haha! I know what you mean! That does sound like a lot of water. My doctor says that 8-10 glasses a day is perfect. I dunno about half my weight in ounces though....sounds liked I'd be drowning myself.

I would have to drink a small swimming pool and I have enough problems just drink the 6 to 8 my doctor wants me to drink now if I did that I would have to move into my bathroom! LOL

I have read that several places as well. I actually started drinking half my body weight in ounces in February. It is a lot of water for me to drink as well, but it is not as hard as I thought it would be. At first you go to the bathroom a lot, but you soon adjust and it's back to normal. I feel better now that I am drinking all that water.

Water is great for you!! Don't forget though that drinking too much water can be dangerous. You can actually get water poisoning when you're salt levels in your body drop too low. This is dangerous and you can actually die from it. Just looking out for you ladies. The amount that my doctor told me is 8 8oz glasses + 1 8oz. glass for every 5lbs. of extra body weight. She also said maximum of 2 gallons a day.

Just thought I would put that out there.

Kate

Thanks for the info...I was concerned that I was just going to have to lay in a pool with a staw, haha Annie.
Does anyone know if lack of water can contribute to restless leg syndrom? My legs get real twitchy and the only thing I can relate it too is lack of water???

also remember that when they say 8 ounces, that is a CUP. So really it isn't all that bad. I already knew about the water poisoning which is scary cause wasn't there a lady who died from that last year, from some kind of contest?

I drink about 90 ounces a day. And I can tell a difference in myself. My skin is not as dry and I feel better. When I don't get enought water I feel kinda tired. But if I drank half of my body weight in water I would float away. LOL

I read somewhere that lack of water does cause your muscles to tighten.