Talk to me about your daily water intake.

janma529

My new doctor told me I need to drink more water and I think I might not be doing it right, as moronic as that sounds.  So, do you have a water routine?  How much do you drink?  And how often (if you don't mind me asking) do you have to pee throughout the day?

mana8503

I have a 32 oz water bottle I fill up in the morning.  I add lemon and thanks to pinterest some mint.  I freaking love it!!!  Sometimes I add strawberries.  I used to use crystal light, but trying to get rid of putting artifical crap in my body.

My goal is to drink 16 oz in the morning, fill it back up.  16 oz with lunch, fill it back up. 16 oz in the afternoon, then finish the last 16 oz at the gym or at home.  Sometimes I'll have flavored seltzer water with dinner if I don't finish my 64 oz, green tea if I do. 

In the beginning I peed all the time.  Now it's when I get up, and in the morning at work, twice in the afternoon, and a few times before bed.  I usually get up once at night too.

s517

I try to drink a lot because if not I don't make much milk. (yes...like a cow). I honestly drink water bottles and I'm not sure why I can't make myself drink from a reusable bottle or a glass. I try to drink 3 a day, but that doesn't always happen. When I was really thinking about it I'd drink 4-5 and that was much better for me. 

I pee a lot right now because I'm home, but once I go back to work I'm going ot have to hold it- lol. 

mana8503

@queensteph17 - I'm really weird about my water.  If its in a reusable bottle, I need it to be flavored somehow.  I don't know why.  I will drink just water from a bottle. I refill at our water cooler at work, so same water, but I can't drink it straight from the reusable.  That's why I drink half and refill so it's still flavored... I can refill a deerpark bottle and drink it plain. 

amccul20

I've always been a big water drinker.  I have a nalgene that I got several months ago and I bring it with me everywhere. its 32oz and I just drink it throughout the day.  Its hard for me somedays though because if i'm out of the office I don't drink as much because I won't have access to a bathroom.

so for example, today I was out of the office and I drank my cup of tea which is maybe 16 oz? and i've had 1/2 of my nalgene.

I just peed for the first time since I left the house this morning. that wasn't ideal.

janma529

Hmm...@mana8503, how long does it take you to drink your 16oz?  I have a 20oz water bottle that I've sort of been chugging at different times during the day and it's going right through me.  I've never really been a big pee-er and I'm finding the consistent need to go disconcerting.  I'm worried if I try the sip approach I won't get the amount in, though.

amccul20

oh and i've read that you're supposed to sip water not chug it. chugging will bloat you.

janma529

amccul20 said:

oh and i've read that you're supposed to sip water not chug it. chugging will bloat you.

Well that figures!

uderin02

I drink water all through the day. Other than coffee it's the only thing I drink most days ( unless its an alcohol kind of day ). I also pee a million times a day....I drank more and peed more when I was pregnant of course....

mana8503

@janma529 - I love the water bottles with a straw, so I just take a few sips at a time.  I usually move from coffee to water around 9, so 3 hours for 16 oz?  Then I drink at least 8 oz with lunch, and the other 8 oz by 2-3.

Like I said, when I first started focusing on it I peed ALL.THE.TIME.  I think it takes a while for your body to adjust to more water...

klm42404

I know I don't drink enough water in the winter. I drink more out of the straw cups. I used one all the time on the summer. I would fill it with ice and put it in the freezer overnight. Then when it was gone, I'd pour more into it. I'm curious now about the amount I've been currently drinking. I do pee alot when I drink alot of water.

phanatic

I have a reusable bottle I carry around that holds around 25 ounces. I try to drink two or three a day, but that hasn't been happening lately.

And I pee a lot. As in, it's weird if I leave work & haven't gone four or five times.