Water, water everywhere - question?
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Water, water everywhere - question?
| Thu, 03-18-2004 - 4:15pm |
I'm going crazy with the water thing, because I'm running to the bathroom SO much. According to my calculations, I should actually be drinking 12-15 cups of water a day because of my current weight. I decided to try upping it gradually, so I'm probably about about 6-8 cups right now, and I seem to spend most of the day running to the bathroom. It is especially bad at night - even though I try to drink most of it early in the day, I'm still up FOUR - yes FOUR- times every night, and I think it is really starting to cut into the quality of my sleep. Does anyone else have this problem, or do I just have a freaky bladder? Is my body likely to adjust, or am I going to have to live with this? honestly, this is the only reason that I don't drink water normally - I don't mind the stuff,and I don't have to "force" myself to drink it, it's just getting old having my back teeth floating all the time.

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Your body should adjust. If you haven't been drinking this much for a while (not sure how long...maybe a few weeks?) then give it some time. You're doing the right thing by adjusting up slowly. Also, new findings show that your water intake can also include water found in foods. There was a post on the Healthy Eating Board, check it out:
http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-fbask/message.asp?webtag=iv-fbask&msg=9517.1
You also might try to taper off the drinking towards bedtime. Maybe try to get in all your water a few hours before bed. (Edited to say, Oooops, just saw that you said you did this)
HTH!
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Bren
So, I think you'll probably get used to it.
fearlessrose
I've posted this link before, but here it is again. It's just food for thought:
http://www.snopes.com/toxins/water.htm.
I drink maybe 10 oz. of water a day, although sometimes at the gym I'll drink 20 oz. I have cranberry juice at breakfast, and pop with lunch and dinner, and that's about it for my fluid intake. I'm perfectly hydrated and losing weight just fine!
http://www.snopes.com/toxins/water.htm
Here's some others:
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/03/14/water_glasses030314
http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/diet.fitness/05/24/cohen.water.otsc/
http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/womenshealth/features/watermyth.htm
http://chetday.com/eightglassesofwater.htm
You can tell you're properly hydrated when you're not thirsty.
I'm not convinced either way.
But, I can say for sure that my skin stays clear when I drink water slowly throughout the day.
My damaged right knee flexes better.
Without it, I bloat - especially during pms.
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