I was drinking 2+ liters a day. It's not that simple. If ones overall hydration level gradually drops into the acute dehydration zone, and you're losing the same amount you drink, you're hovering in the dehydrated zone. It's kinda like driving your car keeping no more than 2 gallons of gas in the tank. It's not simply consumption rate. If you want endurance you also need to "fill the tank". I wasn't born with a "water level gauge".
Contributing to the problem is that I'd spent most the pandemic living in the high desert of the western Rockies above 7000 ft elevation and am quite active. I've upped my water intake to 3 liters per day.
If you suspected that, why did you not increase your water intake?
I was drinking 2+ liters a day. It's not that simple. If ones overall hydration level gradually drops into the acute dehydration zone, and you're losing the same amount you drink, you're hovering in the dehydrated zone. It's kinda like driving your car keeping no more than 2 gallons of gas in the tank. It's not simply consumption rate. If you want endurance you also need to "fill the tank". I wasn't born with a "water level gauge".
Contributing to the problem is that I'd spent most the pandemic living in the high desert of the western Rockies above 7000 ft elevation and am quite active. I've upped my water intake to 3 liters per day.
Wow. That's a frustrating problem! Still, the Rockies, the views, the lovely outdoors.... Almost worth it?
True. Not many places IтАЩd rather be. The colder half of the year (now) IтАЩm in SE Asia. My situation is ideal for becoming dehydrated. ЁЯдк