Has this ever happened to you???

Yesterday was a very strange day for me, I was at work last night and all of a sudden I just got extra thirsty. I must have drank about 15 of those 1PT bottles of Poland Spring Water and actually today I am still thirsty(I had 3 cups of Coffee and a bottle of water) and then I got super hungry last night also. Is it just me or is my body just craving water??? Also I have not been able to after having constant bowel movements for over a month.

Hi- Was the coffee decaffinated? If not, that's not good---caffeine is a diuretic and you can dehydrate. The caffeine alone can make you thirsty. Once you're thirsty, you are already dehydrated. You need to keep up the fluids--without caffeine---all day long to avoid that feeling. Good Luck!

Actually, a recent UCONN study demonstrated that caffeinated coffee (as if there is any other kind) is no more a diuretic than drinking roughly the equivalent amount of water (it seems that anytime we drink fluids, we encourage your kidneys to work). I think many of us have had times when we have been particularly thirsty, or felt particularly urgent hunger pangs. It's possible with all the fluid you drank that you flushed what little food was in your pouch, which could have then promoted some hunger. If you were dehydrated, that would explain the absence of a good BM-- which is also pretty normal. Just remember to err on the side of being too cautious if your extreme thirst or no bm's last for a few more days.