I'm sure this had been asked a zillion times but I'm having trouble with the search (I know, duh, should be easy enough). I already looked around and can't find it, but somewhere I saw a formula for how many ounces of water a person should drink based on their weight. Sound familiar? I know 8 -8oz. glasses, but this was more specific. TIA~

Yeah I always heard 6-8 glasses of water daily. I personally usually drink about 3 16oz water bottles a day. You also have to think that alot of things we eat and other things we drink have water in them also. Tea, juice, soup.

My trainer has told me the rule of thumb is:

number of pounds you weigh divided by 2 = number of ounces

if you weigh 200 pounds you should drink 100 ounces of water - that is without exercise taken into account.

I drink about 60-64oz a day. I'm working on increasing that to 80, but it's slow going (I'm already peeing like crazy! ).

My problem is, I forget to drink! And then suddenly I will realize I am very thirsty and have to go downstairs and get a glassful of water. I had to get up in the middle of the night last night - had tomato sauce for dinner, which always makes me extra-thirsty.

Thanks everyone for all the replies. I think gggirls thing 'weight divided by 2=water intake' might be what I what I was thinking of. I'll try that. Either way, I have not been getting nearly enough water. I just always assumed I got enough since I only drink water, tea and coffee. But, it looks like I'll need to really make an effort to get it all in.

There are a lot of differing opinions on this topic. I think someone on here said that basically most doctors recommend to drink if you're thirsty. There's no need for the average person to force liquids and your thirst is generally a good gauge as to if you're getting enough water or not.