HOW MUCH FLUIDS DO YOU NEED?

YOU COULD HAVE KNOCKED ME OVER WITH A FEATHER WHEN I FOUND OUT I SHOULD BE DRINKING 118 OZ A DAY ... OH MY GOSH, NOT GETTING ANYWHERE NEAR THAT. SOME OF THE GIRLS ARE SAYING THAT THEIR WEIGHT LOSS IS INCREASING AS THEY ARE DRINKING MORE FLUIDS. TRY THIS OUT ... I GOT THIS OFF THE OCTOBER 2005 BOARD ... http://nutrition.about.com/library/blwatercalculator.htm

Love the new pic!!!! Here is my answer.....NOT ENOUGH BY A LONG SHOT!!!! Drink it up!! This one's for you!! Water, baby!!!! I love you Dawn, thanks for the sweet email/post! Love, Deb PS, I don't like knowing I have to drink more...it is hard enough already, maybe that's why I am in the predicament I am in! sp?

Thanks ... I look a bit different, don't I?!!!! I knowwwwww ... I was really blown away by the amount of fluids it says I have to drink DAILY!!! Oh my gosh! I've started drinking more using Crystal Lite. I like major flavor so I even combine 2 flavors to a bottle of water just to tempt me to drink more, but I'm still way low.

We missed you a lot at the meeting tonight.Hope you and hubby are feeling better after your accident.Hope to see you next Thursday. Are you going tothe MUSC meeting or JCs or both. Rose

Lady D, maybe this is my problem. I am not getting even half of that in! I have been very lax in getting in my fluids, and I have noticed that my Wl is stalling again. I am lucky if I get in 40 ozs. a day. Could this also be the reason for my, uhm.... system running sluggish? As in once a week, if I'm lucky.

I'M KINDA WONDERING THE SAME THING, MS CHRISTINE ... I'M LIKE EVERY 3 DAYS SO THAT COULD ACCOUNT FOR SLOWER WEIGHT LOSS, I'M SURE ... LIKE YOU SAID, IF OUR SYSTEM IS RUNNING SLUGGISH ... ALSO, MORE PROBLEMS WITH CONSTIPATION (SORRY) THE LESS I DRINK ... BETTER, THE MORE I DRINK. SO, MAYBE WE'VE HIT ON SOMETHING HERE. BUT, YOU WILL STILL HAVE STALLS & SLOW WEIGHT LOSS PERIODS NO MATTER WHAT WE DO ... THE BODY JUST NEEDS TO REBALANCE ... BUT, I'M WONDERING IF WE ARE CAUSING MORE OF THEM & LONGER STALLS & NOT AS RAPID A WEIGHT LOSS JOURNEY BY NOT FLUSHING OUR SYSTEMS OUT WITH FLUIDS. MS BARBARA HAS ALWAYS SWORN BY WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MEGADOSING ON FLUIDS, BUT I MAY HAVE THAT WRONG & SHE MAY BE 100% RIGHT ... SO, LET'S TRY TO DRINK, DRINK, DRIN****IL WE FLOAT! LET'S SEE IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE ... WHAT'DO'YA THINK?

Hey Dawn, I, too, love your new picture! You look fabulous, darlin! I stepped on the scale yesterday, and I actually had gained three pounds! Arrrggghhh! How can that be? (except that I haven't "gone" in about a week) I am back to starting my day with the protein shake. If I don't start out my day by having it first thing, I find that I keep putting it off until I actually don't even have it and that's my main source of high protein. I am also trying to drink like crazy to boost my fluid intake. I am also going to go back to measuring everything I eat. My daughter's boyfriend left this morning to go to his mom's in GA for the summer, so she and I have a pact to begin walking together today. I hope to get more motivation and tips tonight at LCBB. See you then! Love, Christine

btw, I need 125 ozs. Holy water-log! I am not even getting hald that much. I have actually been getting about a third of that. I am off to fill my cup! Talk to you later! Christine

OMG I have to drink a gallon of water a day. I am lucky to get 1/2 that amount. But I do know that the hotter it gets the closer to a gallon I get. Thanks for the info Julie

Well girl, you're doing better than I am ... I need to drink more just to get to a half gallon, so you're doing super, Ms Julie. I think I'm going back to the basics & start measuring my fluids again ... I really was flabbergasted at 118 oz for me daily. I am falling soooooooooo short of that!