Am I drinking too much water?

[humpy07]

I have recently started on the Atkins Diet, to give myself a quick boost before just following a healthy eating regime. In order to combat the effects of ketosis, I have been drinking lots of water - on average about 3 litres a day, along with a few cups of black coffee. My wife if worrying herself sick that I will suffer from water intoxication.

Is 3 litres too much?

Thanks

[joggerjayne]

"water intoxication" ???????

[joggerjayne]

Okay, seriously ... I know about hyper-hydration, but ...

... 3 litres is WAAAAY within the safe limit.

[beryl100able]

Why bother with the 'quick boost' - it's fallacious anyway. You need plenty of water, but not THAT much. Cut down the water to 2 litres, and cut down the coffee. My diet is this: awakening, glass of water. Breakfast: fruit juice and a pile of fresh fruit, e.g. 1/2 a melon, a mango, grapes, whatever, a different selection every day, as much as I can eat.
Elevenses: water followed by coffee and dark organic chocolate with 85% cocoa solids for flavonoids and serotonin for energy and good mood.
Lunch: Water followed by huge salad with rye bread, 1 avocado, tomatoes, dried tomatoes, olives, cottage cheese, radishes, cress, lettuce, alternating but always with an avocado for brain function and omegas, and as many different colours as possible for a variety of minerals.
Evening: veg soup, changing ingredients every day but always with garlic, pulses and greens. snack before or after the soup on porridge oats cooked with water, adding nuts, seeds and bilberries or blackberries, OR, oatcakes with tahini or humous and chives.
Water can be taken in the form of herb tea, great in winter when you don't always want something cold to drink.
Walnut milk is a healthy, DELICIOUS and more slimming alternative to cow's milk than soya.
And make sure that what you eat is ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. Life's too short for suffering.

[beryl100able]

Oh, and acai berry tablets for appetite repression. Be careful though - they could dangerously lower your appetite so you end up malnourished. Use with caution.