Can one drink too much water?

Question

Drank 1 gallon of wather today.

Is that too much? It has been spread over 7 hours.

Answer 1

No.

Answer 2

There was a contest for who could drink the most water without going to the bathroom, and that was defiantly a problem.  Just make sure you go to the bathroom. lol. :D

And that gallon shouldn't be a big issue if any.

Answer 3

It is all right as long as you are spreading it out throughout the day, and peeing it out.

If you drink anymore though, it could thin your blood.

Answer 4

You can drink too much water. However, if it is spread out during the course of the day it will only make you have to pee more. The only problems result from when a large quantity of water is consumed very quickly. It can throw off your electrolytes. In the rare cases that this happens most healthy people won't be that bad off. In severe cases is when it can cause death.

However, a gallon is not bad for a person for an entire day. You have always heard drink 8 glasses of water a day. That is good but not always accurate. That is at least what we need. To be properly hydrated we need 1 ounce for every 2 pounds of body weight. We also need 8 ounces for every 20 minutes of exercise. For those that their weight would calculate to less than 8 glasses they should still consume 8 glasses a day.

Answer 5

if your is not used to have so much water u may have a seizure

Answer 6

6-8 glasses of water /day or up to 10glasses (8oz glasses)

but YES you can drink TOO much water, and that can lead to problems*

Answer 7

Yes, one can drink too much water and get very sick from it.

It's called 'water intoxication' - or "HYPONATREMIA".

It's not likely that you will get this from just a gallon over 7 hours.  Just monitor your urine output.  

In the future, you just be careful about drinking so much.  Drink when you are thirsty and double up if you are going to be doing more excercise or yard work than normal.

Answer 8

Yes too much water can be deadly.  Remember when the Wii first came out and they had a water drinking competition to win one somewhere out east.  Anyway, the girl died from drinking too much water way to fast.  

But you are fine, my boss used to drink 2 gallons of water a day to lose weight.

Answer 9

no thats not to much but it is possible to get very sick if you drink a whole gallon of water and dont pee it out!!!