When is your water intake too much?

JohnnyGolf

I drink a lot of water every day.

2 ltrs before lunch
.5l at lunch
2 ltrs until 5.30
pint at tea time
2 pints before bed.
(excl any cups of tea or pints of milk)

I'm don't sweat excessively, just wondered if there is too much water one can drink?

itsallaboutheL

JohnnyGolf wrote: »

I drink a lot of water every day.

2 ltrs before lunch
.5l at lunch
2 ltrs until 5.30
pint at tea time
2 pints before bed.
(excl any cups of tea or pints of milk)

I'm don't sweat excessively, just wondered if there is too much water one can drink?

isnt it something like 5 litres in an hour and you die or explode or self combust or somethin!!

Pro-Nutrition

JohnnyGolf wrote: »

I drink a lot of water every day.

2 ltrs before lunch
.5l at lunch
2 ltrs until 5.30
pint at tea time
2 pints before bed.
(excl any cups of tea or pints of milk)

I'm don't sweat excessively, just wondered if there is too much water one can drink?

What you are taking in is fine, but you can die of Water intoxication. Thats when large amounts of water is consumed in a short period of time. But you have nothing to worry about.

Phil the Drill

There was a woman in america who died from drinking too much water when she entered a competition to win a ps3 for her kids by seeing if she could beat a guy to drink as much as possible and the first one to pee lost. She won the PS3 but died a few hours later when her kidneys gave up.... I wonder if the PS3 is actually used now?!

But seriously... too much water can cause your kidneys to over filtrate your blood giving you low blood pressure which can lead to organ failure...

You sound like you drink way too much to me...

Brian?

JohnnyGolf wrote: »

I drink a lot of water every day.

2 ltrs before lunch
.5l at lunch
2 ltrs until 5.30
pint at tea time
2 pints before bed.
(excl any cups of tea or pints of milk)

I'm don't sweat excessively, just wondered if there is too much water one can drink?

I like the way you switch between pints and liters half was through. Confusing.

I wouldn't be worried about drinking that amount of water at all.

kowloon

Drowning is never a good sign.

mack1

Phil the Drill wrote: »

There was a woman in america who died from drinking too much water when she entered a competition to win a ps3 for her kids by seeing if she could beat a guy to drink as much as possible and the first one to pee lost. She won the PS3 but died a few hours later when her kidneys gave up.... I wonder if the PS3 is actually used now?!

But seriously... too much water can cause your kidneys to over filtrate your blood giving you low blood pressure which can lead to organ failure...

You sound like you drink way too much to me...

Twas a Wii - competition was called "Hold your wee for a Wii"

OP - doesn't seem like excessive water consumption over the course of a day.

MagicMarker

OP, that's about 5.5 litres.

If you can manage that without pissing every 15 minutes then go right ahead. After 2 litres I'm pissing like a race horse.

helimachoptor

On a standard day I'd have the following..

350ml about 8am
350ml about 10am
350ml about 11:30am

600ml at lunch

about 2 litres between 1 and 5

and prob about 2 litres more between 5 and bed time.

If in the gym/football I'd add about 3 litres or more to that.

2xj3hplqgsbkym

2.5 litres a day is the general reccommendation, however it will also vary from person to person. It will depend on your food consumption, how much you exercise and your bladder.

If you drink too much water too quickly (like the Wii woman) - that's dangerous. People 'burst' or 'drown' if they for some reason don't urinate (like when taking ecstasy- the brain tells the body it is overheating and to store water- like a camel!).

Too much water can mess up the fluid balnce in your body, but if your feeling ok then the amount you are drinking must be fine.

JohnnyGolf

Sorry, pints as in pint glasses.

I feel ok after it, actaully on reflection, I prob drink more water than that.

I'm finding that I must need it as I usually would be quite a while in the toilet first thing in the morning now I'm done in a few seconds!

Khannie

I take approximately 2 litres + 1 litre per workout + coffee throughout the day. OP's sounds like quite a lot to me (depending on exercise levels of course).

jojobrad

Thats WAY too much water,especially if you're having extra fluids in tea, coffee, milk etc

2xj3hplqgsbkym

Also being thirsty all the time can be a symptom of Type 2 Diabetes.

O.P.H

JohnnyGolf wrote: »

I drink a lot of water every day.

2 ltrs before lunch
.5l at lunch
2 ltrs until 5.30
pint at tea time
2 pints before bed.
(excl any cups of tea or pints of milk)

I'm don't sweat excessively, just wondered if there is too much water one can drink?

OMFG :eek:

You take around 6 litres of water a day. I would bet both my legs that a doctor or a nutritionalist would tell you this is way to much.

Average recomended daily intake for normal person is like 1.5 to 2 litres a day.

And marathon runners take like 4 litres a day when training.

I don't know the negative effects of excess water but its common sense that too much of anything is bad and 6 litres of water a day is crazy. If I were to do that, I could'nt do anythin else for the day. I would be pissing all the time. Also excess water is an appetite suppresser so it could be effecting your diet.

I would say you should stop and get some proper advice. One thing, why do you drink that much, do you just really like water. You only need to be hydrated (piss is clear) and you dont need 6 litres a day for that.

kowloon

Miller Early Candlelight wrote: »

Also being thirsty all the time can be a symptom of Type 2 Diabetes.

Or type 1 for that matter.

Lost weight, feel tired or blurry vision?

JohnnyGolf

Thanks for replies.

I'm an active guy in that I do a lot of walking to bus, work, cylcing etc and pretty sporty.

I've always been drinking water, however the quantity has increased in the last 2-3 years. Initally I blamed it on the office environment in that office was stuffy.

I'm currently taking supplements for training but I've been doing that for years on and off so that's hardly a reason.

Diabetes has been mentioned to me by some but I've just passed it off.

Funny thing is some days I might piss 4-5 a day other times its 2-3 times a day!

Regarding my body mass, I'm 6ft3, 17.5 stone and I'm 27 years of age.

Dan@IPG

you guys have to be joking. i drink on the order of 2 gallons (~7.5L) of water per day. i'm 6'3" 240#s, or roughly the same size as this guy. i've been tested for syndrome X and diabetes and so forth. i'm fine.

getting checked out medically is not a bad idea. but if you feel fine, don't worry about it.

BnA

O.P.H wrote: »

....You only need to be hydrated (piss is clear) and you dont need 6 litres a day for that.

That is what a Doctor that I hurl with told us. Once the wee is clear, you are 100% hydrated and any other water you take after that is just going to go straight through you.

Personally, I find after about 1 - 1 1/2 litres, I'm weein' like a racehorse.

papajimsmooth

Yeah roughly anything over 1.5L of water will be wasted as the kidneys do not have a high enough salt gradient to allow for much more to be absorbed.

Dan@IPG

this guy is big. this guy is active. he likes to drink water. he's fine. excess may not help, but it isn't going to hurt him either. oh, and apparently he likes to drink water.

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Dan@IPG wrote: »

this guy is big. this guy is active. he likes to drink water. he's fine. excess may not help, but it isn't going to hurt him either. oh, and apparently he likes to drink water.

NO!!!! he is going to die!!!

:pac:

i heard if you drink too much water i.e. not wee for a wii amount, but if you drink well over what you should per day that you lose vitamins from your body, dillution or something like...but i've never seen any evidence in a book or on the internet

peanuthead

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

isnt it something like 5 litres in an hour and you die or explode or self combust or somethin!!

I once drank a litre and a half in 10 mins, I felt fine until I went to move, and then I realised I had drunk waaaay too much, it was extremely uncomfortable and painful.

It does sound like you drink alot. Over how long a period are those 5litres being drunk?

Roper

Your best bet if you're drinking that much water is to make sure you wear a floatation device at all times and carry around some injectable insulin. You never know when drowning or diabetes will take hold.

itsallaboutheL

peanuthead wrote: »

I once drank a litre and a half in 10 mins, I felt fine until I went to move, and then I realised I had drunk waaaay too much, it was extremely uncomfortable and painful.

It does sound like you drink alot. Over how long a period are those 5litres being drunk?

Are you talking to me??

peanuthead

itsallaboutheL wrote: »

Are you talking to me??

no, sorry I was agreeing with you, and asking the OP about his intake. Sorry, I'm doing about 90 things at once here

JohnnyGolf

peanuthead wrote: »

no, sorry I was agreeing with you, and asking the OP about his intake. Sorry, I'm doing about 90 things at once here

My intake which sometimes can exceed 7 litres would be from when I get up to when I go to bed. 7am-12pm. I would normally have 2 pint glasses of water before I hop in the scratcher. I somehow have trained my self not to get up during the night but some mornings, I can be quite a while in the toilet....

cardio,shoot me

I may have a record on this but not sure, Pint of water in 8 seconds

itsallaboutheL

cardio,shoot me wrote: »

I may have a record on this but not sure, Pint of water in 8 seconds

A buddy of mine drinks a pint of murphys in 4 and a half seconds.

cardio,shoot me

well ladi da.

Edit: by the looks of your grammer you've had a few

MagicMarker

cardio,shoot me wrote: »

well ladi da.

Edit: by the looks of your grammer you've had a few

FAIL :pac:

smk89

As a general rule you should only drink what your body wants. Your body makes you thirsty depending on your hydration levels and any excess drinking is removed

Bottle_of_Smoke

kowloon wrote: »

Or type 1 for that matter.

Lost weight, feel tired or blurry vision?

Highly highly highly unlikely for someone his age. Same with type 2 unless you're very obese