Lovelyish

Yes, drinking  too much water can kill me and I’m very scared, you’re right. I am quite frightened. God save us all.

You would have to drink something like 4 gallons of water in 45 minutes or less to actually die from water overdose.

I carry a reusable 1L water bottle with me everywhere and sip from it occasionally. I end up totaling anywhere from 3-5L a day, since when I’m at home, I’m either sipping water (or sometimes tea) anyway.

This is all pretty basic knowledge.

You would have to drink a shit ton of water to actually kill yourself. I drink anywhere from 3-5 liters a day and, that’s with water rich foods and I’m fine. I think some of us just need more water and some of us need less water.

For the normal/typical woman/person it depends almost entirely on 1) your activity level, 2) your current weight. Not all “healthy women” have the same weight and activity level. I know that if I drink a lot of liquids I can feel just as bad (especially digestion-wise) as when I clearly don’t drink enough. And all it does is make me need to pee like every 30-60 minutes, which is not normal. 

You get water from almost everything you eat and drink. So for me, I know that if I eat a crapload of grapes for instance, I don’t need to drink as many liquids because I already get a lot of my required liquids from my fruit. I know that on days I work out or on days that I get overheated (and thus more likely to perspire) that I need to drink more water/liquids. And I know that on days when I have more trouble breathing than normal (I’ve had breathing issues since ’09 but we haven’t figured out the cause yet – it’s likely a sinus thing since we’ve yet to see an ear, nose, & throat specialist) and thus have to breathe a lot through my mouth that I’ll need to drink more water/liquids.

Drink liquids – milk, water, tea, homemade juice – when you feel thirsty, not to fulfil an arbitrary number provided in studies that is generalized to all women when it’s clearly a matter of listening to your body.

Drinking more water or liquids than you need is just as unhealthy as not drinking any. If you aren’t thirsty or you don’t feel the urge to consume something liquid (such as when hot or nervous) then don’t force yourself into drinking. And if you aren’t big on water, drink other liquids, or eat plenty of fruits and veggies with high water contents like grapes and cucumbers. 

Also, I’m not sure what’s so horrible about not drinking until after you feel thirsty. By the logic of drinking to prevent that thirst, then we should clearly be EATING to prevent feeling hungry – but oh wait, that can easily lead to weight gain and a lot of digestion issues. Just because a signal from your body is indicating that you are lacking something doesn’t mean that it’s a bad signal that needs to be prevented at all costs. Just get rid of it by, you know, providing your body what it needs and don’t fuss over it. 

water water water!!

gatorade is best when you’re throwing up… i’ve been electrolyte unbalanced when i had norovirus and you can hardly move… passing out and weak limbs… it’s scary!

@starcrossedloversdivine@xanga - yeah, I’ve had that too, it’s scary! Stuff like Gatorade and Powerade is best for vomiting, and bananas are good to eat too.

I aim for the standard half of my weight in pounds turned into ounces. Though I imagine if I got much chubbier that would be hard line to tow.

@starcrossedloversdivine@xanga -  I use powerade zero and chicken broth when I’m not feeling well, i am diabetic so I can’t have full sugar gatorade or powerade, and chicken broth has lots of potassium in it.

I also drink a minimum of 8 glasses of water a day EVERY day without fail, I find I feel so much better when I do

@Trueinnerbeauty - I can’t even imagine how much worse GI illness must be with diabetes… :/ 

@starcrossedloversdivine@xanga -  it is probably one of the hardest things i’ve had to live/deal with. When i get a flare up no anti nauseant helps, even the ones they use for chemo-therapy patients, infact they give me all four that are available and they do nothing.

One of my absolute FAVORITE things that has truly been a miracle product for me is VSL#3, a probiotic with 450 BILLION active cultures per dose

I find that I feel best when I drink around 2 litres a day (more if I am exercising a lot), but I don’t drink very many other beverages (just water and tea). I also tend to prefer veggies (which have less water in them) over fruit (which have more water in them). I think this is really one of those personal type things, where everyone has a different amount they need based on intake/exercise/their own body.
And when you are sick you should really drink something like gatorade, or if you are really sick go buy some pedialyte or electrolyte (these are oral rehydration solutions). The kids version (pedialyte) tastes better, but they are essentially the same. I got very sick and severely dehydrated, it is no fun. Water alone will not restore your electrolyte balance and you will stay dehydrated.

I carry a bottle of water with me wherever I go. It’s healthy and delicious. I love drinking plain water without adding any flavors to it. It’s natural and it’s what our body needs.

@ShimmerBodyCream@xanga - Actually it can kill you, if you drink too much that it thins out your blood. Although you have to drink an ungodly amount so yeah, it’s not scary. Just don’t participate in radio contests to see how much water you can drink because some lady died from that.

  I don’t keep track of how much water I drink a day, but that’s pretty much ALL I drink daily anyways. I sometimes worry about the whole “drinking too much water can kill you” ordeal, but I doubt that applies to me- I space out my intake throughout the day. Water, yum!!

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-SM

i <3 water. i used to drink 3 liters of water a day when i was overweight but now i drink 1, i try to drink 2 though. After drinking a lot of water, it did help my skin look flawless. so i definitely at least try to drink water everyday.

I easily drink that much. I think it depends on how you eat too. If you eat a lof of fruit and vegetables and not much salt your body can get liquids from these things.
And wether drinking too much can kill you depends on how distilled your water is, or more precisely what amount of which electrolytes it contains, and that also in combination with your food. The problem is not (as some might imagine) that the blood gets thin and due to osmosis the cells blow up and burst. (That only happens if you put water directly into the blood) . That’s what we have the kidneys for they adjust the concetration of electrolytes; if there’s too much liquid it gets peed out, and if there is to much H2O in comparison to electrolytes then more H2O gets released…and they can adjust quite a lot. (Unless you have a disease or somethig). If you drink distilled water electrolytes can get swamped out of your body in the long run, but if you drink normal mineral water even if it’s more than ‘prescribed’ that isn’t going to happen.

Lovelyish find a better news source! Stop posting crap from a crappy website. 

Enough so that your pee isn’t brown is what I always use as an indicator. My pee is usually clear or pale yellow, but is darker in the morning right after I wake up. So, I guess I get enough water. I’m glad I shared my urinary habits with you all. Looks like I can call it a night.

“If your urine looks like the color of lemonade, then you’re doing great.” Uh, no. Your pee should run clear, unless it’s a little yellow/dark in the morning after you wake up. That’s when you’re doing great.

camelbak water bottles do wonders. they’re just fun to drink out of. i drink like 5+ bottles a day because i love it.

I can’t stand water. I always have to add pink lemonade packets. Water makes my stomach hurt. I could deal with the taste if I didn’t also have to deal with butterflies in my tummy!