I'm trying to kick that habit. We don't buy much if any anymore and I'm now mostly switched over to water but I don't actually get as much liquid now as I used to because I just don't like water as much

I prefer regular water to that. One thing I did try for a while was club soda instead of regular water which I liked for a little while.

Sodas now have a strong diuretic affect on me. After a single can of pop, I find myself running to the pissoir in just a few minutes.

Now I drink mostly water. Almost no sodas at all.

I feel better for it.

And no, I don't do 'flavored' water. Never understood the concept.

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my doc put me on 1 gal a day - but i can only drink that much about once or twice a week. it's challenging - it has made a positive difference with relation to chronic fibromyalgia pain and degenerative arthritis pain!

have your read the book "you're not sick, you're thirst"? i just heard about it.

or a larger cup in arm's reach when I'm at home, and I'm refilling them pretty regularly...

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"straight" water, of any kind upsets my guts - coffee, pop, beer, juices, soups with water - seems to be ok.

But offer me a glass of water, unless I'm severely thirsty on a hot day, and no other beverage available - it'll be "no thanks"

Body told me so.

CC

So, if you weigh 150 lbs, you should drink a minimum of 75 ounces daily.

I'd say a fairly reliable average of 70-80 ounces/day.

but I crunch on ice cubes all day. Probably about 3 trays a day, however much that is. That is interesting that it is supposed to help with arthritis though.

I got anemic a couple years ago (unbelievable with how much red meat I eat, but it was related to female problems and not diet)

I thought I might be going diabetic, I was so fatigued and retaining water and crunching ice like an insane person. Doc put me on iron (and we addressed the main problem) and in a couple days I no longer felt like crunching ice. it was wierd how fast it worked.

I got in the habit of eating them when I was anemic. I still like them though! LOL Thanks for your reply.

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I'm on a fluid-restriction of 1300 ml here in the rehab center -- and I guard each and every
one of those precious milliliters. Not wasting it on water (they even try to bring me water
with which to take my medication -- 100 ml -- to which I (nicely) say, "Hells naw&quot . I drink
various juices and diet Shasta Lemon-Lime (the only diet soda they have here).
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They even charge against that allowance for things like soup, jello and ice cream.
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I've become very anal about my fluid intake.
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I need a lot of water in my line of work...

On many occasions, though, I drink up to 10 cups, especially when I'm eating something hot.

I think I've had 4 tall glasses so far today, however it goes right through me.

... "Say anything you like about me except that I drink water."

I'd rather drink other things.

If I drank what they say to drink, I'd be in the bathroom all day. Not really an option for anyone.

I think the need is less than is claimed in the media. 8 8-ounce glasses? No way in hell.

beer is made with water too. Plain water, none, I don't like it.

We'll ignore that among other things I'm breathing the stuff

But in the summer it goes up to 8 to 10 including gatorade because I sweat to the point that a shirt worn during exercise will need to hang for 2 days to dry.

I've cut severely back of my soda intake and I'm trying to cut back on the gatorade due to the extra sugar, but as I said I tend to sweat a lot and I try to work out extra hard when it's hot because it's great for pushing yourself.

If you include coffee, juice, beer, wine etc. it would be quite a bit more.