Always dehydrated but never thirsty.

[Clark Dark]

You should schedule an appointment with your physician right away. At your weight there may be hypertension and maybe some onset of diabetes. Unless you're about 7'5" tall 300lbs. isn't healthy at all. Get yourself checked out asap.

 

[ak56]

make it an association thing.

every time you check facebook - water
every time you take a call at work - water
every time you have a little to eat - water

every time you post on talkbass - water

 

[Gorn]

My job's annoying. There's no water cooler so everyone has to either fill up a bottle at the fountain in the hallway or go down to the basement cafeteria. I need to start buying a gallon jug each morning and keeping it in the fridge. All this talk of kidney stones is frightening. My dad never had them but my mom has had a bunch.

 

[pcake]

If you are not drinking enough water, then it is a bad thing. At least according to my doctor who is always on my case for too much coffee and not enough water.

good point!

 

[geeza]

Obviously this is unhealthy, but I don't know how to make myself drink more fluids.

...5SB

Maybe if you had some way to make your mouth dry.

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Maybe if you had some way to make your mouth dry.

Go for a drive?

 

[Hoff Kinkmeister]

Oooh, didn't think about it that way. I drink a whole lot of coffee and a decent amount of water but probably not enough. I tell myself I can have all the coffee I want cuz I drink it black with no sugar. I should drink more water.

Coffee is net hydrating (it's been studied), just not as good as water. I'm a fiend for both.

I have a water bottle I keep near me almost always.

 

[friskinator]

Sadly, I know people that don't drink water at all. I find it common with senior citizens. My mother in law will not drink water (she claims she doesn't like it), only Diet Coke. When my grandmother was admitted to the hospital shortly before she died, the doctors said she was extremely dehydrated. She only drank Diet Coke as well.

I don't go crazy with the water consumption, but I've basically cut out soft drinks at this point.

 

[blastoff99]

^^^ Excellent point.

OP, do you drink soda? If so, quit right now. Diet is just as bad (slightly differently so) as regular. Soda addiction is a real thing, and it's bad enough on its own but it also means that you're not drinking water.

Almost any liquid other than water is empty calories. Sounds like you don't need those.

 

[Fleebag]

Dehydration is more serious than people think. Dehydration is a factor in most diseases.

Disclaimer: I'm not a doctor, I just play one on tb.

 

[RHFusillo]

Any suggestions?

Move out here, Larry. You'll be thirsty all the damn time.