How do you know if you are dehydrated?

[saudades]

I always feel like I'm not getting enough water. How can you tell if you're dehydrated (but not seriously so)?

 

[ecw16]

I've had this problem before and the things I first noticed was I was always thirsty. My piss was getting darker and I was tired as shit. Ended up in the hospital getting fluid IV.

 

[Spinesplitter]

My system produces kidney stones constantly...when I saw my doctor a few years back when I was up to passing 70 or so a year and he was talking to me about keeping fluids running through my body, he said that whenever I feel thirsty even the slightest bit is actual dehydration.

I never really looked into it beyond that but according to him any time your mouth feels dry at all, your body is dehydrating.

 

[saudades]

I'm not sure if my mouth feels dry all the time, but I usually wake up with dry eyes, dry mouth and throat though that seems to go away after I wake up.

 

[Presser]

Are you cramping early in workouts? Usualy if lactic acid builds up faster then usual when working out then i know i need more fluids

 

[saudades]

Nope, I don't get cramps at all.

 

[Presser]

hmm thats weird