How Much Water Do I Need?

How much water is enough? On the average, a person should drink half of his/her body weight in ounces. A 150 pound person would need a daily intake of 75 ounces. That would be about 9-10 eight ounce glasses every day. The amount you drink should be increased if you exercise briskly or if the weather is hot and dry.

Water should preferably be tepid or room temperature in the morning for the laxative effect so as not to interfere with digestion. Between meals cold water is okay especially in hot weather (Proverbs 25:25). (ice cold is never necessary).

One suggested method to utilize water most efficiently during weight loss, is given below:

Morning: 1 quart consumed over a 30-minute period (best warm or room temperature)
Noon: 1 quart consumed over a 30-minute period (warm or room temperature in cooler months, but cold in hot weather)
Evening: 1 quart consumed between five and six o’clock (see above)

When the body gets the water it needs to function optimally, its fluids are perfectly balanced. When this happens, you have reached the “breakthrough point.” What does this mean?

• Endocrine-gland function improves
• Fluid retention is alleviated as stored water is lost
• More fat is used as fuel because the liver is free to metabolize stored fat.
• Natural thirst returns.
• There is a loss of hunger almost overnight.

If you stop drinking enough water, your body fluids will be thrown out of balance again, and you may experience fluid retention, unexplained weight gain, and loss of thirst. To remedy the situation you will have to go back and force another “breakthrough.”

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