Calculating Your Water Intake Requirements

26 Jan Calculating Your Water Intake Requirements

Chetan Patel

Calculating Your Water Intake Requirements

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You can follow a very simple process to estimate how much water you need to consume on a daily basis.

First, you need to determine your weight. Your water intake requirements will vary according to how much you weigh; specifically, the heavier you are, the more water you need to drink.

Second, you should multiply your weight by 2/3 to calculate how much water you need to drink on a daily basis. For example, if you weigh 160 pounds, the calculation will be as follows:

160 × 2/3 = 107 ounces (3.15 liters) of water per day.

Next, you will need to take into consideration how much you work out as water will leave your body through sweat when you engage in exercise. You should add an additional 12 ounces of water per day for every 30 minutes you exercise. As such, if you exercise for 75 minutes every day, the calculation is as follows:

75 / 30 × 12 = 30 ounces of additional water per day.

So, according to our example, the total amount of water you should consume if you weigh 160 pounds and exercise for 75 minutes on a daily basis is as follows:

107 ounces + 30 ounces = 137 ounces of water per day.

You should bear in mind the fact that these are not hard-and-fast numbers. You should consume water according to your thirst levels.