Water Intake

Most say 8 - 8 oz cups daily, (some say more or less due to sodium intake or exercising, etc).

If you're aiming for the 8 cups (like I do) - 3x would give you 9 cups

I"ve heard a couple of different things... 8-8 oz glasses....and I've ALSO heard drink HALF of your body weight in water a day (YES, HALF YOUR BODY WEIGHT) I'll stick with the 64 oz, please...and if I'm extra thirsty, I'll drink more! I would really like to spend my day being productive than being in the bathroom all day! :-)

I've heard that it's best to drink half of your body weight in ounces. So...if you're 100 pounds you need to consume at least 50 ounces of water. Water is so good for us! When I consistently drink enough water, I always have better weight loss experience. Good luck to you!

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 tea/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

http://www.calculatorslive.com/Daily-Water-Intake-Calculator.aspx

This calculator will tell you exactly how much water you should be drinking daily based on your weight and activity level. Most of us don't get enough water. 64 oz is hardly enough for me. The heavier we are, the more water we need.

Careful, though, don't go too far in the other direction!

Good luck and :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: -Deb

Well I have got to do better with my water drinking!!! Its so hard, but Im going to try!

Call me crazy but I have a 32 oz. bottle and I probably fill it up 6 times a day or more. Everyone is right about the 64 oz. I guess I have just acquired a taste for it.

I LOVE WATER!

I do 8-8oz but what I do is buy those DASANI 33.8 oz bottles and drink two of them. That way I am not getting myself down by the fact that I have 4 or 3 more bottles to drink.

sculley wrote:
... DASANI 33.8 oz bottles...

Otherwise known as 1 liter bottles