water question...

[Mothercooter]

My roomate which started atkins monday told me last night that the more water she has been drinking lately, the more dehydrated she feels.

Weird cause I noticed that too when starting and now If i dont get all my water (100 oz or more) I feel dehydrated. How come that is when before when we werent getting enough it never bothered us? (or so we thought)

[Kent]

Re: water question...

You finally awakened your body to know what being hydrated feels like. Your body wants to run at full metabolic rate, and wants to stay there. The drinking also can become habit or a routine, and that habit can stimulate the feelings necessary to drink as well. A good easy test to see how hydrated you are is check the color of your urine. If it's darker than a pale yellow, get to drinking.

[G-Mom]

Re: water question...

Ketosis also makes you thirsty, so your water requirements went up too.

[cleochatra]

Re: water question...

Because Atkins is a diuretic diet, you are going to be flushing more fluids out of your system. Drinking more water is imperative to help this process along without depriving your body.