Dryness/thirst

[albs75]

I drink a huge amount of water and have a real problem with thirst. Today is day four of Atkins and my skin is really dry feeling and I am sooooo thirsty. I almost feel like I have a hang-over. I am drinking about 15 8oz glasses a day and I am STILL thirsty.

Has anyone else had this problem? Does it normalize at some point?

[TitianWasp]

I had the exact same thing. I find it does normalize, and pretty quickly. Towards the end of induction. I think part of it is your body is producing all sorts of fascinating byproducts as it burns off your glycogen and experiments with fat for fuel. It craves extra water as it tries to flush out all those leftovers.

Hey, it's a good thing. It helps set the habit of drinking the required water.

[higgies]

Oh yeah, get used to it. After I started drinking lots of water my body just craved more more more!

[Discolemonade]

I CRAVE WATER like nothing else. It's SO GOOD NOW! I used to HATE water! What a wonderful thing!