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Originally Posted by handcycle2005
The best gauge for hydration is the color of your urine. Pale yellow/clear is ideal.
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I've always found that a hard method to judge by.
All day yesterday after my walk I had 2 yellow/clear... but then I woke up this morning with orange o.o (but thats almost 24 hours later)
And other times, even when I feel thirsty the whole walk... I'll have no signs of dehydration later. My body just seems very inconsistent with this measurement xD
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No need to go crazy, a couple of bottles of a sport drink will be fine. If you eat a normally salty American diet, you probably won't even need that.
I only use a sport drink on my weekly long ride.(I do love the salt.  )
There are low calorie sport drinks if you're worried about the sugar content.
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My bigger issue is they're just nasty xP
All I've drank since I was little is water and milk 99.9999% of the time. I'm not a big fan of sweet drinks or carbonated drinks. I do try and eat something small before or after my walk that I know has salt in it though.
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Drink in small sips during the day. Too much at one time will cause the body to overcompensate with increased urine production.
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THIS MUST BE MY PROBLEM xD
Outside of exercising my water intake is sporadic... I typically don't drink anything for a long time and then think "wow... I need to drink something, I haven't drank anything all day," then I down a whole bunch at once. Then while I exercise I drink like a whale.
Thanks for the suggestions.