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Mme. Defarge

(7,981 posts)
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 02:34 PM Jul 2020

My doctor just told me I drink too much

WATER!!!

Who knew the guidelines had changed? I could not have been happier to get the news because I hate drinking water and have had to make myself get caught up on what I thought was the needed daily intake pretty late in the day. As a result, I have long been sleep-deprived as a result of having to get up every 1 - 2 1/2 hours a night.

Anyway, cheers!

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My doctor just told me I drink too much (Original Post) Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 OP
How much is too much? Champion Jack Jul 2020 #1
First off, Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #5
LOL! Lately I started drinking more and d'oh on me! I wake up at 2 and 6 and have to pee! CurtEastPoint Jul 2020 #2
See my reply above. Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #6
That may be a question for Loki or Thor Clearly fogged in Jul 2020 #3
My Dr told me I was too heavy. I was like really? Then why are you so short? dem4decades Jul 2020 #4
The last three months I have been smoking a cigar and doc03 Jul 2020 #7
Why didn't I think of that! Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #8
I think the sitting back and relaxing with a cigar doc03 Jul 2020 #10
The day after the 2016 election Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #12
P.S. Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #9
The classic "8 glasses a day" turned out to be total moisture in all food & drink. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2020 #11
That was the current wisdom Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #13
There is such a thing as water intoxication. It can kill you. You drink too much water and it Cousin Dupree Jul 2020 #14
I just read about that! Mme. Defarge Jul 2020 #15
i always ignored that 8 glasses a day. no idea why, but sounded wrong. pansypoo53219 Jul 2020 #16

Mme. Defarge

(7,981 posts)
5. First off,
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 03:02 PM
Jul 2020

I learned that any liquid counts, including coffee, tea, etc. Second, she told me to just drink when I felt thirsty.

I disliked drinking all of that water so much, 42 ounces per day plus 18 ounces of morning coffee and sometimes 2 cups of afternoon tea, that I would put the bulk of it off until mid-afternoon and try to finish an hour before bed. After cutting back yesterday I only had to get up twice, and slept like the dead.

CurtEastPoint

(18,548 posts)
2. LOL! Lately I started drinking more and d'oh on me! I wake up at 2 and 6 and have to pee!
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 02:42 PM
Jul 2020

I NEVER WAKE UP TO PEE!

How much is optimal?

Clearly fogged in

(1,895 posts)
3. That may be a question for Loki or Thor
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 02:49 PM
Jul 2020

How much is too much?

Thor drank mightily, but by the time he had to pause for a breath, the level of liquor in the horn had barely lowered. So he gave it a second try, straining to gulp and gulp until his breath failed him. This time, the level had gone down appreciably, but the better part of the horn still remained. His third drink was even more formidable than the previous two, but in the end, much was still left. By that point, however, Thor could drink could no more, and gave up.

https://norse-mythology.org/tale-utgarda-loki/

doc03

(35,143 posts)
7. The last three months I have been smoking a cigar and
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 03:10 PM
Jul 2020

drinking 2 beers every day. Thursday I had a doctor's appointment, my blood pressure was 118/78 it has always been border line high. The doctor said my blood work was the best since 2014 when I first saw him. He said whatever you been doing to keep it up.

doc03

(35,143 posts)
10. I think the sitting back and relaxing with a cigar
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 03:23 PM
Jul 2020

and a couple beers helps. I also put 900 miles on my bicycle during that time.

Mme. Defarge

(7,981 posts)
12. The day after the 2016 election
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 04:02 PM
Jul 2020

I quipped on Facebook that I might have to take up smoking, never having been a smoker. I wasn’t serious, but it’s still an option! Probably not cigars, though.

Mme. Defarge

(7,981 posts)
9. P.S.
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 03:21 PM
Jul 2020

My husband, of blessed memory, was always skeptical about the need to drink so much water, and insisted that beer counted. It’s uncanny how he turned out to be right on so many things.

Mme. Defarge

(7,981 posts)
13. That was the current wisdom
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 04:04 PM
Jul 2020

when I was growing up and throughout most of my adulthood. That said, I never bought into the “low fat” canard.

Cousin Dupree

(1,866 posts)
14. There is such a thing as water intoxication. It can kill you. You drink too much water and it
Sat Jul 11, 2020, 04:14 PM
Jul 2020

washes the electrolytes out of you body. It can cause a cardiac incident or cardiac arrest.

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