Badger1777
Green Belt
Hello all.
A hopefully simple question: How do you stay hydrated? I don't mean the obvious, ie just drink plenty. That doesn't work for me. I have to drink way more than the recommended amounts, and more frequently too. I sweat too much. I seem to be completely unable to retain water at any rate that might be called normal. instead, even when I'm not even pushing myself really hard, ie when my breathing is a bit faster and deeper than at rest, but I'm not out of breath, yet I'll just gush sweat, dehydrate, go a bit faint, and have to make a conscious effort to remind myself to drink more often than most people need to, otherwise, as once actually happened, there is a risk I will just pass out and collapse.
I've been tested for diabetes and had blood tests for all sorts (I've spoke to the doctors about this), and been told that I'm medically fit, I just need to drink more.
A hopefully simple question: How do you stay hydrated? I don't mean the obvious, ie just drink plenty. That doesn't work for me. I have to drink way more than the recommended amounts, and more frequently too. I sweat too much. I seem to be completely unable to retain water at any rate that might be called normal. instead, even when I'm not even pushing myself really hard, ie when my breathing is a bit faster and deeper than at rest, but I'm not out of breath, yet I'll just gush sweat, dehydrate, go a bit faint, and have to make a conscious effort to remind myself to drink more often than most people need to, otherwise, as once actually happened, there is a risk I will just pass out and collapse.
I've been tested for diabetes and had blood tests for all sorts (I've spoke to the doctors about this), and been told that I'm medically fit, I just need to drink more.