Do you intentionally try to drink x cups of water per day?

[DamageInc]

From clinical experience I see the opposite—the lower the SES the less water and the more other beverages a person drinks

Agreed. Hence my surprise that so many in here seem to not drink much water.

[Lordosis]

From clinical experience I see the opposite—the lower the SES the less water and the more other beverages a person drinks

Lots of Monster , Redbull, and Mt. Dew.

I do not get it from a purely economic point of view either. I never bought one so maybe I am missing something but it appears they are a couple bucks a can. I guess that is cheaper than a $4-5 Starbucks coffee but my coffee costs between 0.10-0.40 a cup depending how I make it.

[Anne]

Is there an inverse correlation between net worth and drinking water? I've never seen such a large anti-water drinking cohort.

Fwiw, I drink anywhere between 8-14 cups of water daily and feel noticeably worse when I drink less. However I can freely drink and use the bathroom anytime during the workday so that is not a limiting factor.

From clinical experience I see the opposite—the lower the SES the less water and the more other beverages a person drinks

[K82]

Previous kidney stone. I drink 3L a day pretty religiously. The pain from a kidney stone can do that to a person. Also, I weigh 160 lbs and exercise regularly, nothing tastes as good to me when I'm thirsty than water.

[NumberWhizMD]

When I'm not pregnant, I drink a ton. When I'm pregnant (currently ready to pop), I can't drink enough on top of my usual.

I tend to be pretty active, and notice a huge difference when I'm not drinking as much water. I avoid most caffeine (looking forward to my one cup of coffee post-pregnancy...haven't been able to tolerate this whole time). I do drink alcohol occasionally when not pregnant, but can't have much or feel the effects. I've started doing more electrolyte solutions instead of just straight water, as I feel like I get more bang for my buck. This is especially helpful on the days when I am more active, as I just can't seem to get enough fluids.

Pre-pregnancy I would guess I drink a minimum of 80-90oz daily, in addition to eating a mostly plant-based diet (i.e. getting water from my foods too).
Pregnancy, I don't feel good unless I'm getting 100+ per day (and will drink quite a bit during the night to make up for what I don't get in during the day).

[DamageInc]

Is there an inverse correlation between net worth and drinking water? I've never seen such a large anti-water drinking cohort.

Fwiw, I drink anywhere between 8-14 cups of water daily and feel noticeably worse when I drink less. However I can freely drink and use the bathroom anytime during the workday so that is not a limiting factor.

[burritos]

I don’t strive for any specific fluid intake. I drink milk > kombucha > water. Gave up soda 3 or 4 years ago.

burritos, do you eat one meal a day or do you only restrict your fluid intake?

When I work. It’s both.

[pierre]

I don’t strive for any specific fluid intake. I drink milk > kombucha > water. Gave up soda 3 or 4 years ago.

burritos, do you eat one meal a day or do you only restrict your fluid intake?

[Lordosis]

6am coffee
7am coffee
10am coffee
noon 24oz water (Cool but not ice legobikes )
2pm coffee
2-4pm coffee or hot tea sometimes
Dinner Diet iced tea or soda
After dinner I do not usually drink much but it is usually water if anything just because I many be thirsty. Couple/few times a month we have evening drinks.

Coffee is all black without sugar same for the occasional tea

On days I work out or bike in the morning I have an extra 24oz of water at 7-8am.


I do not strive to do any of this. It is just the pattern I have fallen into. I find on weekends when busy I forget to drink all day until I get the caffeine withdrawal headache in the afternoon.

[Hatton]

I know that I am far removed from biochemistry but I do not recall learning about the "free water cycle". Did you discover this Burritos?
FWIW I consume liquids all day. I start with 2 cups of coffee and a diet coke. I love LaCroix lime and key lime water. I used to drink a lot of diet Lipton citrus green tea but the pandemic seems to of effected its availability.

[burritos]

Hahaha no I pee like twice a day- first thing in the morning and bedtime. Not drinking a lot of liquid is a real time saver;-)

Interesting. After prolonged zone 2 exercise I have to go #1. Same is true if I’m cold for a prolonged period of time. I know, TMI,
but I always thought it was due to free water byproduct from fat metabolism.

[burritos]

I drink water when I’m thirsty. I drink beer because I enjoy it. Life is short.

I agree. Tonight i had 1/2 cup of Cuvee mixed with 1/2 cup of rum on ice. My own reeses peanut butteresque leftover mixture. After that a cup of ice water. I don’t know if it’s good but I can feel it spiking my happy dopamine followed by a flood of forebrain gaba

[legobikes]

I drink a glass of hot water in the morning, then about a liter of water while at work after lunch. I get thirsty mainly because I keep the office a toasty 72F. After that it's whenever. I don't force myself to drink. I have a very delayed thirst trigger; I'll hike for a couple of hours in Norcal 90 degree+ temperatures , and I won't really be thirsty until I get back home several hours later. But then I'll chug 3-4 glasses of water.

Also, you Americans are crazy and should quit drinking ice water all the time - unless you're actually trying to shut down your bowels.

[Anne]

I love water. I don’t have a goal but drink a lot of it. I remember being in some work sponsored well being seminar and we were asked to make goals for self care and someone said her goal was to drink water. And I was like “oh, you mean more water?” And she said, no, she meant she never drank water, period. Only drank other beverages. It blew my mind but I guess it’s not that uncommon.

[wideopenspaces]

That’s a lot of mileage. After your runs do you notice that you have to offload a fair amount of urine proximately afterwards?

Hahaha no I pee like twice a day- first thing in the morning and bedtime. Not drinking a lot of liquid is a real time saver;-)