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Active Toby
909 posts since
Jun 5, 2007

Jul 1, 2008 3:02 PM

Are you dehydrated?

Did you know? "On average, most adults lose about 10 cups of fluid a day through sweating, exhaling, urinating, and bowel movements. Even minor dehydration can cause impaired concentration, headaches, irritability and fatigue"

I just learned that in this great article, 10 Reasons to Drink More Water, over at ririanproject.com

We have a water cooler in the office that serves cold and refreshing water but I slack on the weekends because I drink from the tap and it never tastes as good.

Do you have any helpful tips or tricks to remind you to stay hydrated?


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Gill-88
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Jun 22, 2008
1. Jul 3, 2008 12:19 PM in response to: Active Toby

Water is like one of the most important things to me when in the past it wasn't. I am the same way with tap water and water from cooler or bought. But i found it you add ice to the tap water its good to go. Really cold water is what i think is the refreshing part. What helps me is that i take a gallon of water with me to work and drink from it, knowing how much i have drank all day from the hand dandy gallon. if you don't have ice in your office, freeze the gallon of water 75% and it will be good to go all day. On the weekends i have my personal water bottles in the frigerator at all time times. If i don't have water bottles in the frig then something is definitely wrong. Going out to eat, water is what is ordered. I personally have been able to not get tired of water and don't think i ever will, but if you have that problem try using some additives to give taste.

hope that helps.

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DaveVause
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Jul 9, 2007
2. Jul 4, 2008 4:51 AM in response to: Active Toby
I have a 32 oz Nalgene bottle at work. I make sure that go through one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

Pete Pfitzinger has a good article on the effects of dehydration on running performance: http://pfitzinger.com/labreports/dehydration.shtml


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