Question:
Does increasing your water intake make you hungry?

Is anyone else out there finding that when the drink water it makes them hungry. I notice that recently I've tried to increase my water intake, and I seem to be hungry all day long, I find that I snack more than usual, and before when I only drank the minimum amount of water I could go from breakfast to lunch to dinner without snacking. Am I just a wierdo?    — chandra F. (posted on February 5, 2003)

February 5, 2003
If your a weirdo then I'm one too. I too get hungry after drinking water. And I wait the set amount of time before and after meals. But whats crazy is that if I drink something with flavor in it like tea with sugar-free raspberry flavoring, coffee, diet snapple, or diet lemonade... perfectly fine. Almost like a mini meal for me. So do not fret sweetie, can't tell you what it is, but I'm in the same boat. I just try to ignore it. Good luck!!
   — Heather B.

February 5, 2003
Drinking water causes your pouch to empty out faster, so that may be the cause. Could you time your water consumption so that you wait a couple of hours after eating, then drink as much as you can, finishing up about 15 minutes before your next meal. This is called water loading and is suppose to help hunger.
   — mom2jtx3