I’m (f,27) very bad at keeping my body hydrated. On most days, if I add up everything I drink — including water and coffee — I probably only reach around 0.5 to 1.25 liters in total. I know that’s not much, but the problem is that I almost never feel thirsty, so drinking just doesn’t cross my mind most of the time. Hours can pass before I realize I haven’t had anything to drink.
Since January, I’ve been trying to lose weight and build healthier habits. I’ve been pretty consistent with my routine: I make sure to get around 10,000 steps a day, and I also track my calories to stay in a deficit. Despite that, the progress has been extremely slow, which has been a bit frustrating. I expected it to be gradual, but sometimes it feels like the scale barely moves even when I’m doing everything “right.”
Recently someone mentioned that my very low fluid intake might be part of the reason my weight loss is slower than expected. That made me wonder if drinking so little could really have that big of an effect. I always assumed that as long as I’m in a calorie deficit, weight loss should still happen regardless of how much I drink.
So now I’m curious: can being chronically under-hydrated actually slow down weight loss significantly, even if you’re eating fewer calories than you burn? Or is it more likely that the slow progress is just normal and unrelated to how much I drink? š
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