you should exceed the guideline if you do lots of exercise throughout the day. i drink like 2-2.5l

I'll drink about two, 2 litre bottles of Evian water a day.

Helps clean up my liver.

Only about 1-1.5L when I'm at the gym. Other than that I just drink with meals.

I think Water tastes bad. I usually drink Mountain Dew... or milk >_>

Miss Loo wrote:

Which is fine if that suits you... But I konw for a fact that the daily guideline is 2 to 2.5 litres for anyone...

The only thing I know, and I didn't know that you meant people who are overweight/obese, that you should drink an extra glass of water for ever 25 pounds you're over weight.

But, not take your body weight and half it... That's too dangerous.

I wasn't necessarily talking about obese people, I just used 300 and 100 pounds as examples. You say for every extra 25 pounds you need an extra glass of water(I'm guessing an 8 oz glass of water). My equation comes out to about the same, except it would be about 12 ounces for every 25 pounds.

Half your body weight converted to ounces of water is not a dangerous amount of water.

Every day during winter I drink 2 litres water, but last year at home (Kalymnos) in hot weather I'd drink anything between 4 and 6 litres daily. In countries like mine where humidity rockets during summer heat, we endanger ourselves from dehydration if not enough water is consumed. Summer average temperatures is 110 F with 80% humidity. No wonder the high quantities of drinking water, considering men and women alike sweat.

Across my island were natural springs. There we'd gather for free as much water as we could carry. I thought nothing of carrying 2 x 5 gallon drums, and up 37 steps to our villa and, in temperatures of 90 F or more. But drinking Pepsi and Coke is a bad idea, as they contain huge amounts of sugar and caffeine. Also fruit juices, evern squash. Alright a glass or two, but juice contains acids (esp pineapple) that can form salts in your kidneys to cause stones later on, same with drinking high quantities of tea and coffee.

Bottled mineral water is what I buy for house and home. That's 2 litres x 5 people per day, so work out the weekly cost. We drink the cheapest, or better still buy a water filter. Britain's tap water tastes absolutely foul, but Greek tapwater though de-salinated still contains 17% and though claimed to be "drinkable" only a fool would do so. You should see what my country's tapwater does to dishwashing machines.

I do drink alot of water. It started when all my parents would get is bottled water, so id drink it. Then even when we got juice id be too lazy to pour it so i'd get the bottle of water. Now I got in the habit and water is almost the only thing I drink. Maybe like 1 or 2 sodas a week.

So ya, I've formed a big healthy habit of drinking nothing but water, lol.

yes. plenty
rda is 9-13 cups a day (2 -3 liters)

I have a massive two litre water bottle, so I have that with me 95% percent of the time and end up drinking about 2.5 litres per day. Sometimes less though if I'm at work, or really busy.

I drink a good amount of water.

I looooooveeee water it's great. I try and have a pint of it every hour.
It makes me feel full up after drinking a pint as well so i wont eat as much through out the day.

I don't drink a lot of water

I prefer Orange/Apple Juice.
Sometimes I drink Lemonade and Ice Tea.

The only drink i really like is water.

So yeah i drink loads and loads.

I know that you should drink around 8 big glasses a day, or roughly around 2 litres...
I also know that if you consume too much water you can kill yourself. Which to your theory, sounds like it could just do that

My girl friend says to drink half your weight in ounces each day and make sure that you drink in between meals.

RICKinMiami

I drink half a bottle to a bottle a day, and then maybe a can of soda and one of those cartons of milk at lunch. I don't drink a whole lot in general, but I try to drink a decent amount of water.

~Maggot

dont forget, you also get water from eating foods too.

nevertheless, i probably still dont get enough

I think most days I drink enough... I'll drink about 6-8 bottles a day sometimes...

Drink till your urine is clear...
Sorry its a fact, if its clear it means yiour hydrated.

I don't drink milk, I usually only drink water, unless of course I have coke, but mostly water.