Question on waterweight loss

How can you make sure that you're getting enough water? I am concerned that my weight loss for the past few months may have been water weight. But as I am losing weight, I realize I have less of a desire to drink water.

As of now, I try to drink as much as I can. Thanks

Amir

It is recommended that you drink 8- 8oz glasses of water a day - 64 ounces minimum.

Now - when you drink water, you're flushing your system and will then lose "water weight".

when people here refer to "water weight" they're talking about water retention - when you're body is dehydrated, it will retain water absorbed from foods you eat.  Your body uses water in most, if not all, of it's processes which is why it will retain.  When you replenish your water source on a regular basis (drinking at least 64oz a day) you will flush your system and release the retained water and thus lose your "water weight".

Does that help explain it???

So as long as you drink 64 oz minimum a day, you should be fine. :)

You know you're well hydrated when your urine comes out clear instead of yellow. But still keep drinking that water. :)

Feel free to message me if you have any questions. :)

Crystal

I too have very little desire to drink as much water as I should, so here's a few tricks I use; I have a 2 L (8C) measuring cup that I keep by the sink. Everytime I have a drink of water, I fill up my glass with the same amount and pour it into the cup (yeah, it's a little wasteful, but it really helps me). I aim for a  minimum of 2L per day, and try for 3L. I also have taken to eating more homemade soups and stews.

If you have recently eaten high sodium food, then you could expect to gain a few pounds and lose a few over the next couple of days, but if you've lost more than a few of pounds, and it's been a couple of months, I would say it doesn't count as "water weight".

You only need about 1 - 2 litres of extra fluids a day for good health.  You get more fluid from the food you eat.   Unless you're in very hot conditions or doing a lot of exercise, there's no need to drink excessive amounts of water.

Water weight, as explained above, is a temporary thing and it's what makes scales a little higher one day and a little lower the next.  If you've been losing weight steadily for months then what you've been losing is fat...   So well done, and don't worry.

Thank you so much for the advise everyone. It's very helpful. I will just try to drink as much as I can.

My main concern was that perhaps, my body gets rid if water too fast for me to catch up on the correct level. 

hi i'm a CMT (certified massage therapist) and i had to take classes specifically addressing water intake ( because it is affected when you are getting regular massages, in short- your system flushes everything out better as they go on).

While there are many ideas about how much water you should be drinking *I* was taught that the BEST rule of thumb is to drink 1/2 of your body weight in ounces as long as you dont sit for 8 hours a day at a desk (sedentary life).

If you particiate in more than light activity it should increase by a third (to 2/3s of your body weight in ounces)

example: someone ways 150 pounds (light activity during the days)= they should be drinking 70 ounces of water per day= 5.8 liters.

While i do agree that some of your water comes from your food, thats why its not a big deal if you dont reach your mark of water.  So i'd shoot for a liter or so below what your number should be.

This may sound like a lot and at first i thought it was ridiculous. I then started taking water with me EVERYWHERE so that i could get anywhere close to that number. After a week or two i started feeling like a whole new person wtih more energy, i started losing tons of weight (i lost like 20 pounds) and didnt have to run to the bathroom all the time even with all that water.

 

p.s. (sorry about the double post)

as long as you are drinking enough water *every day* your body will be just fine. It's when you randomly the right amount of water (or only do it when you excercise, for example) that you may be affected...and that will come out as a lack of energy, constipation, or even more hunger. It just needs to get through that initial intro to correct water consumption and then will start to flush your system clean (toxins carry a lot of weight in our bodies)