Could I gain weight from over dosing on water ( water weight )?!
Question: I get thirsty a lot and every day I seem to drink an over dose on my daily intake of water, daily intake on water should be 2 liters per day, but I drink around 4 1/2- 5 liters per day, and thats not including the water which is in foods ( veggies, potatoes which can be made of up to over 80% water ) and the water in the 4-5 glasses of green tea I drink so It could be around 6 liters per day. drink 2-3 50 cl bottles, 2 bottles of 2 liters bottles and like to glasses of water each day, i've been doing this for quite a white now and I have not gained weight but could I maybe gain weight from doing this in the future?
When I am hungry and I dont want to eat because I dont want to go over my daily in take on calories I drink water which feels me up what can I now do instead of drinking water?
Thanks so much on replies! they are much appreciated.
Answers: I get thirsty a lot and every day I seem to drink an over dose on my daily intake of water, daily intake on water should be 2 liters per day, but I drink around 4 1/2- 5 liters per day, and thats not including the water which is in foods ( veggies, potatoes which can be made of up to over 80% water ) and the water in the 4-5 glasses of green tea I drink so It could be around 6 liters per day. drink 2-3 50 cl bottles, 2 bottles of 2 liters bottles and like to glasses of water each day, i've been doing this for quite a white now and I have not gained weight but could I maybe gain weight from doing this in the future?
When I am hungry and I dont want to eat because I dont want to go over my daily in take on calories I drink water which feels me up what can I now do instead of drinking water?
Thanks so much on replies! they are much appreciated.
Water weight is very temporary. For example, if you weighed yourself now, drank 16 oz of water and re-weighed yourself again, you will be about a pound heavier. However, within about 60 minutes, your weight will have returned to the pre-water-consumption levels. This is because your body is constantly perspiring (even if you don't notice it), so it utilizes and passes water very quickly as part of the normal metabolic process.
Water contains no calories (and thus no energy) so it cannot be stored as fat. The volume of water can cause you to weigh more temporarily, but it is never permanent. In fact, as you drink more water, your body becomes more efficient at releasing excess fluids, so your body becomes less likely to "hold on" to water as you consume more.
Bottom line is that water is healthy. You need to stop looking at the scale, which is a deceiving measure of body composition, and focus instead on how you feel and what you see in the mirror. A person can be very lean, drink a lot of water, have very low body fat and yet weigh MUCH more than someone who weighs less, drinks more water and carries more fat in comparison to muscle.
So drink up, Kendra.
Best of luck!
you might gain some weight from the waterm but the second you pee, its all gone, so you might just gain like 2 pounds for a few hours....but it dosent stay like weight from pop.
Try 'savoring' the water. Make it last a while. I really don't think water can make you gain weight. But you can get cramps & bloating from drinking lots of water, or you can just feel bloated. What I mean by, "make it last longer" is do something while drinking your water, so hopefully your mind won't just be on 'water water water!" and drink it when you need it. I also drink lots of water a day, but I don't sit there and chug it down(not saying you do, but if you do, do things to help you try not to). You need food, so eat when you are hungry, don't drink water to fill you up, if you are close to your daily intake of calories, just try eating less. Good luck.
Yeah, just eat alot of lemons...its helps get rid of water weight...or drink lemonade or put them in ur water.
You can't gain anything but water weight by drinking water. I heard someone died from drinking too much water due to diluting the salinity in the body. But that was from a guy drinking several gallons at once to win a contest. I'm sure if you are just drinking throughout the day, it should be fine.
Usually your body's thirst is the best guide for your body's water needs. This "8 glasses a day" idea is silly because sometimes you don't need that much, but often you need much much more than that depending greatly on how much exercise you do during the day, your body size, the temperature of your environment, etc. During the summer time when I used to do manual labor, I would drink over 4 liters of water a day, and hardly enter the restroom.
On the other hand, there is such a thing as water poisoning and people have died from drinking too much water. If you drink quantities that seem extremely abnormal given your size and environment, then I would see your doctor. But honestly, usually thirst is the best guide for your needs, and you shouldn't usually worry about drinking water if you are thirsty.
You certainly will not gain weight from drinking water. In fact, drinking plenty of water helps people lose weight by allowing the body to be more effective, and drinking plenty of water also prevents water retention in the body.
For people over 40, the thirst mechanism can be slower, and therefore they should drink water even when they are not thirsty because by the time they are thirsty, dehydration will have already set in.
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Nope, Dr. Oz talked about this on Oprah today. There is a myth if one consumes lots of water, they will loose weight. Dr. Oz did an experiment with two sisters. One was to consume lots and lots of water, the other was not to have any water. At the end of the one day experiment, there was no weight gain/loss between the two.