How much water?

[__penguin__]

Yeah, yeah, 8 "glasses". I heard somewhere that a "glass" is 8 fl oz, but I don't even remember where I heard that. And before I made this thread, I googled the subject into oblivion, and all I could get were stupid wimpy answers like "blah blah, it depends on YOU, so we won't even give you any vague guidelines! biggrin ". So... I've been going for 4 regular 16.9 fl oz bottles of water per day. Is that good? sweatdrop  

[Divash]

That's great, Penguin. A 'glass' is usually 12 ounces, or a cup and a half. Four water bottles a day is a good amount to start with. However, you also need to drink more if you do any of the following:

arrow Eat salty foods. This includes anything with soy sauce, and almost any type of fast food. Drink at least two extra glasses (one bottle) of water for every meal in which you consume a lot of sodium/salt.

arrow Exercise. Drink an extra bottle of water for every half hour of exercise each day.

arrow Eat or drink anything containing alcohol or caffeine. Alcohol is in beer, wine, hard liquor, and most cough syrups, and other liquid medicines that don't say "No Alcohol." Check the label. Caffeine is in coffee, tea, soft drinks (including some that aren't brown -- check the label), and chocolate (hot chocolate, chocolate milk, chocolate syrup, cocoa powder, chocolate bars, chocolate cakes, chocolate cookies).  

[__penguin__]

Thanks so much! biggrin So... I should probably try going for more like 6 bottles a day or 7 if I eat anything salty (which I've been being pretty good about avoiding lately, but once in a while I just can't resist instant ramen... domokun )  

[dangerousfish]

A general rule is one ounce of water per one half of your body weight is the absolute minimum (150 pounds = 75 ounces). A gallon is a good goal (128 ounces, 16 cups). Weigh yourself before you workout and right afterwards, if you've lost weight you didn't drink enough water when you were working out.

You'll pee more but will be less bloated (feel slimmer!) and flush toxins from your body. Peeing more is worth it.  

[Deerhart]

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{{.I aim for 3 liters a day, i pee alot, but i look really great, i think, no bloat. and my skin looks great!.}}

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[Stars in my Pocket]

Aim for 2L a day minimum. The more you drink, the more toxins are flushed away! It's great, and you'll slim down a LOT faster.