Mon, Jul-14-03, 06:07
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Posts: 94
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Plan: Atkins
Stats: 265/224.1/205
BF:39%/27.1%/20%
Progress: 68%
Location: Urbana, IL
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I drink as much as 300 oz of water on heavy workout days. You might consider upping yours a tad but "heavy" is a bit subjective.
One way to get extra potassium is to use something like Morton's Salt Substitute. 1/4 tsp provides about 600 mg of potassium. I can drink up to 3/8 of a tsp mixed with a packet of splenda in a 12 oz glass of water without much problem but everyone has there own taste. Just use some caution and don't go crazy with this. Potassium is a major chemical in maintaining nerve system functions and regulating heart functions. Extremes of too little or too much can have nasty consequences. :-( If you are useing a program like "FIT DAY" or "DIET POWER", adjusting potassium intake (or any other major nutrient for that matter) can be more accurately done.
That being said, I did seem to find that ensuring sufficient calcium seemed to do the trick.
BTW, in a thread on another board we had a discussion about cramps and one thing many noticed was that cramps often preceeded "da whoosh". LOL The theory we batted around was that a sudden loss of weight also flushed a lot of water out and thus electrolyts.
YMMV
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