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Are you getting enough water?

Most of us don't get enough water. And many of us think that we should be drinking 8 x 8oz glasses a day, because that's what the government tell us. Everyone in the know, knows that 64 oz of water may be too little for some of us or too much for others. Yes, you can be over hydrated. I'll get into that in another article.

So how do we know if we are getting enough water in our diets? Well, to keep this as simple as I can here is the formula I teach my clients:
Weight x .5 = oz of water (to start with) .
OK lets say that you are 200 lbs. How much water should I drink? Lets use the formula and figure it out. 200 x .5 = 100oz.
That's pretty easy but it does get a bit more complected, not much, so don't worry.
Lets say this 200 lb person is a runner and exercises a lot, because he is sweating he'll need to drink more water. The easiest way to figure out how much is to monitor the color of your urine. If you are peeing the color of apple juice drink more. If you are peeing clear you drank too much. Your urine should be the color of a diluted lemonade. So now that you know this lets go drink some water.