older women dehydration issues?

[Melalvai]

I keep putting in a word for V8 because it has potassium as well as sodium. Quite a lot of both-- more than gatorade (per volume). Also it doesn't have the sugar of sports drinks & gels etc. I suspect sugar may throw off the osmotic balance as well.

[snapdragen]

I'll second the V8, I used to down a couple of little cans right after finishing a long training walk (in my short-lived endurance walking career).

Mimi, I know it's a pain having to get up in the middle of the night to pee, but it sounds like you need to drink a bit more in the evenings.

[Biciclista]

nuun is not sugary, it is sweetened with sorbitol. I like some of the V8 drinks, just didn't have them yesterday.

[shootingstar]

Hope you find a solution, Mimi.

There is a big difference between Vancouver (where I am now) and Calgary, Alberta (where I will go back soon). In latter city, I make sure I wear chapstick even in warm weather. I drink twice as much water compared to Vancouver.

I get paranoid of having my water bottle stolen at the wrong time during a bike ride .. and I have had this happen twice in each Vancouver, Toronto.

[Biciclista]

stolen? who would steal a water bottle? After some big rides I've seen lots of bottles on the road, they bounce off your bikes! but i would be afraid to be without water too...

[shootingstar]

ONe bottle had Kauai marked on it -I did get it from Hawaii. Another had the logo of a women's cycling group that belonged to.

[OakLeaf]

I wish I'd had you gals to figure it out for me when it first started happening to me 20 years ago. I spent literally 15 years thinking it was primary dehydration, including the time I wound up on an IV when it never occurred to the ER doctors either...

[Biciclista]

um, Oakleaf, what do you mean?

[Biciclista]

sigh, Snap, i think you're right.



I still don't know what a Podium Bottle is. ok, ok, i'll google it. ok, i googled it. It just looks like a water bottle.