long drink. I usually drink about 70 ounces a day...

I start with 1 bottle per 1/2 hour of workout, so that's 8 glasses per 1 hour workout. Then I carry a 32oz bottle with me, drinking one full bottle in the morning and another full bottle in the afternoon. I usually get between 12-16 glasses a day, depending if I have water in the evening. I switch between flavoured water, watered down coffee/tea, and plain old tap water.

Amy

i have the same problem, i'm always falling short of 8 glasses a day. Now i should betaking in about 100 oz according to the half your body weight advice, but I can barely make it over 6 glasses a day. BUT if i drink alot of water, I get really bad indigestion and I throw up. Does tea (lightly sugared) count towards my daily water intake???

I've heard mixed reviews on this as well but what I seem to hear the most is that tea does count towards your water as long as it's decaffeinated. I almost never drink 64 oz of pure water in a day but I do make sure to drink a lot of tea and flavored water

I've read a lot of studies about water intake as well. From what I understand is - the experts differ on how much water you need and how to calculate it, but they all agree that getting enough water is extremely important for your health and for weight loss. I struggle with drinking enough water. I'm usually a dehydrated person. Not that I feel that way. I do my best to drink 8 glasses a day. I have a 2.2 liter jug which is 74.4 oz. That's more like 9 1/2 or so cups (my math stinks but I think that's right) I try to drink at least half while I'm at work and the other half at home. One thing that I do sometimes is add some propel zero or crystal lite. I know some are against this, but if it's two glasses of actual water or 8 glasses of flavored water, well I think it's still a win to drink it flavored.

I have a system that is working for me so far, I make myself drink the water before I get to have my coffee/meals, (i.e. things I want) I am a big girl and get in way more than 1/2 my body weight in ounces per day. This is the how I do it (and I bought myself a 24 oz cup so I don't have to fill a little one all the time, that was the first step ).

8 oz before I get to drink my morning coffee
48 ounces before I can eat my lunch
Then while I eat lunch I get my afternoon soda (I have one can of diet soda/day)
24 ounces while I am making dinner/before I can eat dinner
24 ounces during dinner/evening
I work out late at night and am still thirsty when I work out so I usually drink one full water bottle that is 27 ounces while at the gym.
I usually have a snack before bed and might drink another 8-16 more ounces between the time I get home from the gym and the time I go to bed.

Above is of course ideal and what I try to stick to, it doesn't always work, but I am pretty consistent in getting my 15-17 8 oz cups of water/day, at first it was hard and I had to really force myself to get my water in, and now its not a big deal, I don't pee all the time now either. It just takes some getting used to I think, then becomes easier as you go along.

Good luck! :drinker:

Why do people think that only pure, neat water is water?

Here we go again!

You need the equivalent of 8 cups of water a day on average, from any source. These sources can be pure water/tea/coffee/juice/soda/milk/fruit/veg etc. It does NOT have to be pure neat water!

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/13/myth-eight-glasses-water-day

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/07/wellness-water-8x8-myth.html

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/12/08/the-myth-behind-drinking-8-glasses-of-water-a-day/


As for coffee being a diuretic, so many people just spout that word as a reason, without actually understanding what "diuretic" means.

di·u·ret·ic (d-rtk)
adj.
Tending to increase the discharge of urine.
n.
A substance or drug that tends to increase the discharge of urine.

Neat water is also a diuretic. The diuretic effect of caffeine is far, far outweighed by the actual water in the tea/coffee. Also, regular consumers of caffeinated beverages will build up a tolerance to said effect, eventually reaching the point where caffeinated drinks provide practically the same amount of hydration as a cup of neat water will.


http://www.divinecaroline.com/22178/46361-coffee-makes-dehydrated-say-what

http://worldofcaffeine.com/2011/06/14/caffeine-does-not-dehydrate/

http://advance.uconn.edu/2002/020722/02072207.htm

http://nomoredirtylooks.com/2011/04/surprise-caffeinated-tea-does-not-dehydrate-you/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/nutrition/04real.html

http://www.sharecare.com/question/does-caffeine-dehydrate-not

http://www.artofdrink.com/2009/12/caffeine-in-coffee-does-not-increase-dehydration-during-hangovers.php

http://www.caring4cancer.com/go/cancer/nutrition/questions/do-caffeinated-beverages-cause-dehydration.htm

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5552790&page=1#.TrQWc0O5_oo

Completely stolen off another MFP member who is frankly awesome.

Short answer is, as long as you are hydrated you don't have to drink water at all. You can in fact drink anything (maybe not bleach though). Just watch the calories.

I fill my water bottle ( 1 liter) every night and put it in the fridge, I drink the whole thing before lunch and fill it immediately after finishing. I sip it throughout the day,and carry it with me where ever I go. I drink about 3 of these a day.

Tea and coffee counts toward your daily water intake, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. All you have to do is look at it logically. When you brew tea you pour in 6 ounces of water and add a tea bag. Essentially, tea and coffee are just flavored water. BUT, be sure to add them to your diary as they can affect your calorie counts (especially if you add sugar and cream so try not to).

Including tea has really helped me get my daily water intake up. I hate the taste of plain water. It is very hard for me to get that stuff down, but i can get through a couple pots of tea in a day. I keep a pot of tea and a teacup at my desk. The pot keeps the tea warmer for longer, and it keeps the tea within reach so I don't have to get up to brew some more.

When I work out I take a bottle of water with me and try to make sure I drink it all before I leave the gym. I also have a glass of water when I wake up and one when I go to bed.

If you make it a routine it makes things easier.