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1 Gallon of water = 8 pound weight gain?

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  • Ruxton Towers XC

    Member since 11/19/2022.

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    2 years ago 04/04/2023 7:02pm EDT
    re: Riantherunner

    You also lose a lot of water from breathing. Your respiration has moisture in it. Every breath (on a mirror, for example) leaves moisture.

    So if you weigh yourself before bed, don't even get up to pee at all or sweat much, you will still have lost a noticeable amount during the night. Try it.

    But yes, the minute you chug a gallon of water (dangerous and stupid), you will weigh 8lbs more... but nobody would do that because you are flushing all your electrolytes out of your system and making yourself a worse athlete/runner. Don't over drink water. It is dumb. Drink to thirst and maybe a cup extra.

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    Bad Wigins

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    2 years ago 04/04/2023 7:31pm EDT
    re: Riantherunner

    The answer is YES you would be heavier.

    If you drank 8 gallons, you would be way heavier and probably have big health issues like maybe dying. Probably not a good idea to even drink 1 gallon that fast.

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    2 years ago 04/04/2023 7:38pm EDT
    re: Riantherunner

    When you are hydrated, every cell in your body becomes better hydrated, so theoretically that would weigh more.

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    randomist

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    2 years ago 04/04/2023 8:28pm EDT
    re: rrrtty

    rrrtty wrote:

    Another reason the metric system is better - 1l water = 1kg

    What about 1 liter of pee or sweat though?

  • Since You Brought It Up

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    2 years ago 04/04/2023 8:57pm EDT
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    I suggest that you start hanging around with smarter people.

  • Bio Duder

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    2 years ago 04/04/2023 9:15pm EDT
    re: rrrtty

    rrrtty wrote:

    Another reason the metric system is better - 1l water = 1kg

    Depends on the temperature of the water, the altitude, the presence of anything dissolved in the water (minerals, salts, etc), and probably a few other factors.

  • Since You Brought It Up

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    2 years ago 04/04/2023 10:59pm EDT
    re: Bad Wigins

    Bad Wigins wrote:

    The answer is YES you would be heavier.

    If you drank 8 gallons, you would be way heavier and probably have big health issues like maybe dying.

    Probably not a good idea to even drink 1 gallon that fast.

    You need to work on your reading comprehension. No one said anything about drinking EIGHT gallons.

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    Bad Wigins

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    2 years ago 04/04/2023 11:18pm EDT
    re: Since You Brought It Up

    Since You Brought It Up wrote:

    Bad Wigins wrote:

    The answer is YES you would be heavier.

    If you drank 8 gallons, you would be way heavier and probably have big health issues like maybe dying.

    Probably not a good idea to even drink 1 gallon that fast.

    You need to work on your reading comprehension. No one said anything about drinking EIGHT gallons.

    You are stupid. Nowhere did I say I was referring to any earlier 8-gallon comment. Indeed, I went on to comment on the original topic of 1 gallon.

    I hope you never mod a forum, seeing as how your on-topic standards would nail things down to an exact number of gallons with no variation. We here are free to comment on a wide range of water volumes.

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    randomcoach

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    2 years ago 04/04/2023 11:24pm EDT
    re: Freshman 15

    Freshman 15 wrote:

    One time I bet a friend to see who could gain the most weight in an hour and I just chugged water and ate saltines and managed to gain 14 pounds in 1 hour.

    I have never pissed more than that evening. I barely slept. Pretty sure this is pretty dangerous so would not recommend others doing this but I won the bet (he just ate pizza and gained a few pounds).

    Did you intentionally dehydrate ahead of time? 14 lbs sounds extremely difficult to do and would require 1 lb saltines plus 5L of water (or some other combination).

  • I am not legend

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    2 years ago 04/04/2023 11:26pm EDT
    re: Bad Wigins

    Bad Wigins wrote:

    Since You Brought It Up wrote:

    You need to work on your reading comprehension. No one said anything about drinking EIGHT gallons.

    You are stupid. Nowhere did I say I was referring to any earlier 8-gallon comment. Indeed, I went on to comment on the original topic of 1 gallon.

    I hope you never mod a forum, seeing as how your on-topic standards would nail things down to an exact number of gallons with no variation. We here are free to comment on a wide range of water volumes.

    The Wagner group advises it's soldiers to drink about 8 gallons a day. They should be well hydrated and ready to dismantle the Finnish army in Helsinki.

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    Real Obvi

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    2 years ago 04/04/2023 11:36pm EDT
    re: Riantherunner

    Riantherunner wrote:

    I know you lose the water through pee and swear 😭. What I’m asking is when I drink water am I actually 8 pounds heavier supposing that I haven’t went for a pee or sweat the water out during that time.

    No, definitely not. As soon as you drink the water, it becomes weightless. As such, you add no weight at all by drinking the gallon of water.

    This is known as Egeland's Law.

  • Since You Brought It Up

    Anonymous Poster

    2 years ago 04/05/2023 12:09am EDT
    re: Bad Wigins

    Bad Wigins wrote:

    Since You Brought It Up wrote:

    You need to work on your reading comprehension. No one said anything about drinking EIGHT gallons.

    You are stupid. Nowhere did I say I was referring to any earlier 8-gallon comment. Indeed, I went on to comment on the original topic of 1 gallon.

    I hope you never mod a forum, seeing as how your on-topic standards would nail things down to an exact number of gallons with no variation. We here are free to comment on a wide range of water volumes.

    People can't drink 8 gallons. It won't fit in their body. So your comment was not only stupid, it's impossible.

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    2 years ago 04/05/2023 5:05am EDT
    re: Bad Wigins

    Bad Wigins wrote:

    The answer is YES you would be heavier.

    If you drank 8 gallons, you would be way heavier and probably have big health issues like maybe dying. Probably not a good idea to even drink 1 gallon that fast.

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