Water question?

Does drinking tons of water change your scale reading?

I have heard that drinking more adds water weight so it makes you look like you weigh more, and then I have also heard the opposite....

Does anyone know??

from what i understand drinking more right before you weigh yourself or withing a few hours will affect your weight but if your thinking of drinking alot the previous day then this might make you weight less because you wont be dehydrated so your body ont be trying to retain water! i have no idea if that makes any sense?!?

If you drink a gallon of water not long before you weigh in -- you have to understand that 1 gal of water weighs approximately 7 pounds....

If you are talking about drinking lots of water over the course of a day -- generally speaking when I drink more than 128 oz in a day, my weight drops the next morning.

Contrary to what you may think, drinking water helps alleviate water retention -- not exacerbate it. 

water has weight, so it will definitely change the scale. for me it isn't uncommon to fluctuate 5 pounds in a day do to water weight.

Thanks so far!

Positively I am with the Coach on this one.  I am trying loose and I am drinking  water like a fish every day, I try to gulp 81 oz in a day..I am dropping the lbs's. However I think if you chug a ton of it and get on the scale right after, you will see additional pounds.. Maybe only 1 or 2. my experience.    But the next day I am still loosing.  And not retaining water.