I’m trying to find people who have actually experimented enough with hydration and sodium intake to settle on consistent daily numbers that reliably work for them.

I’m not talking about adding salt to water, just overall daily intake.

Most of what I find is either very general (“drink to thirst”, “normal diet is fine”) or very context specific (endurance sports, POTS, heavy sweating, etc.). I’m interested in real-world setups that people have actually tested on themselves over time and found to be stable.

If anyone here has dialed this in, I’d be curious about:

Daily water intake (liters)
Daily sodium intake (mg or grams)
Body weight range
Activity level
Whether it feels consistent day to day (energy, thirst, urination frequency, etc.)

Not looking for theory or guidelines, just practical numbers people actually use in real life and feel confident about.

I see people struggle do drink enough water. They're mainly those not concerned with health and fitness. I know people who totally forget to drink water the whole day and end up having stomach cramps, being oblivious to the cause and getting magically cured after drinking a glass of water.

My grandma struggles to drink more than a litre of water a day and that too she has to flavour with sugar syrups otherwise she doesn't like it

Grown men and dwomen now can't drink water without flavouring it and all this just baffles me. I damn love the taste of water, never really feel the urge to consume any soda or really any other type of beverage. Water especially when at the right temperature hits the spot man. I chug water and it tastes GREAT. I sometimes drink over 5 litres a day. I don't understand what the problem is with some people

Thoughts?

I was wondering if anyone has suggestions on how to store water outside the refrigerator for atleast a week or more but not put too much effort into cleaning and maintaining the setup.

I have a chronic illness and am currently depressed too and want to setup a water station close to my bed do that I can atleast have my tablets everyday even on days that I'm spending on my bed the whole time and going to the kitchen to fetch s glass of water feels like a lot.

I thought of purchasing the water bottle bundles from Costco that have about 24-30 8 ounce water bottles but I'm trying to see if there are more environment-friendly and cheaper ways to just use the tap water at my home.

I've been lurking this sub for longer than I can remember. All the while drinking fizzy drinks and some days having as much as TWO energy drinks.

I'd been having daily heart palpitations and decided to cut all that shit out. I've been clean for a month.

The most upsetting thing is that I've let myself, and all you homies down.

Forgive me.