Anyone bloated from all the water intake?

I drink 4-6 32oz cups daily, and it seems like I am holding water, even with reduced sodium intake. Also, right now anyway, it seem to be coming out as soon as I drink it. I know it's old fluid coming out but I wonder how long it takes to even out. I feel bloated as well.

I used to feel like that way back when I first started to drink 8 glasses of water (or close to it). After a short while (maybe a week) my body got used to it ahd haven't felt bloated off water since. I did notice though that I got bloated for a good 6 hours shortly after consuming a home-made smoothie a few days ago. I usually don't eat that much fruits in one setting so that most likely would've been the culprit.

It also depends on how quickly you drink it. Your body can only process a certain amount of water at a time. I drink 12-16 8oz glasses a day and don't feel bloated.

Are you spacing out the 2 x 500ml bottles or drinking them quite quickly? That could account for the bloaty feeling. I usually drink about 3-4l a day and feel fine.

I'm not sure if water has made me bloated before, however I have noticed a huge difference lately..I haven't had a lot of bread or carbs..you know cereal and stuff...I've had eggs for breakfast, and I have a flat stomach..now...I feel really good...not on purpose though just a change up...more energy too:)

No i'm bloated because of the heat!

I hesitate to post this; most people on MFP consider water intake to be almost as important as religion. Personally, I drink when I'm thirsty. I read this article on mercola.com; you may or may not agree with it, but it will give you something to think about.





The Problem With Drinking Too Much During Exercise


According to a survey by Loyal University researchers, over 36 percent of runners drink according to a preset schedule or to maintain a certain body weight.ii Another 9 percent drink as much as they can during races. These runners are choosing to ignore their body’s thirst mechanism and instead use other methods to dictate their water consumption, which they believe, mistakenly, to be superior.

Many buy into this belief, and health agencies and sports drinks advertisers have been spouting the misinformation for years. But as the Loyola researchers noted:iii


“These beliefs are frequently based on misconceptions about basic exercise physiology.”

Overhydrating will actually worsen athletic performance, not improve it. As you begin to consume too much water, your cells will start to swell, leading to such symptoms as gastrointestinal upset, dizziness, soreness and others. In severe cases, the sodium levels in your blood may drop to dangerously low levels, causing hyponatremia -- a condition in which your cells swell with too much water. While most of your body's cells can handle this swelling, your brain cells cannot, and most of the symptoms are caused by brain swelling.

This condition is most common among athletes, although anyone can be affected by drinking excessive amounts of water. Dr. Noakes explained:iv


“The brain swells, and because it is in a rigid skull, it cannot swell very much. The more it swells, the more pressure, and that eventually squeezes the arteries supplying blood to the brain. Ultimately, there is less oxygen getting to the brain, and certain parts become damaged. Once it affects your breathing centers, then you’re in real trouble, because it stops breathing, and that is essentially irreversible.”

Your Body is Designed to Tell You When to Drink


According to Dr. Noakes, the first drinking guidelines put out by The American College of Sports Medicine said that runners should “drink regularly during exercise,” which is fair advice. But then an individual working for the U.S. military published a paper saying that U.S. soldiers should drink 64 ounces of water per hour in order to improve performance.

Though the paper was not based on concrete evidence, it was widely embraced by the military, and then filtered through to the American College of Sports Medicine’s guidelines for runners. Today ACSM still recommends drinking “ahead of thirst,” a move that Dr. Noakes says “impairs exercise performance.” He uses the example of African hunters who were able to chase down an antelope for four to six hours in mid-day heat, without a source of fluids until after the hunt ended (when they would drink the animal’s blood and intestinal water). He continues:v


“Dehydration is not a disease, and it only has one symptom, and that is thirst. If you start to exercise, and you don’t drink, after a period of time, you will become thirsty—that’s your body’s way of telling you to drink.

The idea that you should drink ahead of thirst is absolutely nonsensical... why should humans be different from every other creature on earth to be told when and how to drink? The reality is you don’t need to be told when and how much to drink.

We have a 300 million year developed system that tells you with exquisite accuracy how much you need to drink and when you need to drink. It’s called thirst. If you rely on thirst you won’t ever become dehydrated, and you won’t also ever become overhydrated.”

I feel bloated if I try and drink eight, 8oz glasses, so I drink between 4-6 cups daily and my body seems to be fine with it, no bloating & not too many bathroom breaks :laugh: