Fluid Intake

[Plodalong]

Evening,

Interested in opinions, I've been doing selective felling/thinning today in Northumberland, not in direct sunlight and during the course of the day I drank nearly 5 litres of water, I only needed a pee once, the other lads on site were gobsmacked at the amount I'd drank, clearly I sweated loads, is this normal.

Cheers

[se7enthdevil]

i'm guessing it will depend on your metabolic rate and the activity you are doing.

 

i didn't do much on sunday but still managed to drink 5L+ of diet coke.

 

peed a fair bit today but not yesterday.

 

 

i've a fairly high met rate.

[CutterSy]

I drank 6.5L whilst at work yesterday. Mostly water, I always take a litre of electrolytes too, find it helps stop cramps.

Yes you can need up to a litre an hour if working hard in warm weather!

[Joe Newton]

i'm guessing it will depend on your metabolic rate and the activity you are doing.

 

 

 

i didn't do much on sunday but still managed to drink 5L+ of diet coke.

 

 

 

peed a fair bit today but not yesterday.

 

 

 

 

 

i've a fairly high met rate.

 

 

5l of diet coke! You won't see 50!

[Gary Prentice]

5l of diet coke! You won't see 50!

 

Yeah, should stick to Stella

[Joe Newton]

Yeah, should stick to Stella

 

 

I had a couple in the sun yesterday afternoon and I was asleep by eight!

[Joe Newton]

In all seriousness 3 litres of pure water should be the minimum for anyone working in this heat. A sachet of dioralyte in the morning and afternoon is a good idea too.

 

If you're seeing regularly it's a good sign.

 

Sacking off the saw trousers today.

[Woodworks]

Evening,

Interested in opinions, I've been doing selective felling/thinning today in Northumberland, not in direct sunlight and during the course of the day I drank nearly 5 litres of water, I only needed a pee once, the other lads on site were gobsmacked at the amount I'd drank, clearly I sweated loads, is this normal.

Cheers

 

Yes totally normal. I run a firewood processor and I work by the oil tank which is at 65C. Get through 5-6 litres of water in hot weather and probably 3-4 when it's cool.

[Ironbark]

I drank nearly 5 litres of water, I only needed a pee once, the other lads on site were gobsmacked at the amount I'd drank, clearly I sweated loads, is this normal.Cheers

 

As long as it's clear or light straw coloured you are probably not dehydrated.

[Ilnumero]

 

i didn't do much on sunday but still managed to drink 5L+ of diet coke.

 

 

 

Steve, give up the diet Coke!

 

That level of consumption will certainly give you health problems.

 

I know from experience and now have only one good kidney. It's the amount and type of ingredients in the coke that the body can't keep processing and the kidney eventually fails from the effort.

 

Everybody knows the school experiment about cleaning a penny in coke, so that's some strong stuff you're drinking.

 

I gave it up and actually went cold turkey for about three weeks, really grumpy and feeling lousy. Now all I drink is water and feel so much better than before.