How Many Glasses of Water do you Drink?

When I'm working on the road (traveling) I only manage about 5-7 glasses a day (40-56 oz). If I'm at home and in my regular routine I drink about a gallon a day (I think that's about 128 oz?). I'm bad about tracking it on MFP but as long as I'm actually drinking the stuff I guess that's what counts, right?!

I no longer drink coffee, tea, soda, etc. All water, all the time. I don't even like to add anything to the water, it's so darn refreshing as is!

Not nearly enough..maybe 40-60oz on a good day. I never have been big on fluids... coffee in the morning
and a glass of something with lunch and dinner. I really have to force myself to drink throughout the day.

I try for 13 glasses (8 oz.) per day - but usually I hit around 9-12.... it's a GREAT day when I hit 13!

I drink at least 80 ounces of water (not including 8-24oz of coffee, depending on what size I get at Starbucks, or if I go more than once a day).

I didn't used to drink nearly as much as I do now, I used to only pee 2 or 3 times a day my whole life, but now I go around 8 times a day. It's sort of inconvenient, but whatever. I've also noticed a huge difference in my skin! It's so much more smooth and I think it played a pretty big part in clearing up my acne.

The notion that you should drink 8 glasses of water (or whatever the number you go by) each day is a fallacy. It's actual an urban myth that won't die.

When those specs were first published back-in-the-day it included water obtained from food. Somewhere, someplace, someone who thought they knew what information they were looking at translated it into x-amount of water = glasses of water. It was a mistake.

There is no need to drink so much water by the glassful. If your urine is amber and clear, you're getting enough water. If you exercise and sweat you should replenish with glasses of water, but for day-to-day activities, there is no need for so much water. Drink when you're thirsty. Older folks need to be careful, though, because their thirst diminishes as they age while their need for water does not. Older people should supplement their water intake, but not by as much as popularly quoted.

People may be flushing their systems of water-soluble vitamins and minerals at an exaggerated rate. It is also making your kidneys work harder than they need to.

4 glasses for sure - 6 if I remember - 8 if I workout a lot

4 to 8 cups of coffee

1 beer a week

1 coke and 1 root beer a year - gave those up several years - one thing I did right

but maybe this is right
http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

At least eight, usually a couple more during the week. But at weekend, when i'm not at work I find it so much harder to drink all my water for some reason.

I go thru 2 36oz cups of water just at work.

& then at home I drink a lot to suffice for my eating disorder.
Staying full kinda helps me stay out the fridge. Lol.

So basically around 12ish...

I drink a tonnnnnn of water.
So much so that I don't even bother logging it.

About 5+ liters a day. (Roughly 21 cups or 169 oz)
I use a Sigg water bottle - I LOVE IT! It keeps my water ice cold. I highly recommend them. They're made from one piece of aluminum, really sturdy and make it easy to get in your recommended water consumption for the day.

I too feel like I'm perpetually dehydrated.
I used to have glasses of water all over the place when I was younger.
My mom would always tell me I was like the little girl from Signs.

Even now, I can't go to sleep unless I have a bottle of water next to me.
Weird, huh?

I drink about 8 fairly large glasses a day. We have a reverse osmosis system and the water is just soooo gooood, especially ice cold, that I simply find it enjoyable. I used to drink about a 2 liter of diet cola a day, but I've cut that out entirely.

The notion that you should drink 8 glasses of water (or whatever the number you go by) each day is a fallacy. It's actual an urban myth that won't die.

When those specs were first published back-in-the-day it included water obtained from food. Somewhere, someplace, someone who thought they knew what information they were looking at translated it into x-amount of water = glasses of water. It was a mistake.

There is no need to drink so much water by the glassful. If your urine is amber and clear, you're getting enough water. If you exercise and sweat you should replenish with glasses of water, but for day-to-day activities, there is no need for so much water. Drink when you're thirsty. Older folks need to be careful, though, because their thirst diminishes as they age while their need for water does not. Older people should supplement their water intake, but not by as much as popularly quoted.

People may be flushing their systems of water-soluble vitamins and minerals at an exaggerated rate. It is also making your kidneys work harder than they need to.

I read about that a few month back. The article said you don't need anymore the 16-24 oz a day unless you are working out, doing manual labor, or if you are in the heat.

I have no idea, we have pretty huge tumblers/glasses that I try to drink 2-3 of per day. But I just had a body composition thing done at the gym and I'm way dehydrated according to the results since starting my new job I drink much less water, we're not allowed to have bottles at the cash register and I don't want to get in trouble by drinking from the fountain/peeing all the time. It's so frustrating, and it's not like I can guzzle twice as much water when I get home, my stomach can't hold that much!

your body is 70% of water...... seems really hard to believe

The notion that you should drink 8 glasses of water (or whatever the number you go by) each day is a fallacy. It's actual an urban myth that won't die.

When those specs were first published back-in-the-day it included water obtained from food. Somewhere, someplace, someone who thought they knew what information they were looking at translated it into x-amount of water = glasses of water. It was a mistake.

There is no need to drink so much water by the glassful. If your urine is amber and clear, you're getting enough water. If you exercise and sweat you should replenish with glasses of water, but for day-to-day activities, there is no need for so much water. Drink when you're thirsty. Older folks need to be careful, though, because their thirst diminishes as they age while their need for water does not. Older people should supplement their water intake, but not by as much as popularly quoted.

People may be flushing their systems of water-soluble vitamins and minerals at an exaggerated rate. It is also making your kidneys work harder than they need to.

I think, like everything else, you just have to find what works best for you. I know for me personally anything less than about 64 oz just doesn't do the trick. I exercise pretty hard, live in a very hot/humid climate, and travel 3-4 times a month so if I'm not careful I cross over into that dehydrated state very easily. I've settled on around a gallon a day because it's what makes me feel the best. My skin glows, my lips don't feel parched, my muscles don't cramp when I run, etc. I also watch the color of my urine (as gross as that sounds) to judge how much more/less I need. As for that fear of having to "pee every 5 minutes" I've found that goes away after a few days, as my body gets used to the increased water intake.

I've actually read/heard that the feeling of being thirsty is one of the first signs of dehydration. Not sure how much validity is in that statement; anyone else heard that?