How Much Water Per Day? Exaggerated by the Media!

Chris,

Yeah, urine color is a decent indicator of hydration. Good call.

Brad,

I try to insure at least a bit of pure water during the day, but I naturally crave this more in the evenings. I try to limit Diet Coke, but secretly wish it was good for me. Love the stuff!

Adam,

Good point about IF. It also feels good to fast every once in a while and drink water. It feels like it is cleaning out my the system.

Jennifer,

I tell people to alternate drinking a beer with drinking a glass of water. It insures that you drink less alcohol, because often times people at a party just drink liquid because it becomes a habit…they really don’t want another drink. It keeps people hydrated, they feel better the next day and save money.

Barbara,

I’m getting into soup more than I did when I was younger. A great source of hydration.

Tuscanystone,

Drinking more water has negligible effects on your metabolism. It won’t make a difference at all…it can curb hunger however, so it aids in losing weight to a certain extent.

ally,

If you are using the restroom more than once every few hours, you are probably consuming more water than what you need. I have been guilty of the same thing. I used to carry a big bottle of water around with me everywhere.

Craig,

It seriously looks like you are on the right track. You obviously have been doing a lot of reading. I love it that you are implementing what you have learned to fit your unique circumstances. Great job! Those last few pounds are the toughest. You will take two steps forward and one step back and kind of “zig-zag” those last few pounds until you are ripped. The best thing is that you have given yourself plenty of time.

Helder,

People do need to adjust their water intake depending on their circumstances. Obviously if I was playing tennis on a scorching hot day, I would need much more water then normal. Also, people should drink at least some pure water each day…even if they don’t like it (which is strange but those people exist).

Chris,

Thanks for stopping by the site. Many of my favorite blogger link to your site, so I need to check it out in better detail.

Diti,

I like better, because it seems healthier and just makes more sense. It is a realistic way of eating that gets amazing results. The Warrior Diet was just too extreme. As far as your routine goes…it looks good, but replace this with a body weight circuit every once in a while. Type in “body weight circuit” into the search bar on my site.

Chelsea,

That really sounds excessive to me. I’m guessing that you really wouldn’t want to go over a gallon, but can’t give you an exact amount. Do you crave that much?

pnw,

I hear the amount of bad chemicals in tap waters is exaggerated, but I guess it depends upon who you talk to (and where you live).

Anne,

I don’t know how many trips to the bathroom is too many, but I’m guessing anything over 5-6 times is excessive.

Lihan,

Pay attention to your thirst. Drinking a lot of water actually helps avoid water retention, believe it or not. Type in “water retention” into the search bar in the upper right hand corner of my site for a good article on that.

Caleb,

I never knew “for sure” about water until I read the research. So time well spent. Hopefully helping a few people out in the process I’ll have to read some of Dr. Douglass’s stuff!

Fitness-siren,

Brad is doing some outstanding work. I have great respect for his message and that is why I mention him so much on the site. I’m just trying to do my part as well.

MrBunny,

Great point about how different diets contain different amounts of water. I never really considered that. Each week I am trying to introduce more and more vegetables into my diet. Over time you find that your diet can become pretty darn healthy.

Manny,

Thanks for the compliment. It is so hard to give you an estimate of calories. If you are someone who weighs around 160-190 then this looks like it is in the right ballpark. Your morning workout looks pretty tough, so you are justified to eat a bit more. It looks good to me. The real test is to see how your body responds. I imagine this will work out well. Note: I would occasionally throw in week’s where you only do 4 days or 5 days. Maybe 6 weeks of 6 days a week and 2 weeks of 4-5 days per week. If you are doing the calorie bump at the end of the week, then you could also throw in 1-2 low cal days (Tuesday and Thursday possibly) to offset the increase in calories while still getting the desired effect. This strategy works wonders.

Eric,

Get better buddy! I like Diet Ginger Ale when I’m sick and Cheetos (I didn’t write that…they are terrible for you…but they do taste good when I’m sick).

David,

Animals are smarter in some way than humans. People who visit your site will see how we can learn from animals.

Rod,

Thanks for pointing this out! The elderly have to take a different and more cautious approach to anything dealing with health and fitness.

Patrick,

If you limit those diet sodas to your days of fasting you will be fine. I know diet soda isn’t the best stuff in the world for you. I used to do the same thing as well. What I do now is include Diet Coke as a “treat” on my fasting days and mainly try to drink different flavors of tea. See if you can slowly back down your consumption of diet soda, but don’t feel like you have to eliminate it 100%. Some people are very passionate about this subject, but some people are against drinking beer as well…and I think they are Crazy!

Pete,

You are bringing up a good point. I probably have never had the quality of water you are talking about. I will look into that in a bit more detail. Thanks for the compliment on my site…and a BIG thanks for subscribing to my blog!

Matthias,

I like your “Minimum ≠ optimum” part of your post. Well said. The main point of my post is just to help people who are obsessed with water. I see a lot of people drinking water non-stop, carrying water bottles around with them everywhere they go.

Fit J,

I simply don’t like to eat 6 times per day. I feel it is an unnatural eating pattern that slows people down, physically and mentally.

Terry,

Vitamins do make your urine bright yellow. So that could throw people off a bit.

Cheers!

Rusty

Yavor,

Yeah, we can learn a decent amount from animals. I do try to dig deep into subjects instead of just trusting what is considered “common knowledge”. Sometimes it takes a long time for people to change their beliefs and it takes 10+ years after a study proves the opposite for people to change their way of thinking.

Will,

You bet. A lot of the times I can’t drink that much water either. Today I have a tough HIIT workout, so I did slam down about 32 ounces…but most days I drink much less. The main thing is that you don’t have to feel guilty about following your instincts.

Michael,

I use the urine test as well. I never thought I would talk so much about urine! Funny stuff.

Marc,

That does make sense that the bottled water companies would enjoy people to drink more water. I wonder if they funded any studies “proving” their point (like many supplement companies do).

pnm fitness,

Arizona has some nasty tasting tap water. Some pretty sick stuff in parts of California as well. I swear I have had water in California that gave me Montezuma’s Revenge. Not a knock on California…it is probably my favorite state in the US.

Alaina,

People certainly do need to adjust for their particular circumstances. There are quite a few people who would benefit from drinking a bit more water.

Yash,

People taking creatine, would benefit from drinking a little bit more water each day, but like you said no reason to go overboard.

Anthony,

Water is great stuff. If you were to chose one liquid, it is the way to go. Juice is good stuff, but if you want to get extra lean for a vacation or some special event, you should consider dropping it from your diet for 6-8 weeks. I prefer the actual fruit, because the fiber in the fruit slows the absorption of the calories. This way you don’t get a blood sugar spike, rise in insulin, etc.

Chris,

Good point. We have created a lot of calorie dense foods that don’t exist in nature. If we stuck to the foods provided by nature most of us would stay lean. Very well put.

brit,

School can tire you out, but I’m guessing that your diet may have something to do with that as well. Do you eat a big lunch or breakfast? If you do, I would suggest eating lighter for breakfast and lunch, workout after school, and eat a realistic, but generous portion of food for dinner. If you are lucky enough to have a mom that cooks for you, then eat her home cooking. This way you are getting more healthy home cooked food and less of that crap from the vending machines (which is what I ate in school…not good).

Rusty

Fit J,

That makes sense. I know different people respond to different ways of eating. I’m more of a “bigger meal and eat less often” guy, but I know some people do better with frequent eating. Overall, as long as the calories are kept in check either approach can work.

Tyler,

Sounds like you have a build similar to Cam Gigandet in “Never Back Down”…lean with sharp abs. Don’t worry about how the guys respond, the ladies are going to dig that look!

Phillip,

That sounds like a great technique to getting enough water. I still would probably wind up drinking too much, since I have the habit of chugging liquids quickly…but it does sound like a decent solution.

Rusty