- Hungry: When you don’t drink enough water, your body is telling you that something is missing, which is why many people mistake that empty feeling for hunger.
- Feeling weak: Dehydration can raise your blood sugar since the sugar in your circulation becomes more concentrated. This is why you may feel weak and even get the shakes when you don’t drink enough water.
Most adults should drink 6 to 8 ounce glasses of water per day. Depending on your weight, you may need more water and there’s an easy way of calculating how much water you really need. You multiply your weight by 0.5 and that should calculate how many ounces of water you need each day. Depending on how much you exercise will also affect the amount of water that you should be drinking. You have to remember that when you exercise you sweat, so you’re losing water. It’s recommended that you drink 12 ounces of water for every 30 minutes you work out. Being dehydrated all the time can also have long-term effects, such as dry skin, which can cause wrinkles–not to mention that you can strain your vital organs that need water to function.
