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Oh yea........kidney stones........

been there done that...twice IIRC

I drink a couple of quarts a day. I add crystal light. Helps get it down. Tough for me to drink straight water.

Forgot - I gots to have my French Vanilla Cappuccino EVERY morning!

On a warm day on the farm doing physical work, 3 or more gallons is not unusual. It really depends on what is going on, temperatures, physical activity. On warm hunting days, I have to plan around water sources, or it would be a short hunt.

Winter time, just piddling around, probably half gallon a day, mostly in herbal tea type of drinks, as the farm well water is undrinkable. The redhead adds ginger / cucumber to her drinking water to increase palatability. Seems like a better choice than a bunch of chemicals from a packet?

On the water topic, why when I ask for water at a fast food joint/place, do I get a smaller cup tan my wife's cola cup?

40 years old. Usually a bit more that 2L. Lots of activity, more.

"I don't drink enough water..makes me piss too much."

What do you call pissing to much? I don't how old you are but if you don't drink enough water you likely have kidney stones in your future. If you wait until your mouth is dry before you drink water you've waited too long and are already dehydrated. If you're sweating a lot you need to drink enough water so you piss as often as you do when you're not sweating. We worked at the deer lease all day yesterday and drank a lot water/Gatorade (no beer) all day. I didn't realize until last night that I only peed one time the whole day so I didn't drink enough water even though I thought I had. I've known some men who believed it was a sign of manhood to not drink water when you're thirsty but it's not.

1-1.5 gals a day. Either straight purified water, or flavored with barley, hops and yeast, according to the German purity laws.

"On a warm day on the farm doing physical work, 3 or more gallons is not unusual."

I agree 100! Anybody that says you require a certain amount of water based on your weight is very stupid. When I was a 140-150 lb. teenager many years ago and worked in the summer as a human front end loader/backhoe for a building contractor I could have drank all the water in the 5 gallon water jug we had on the jobsite for 5 men by noon. I always brought my own water jug, a gallon of orange juice and at least 5 sandwiches in my lunch (and it wasn't enough).

A couple of bottles a day. Not enough

A lot.

I don't drink water, fish phuqq in it. - W.C.Fields

Everyone should be aware drinking too much can have adverse effects and water "only" during a lot of physical activity is not enough to replace key electrolytes and maintaining the balance of serum sodium lost during perspiration. I know you've heard the sports drinks pitch but im talking about replacement without all the added sugars that could cause your insulin levels to go wonky. Also your kidneys excrete am average of 1 liter/hour so if you are over working them you may be putting more strain on them than you should.

I'm not a doctor, just someone who likes to promote good health. I average 125 oz of water on less physical days and 100 oz of water and another 64 oz or so of sugar free electrolyte drinks when outdoors working or exercising.

For the OP, try a sugar free powder mix to add to water or try the sugar free offerings from Powerade or Gatorade.

Dude, your kidneys don't excrete a liter per hour, that would be 24 liters or more than six GALLONS per day. More like a deciliter. And just seasoning your food with some sea salt will deal with the electrolyte loss just fine, no need to buy little baggies of chemicals from anyone.

Just plain water, hardly ever. Coffee, and iced tea , and an occasional coke.

I find hops help...

I try to drink at least a gallon/day. I add Nuun electrolyte tabs to 16oz. of water during workouts. When hiking/hunting I am pretty strict about drinking 16 oz/hr and if drinking bottled water I will add a Nuun tab every other hour. Here in the summer I may double that if working hard. In areas of low humidity just breathing hard uses a lot of water. If I am not peeing at east every 2 hours I know I need to drink more. Clear urine is ideal.

mike r

A lot as well. My RTIC tumbler is with me pretty much all day wherever I am. In my chair, garage, shop, vehicles, it is always there filled with ice and water. Each vehicle has a gallon in the back seat.

120 to 140 ounces a day, just water, plus a couple beers.

I don't keep track but must be enough because I'm still alive and it's about all I ever drink.