Hey anyone have any good ideas of what to eat the day before the PRT??? Besides beer and crackers...
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Eating before the PRT
- Thread starter USFpilot06
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Do you have a huge tattoo across your chest??
so what you're saying is.... drink water?
GMan1976
Banned
yeah, so?
Yea I heard jack and coke works well too...but I don't think I wanna find out. I tried pasta last tie he night before and odly enough I about puked my brains out the next morning... I have ran a million of these things but that damn chip trail is kicking my @$$!!
I think I met you atthe pool a few weeks ago. Greg right? I'm also stationed at lovely NAS Governors Gate. Not a bad duty station. They need a Spa though...
eh it was only a matter a time before we caught up with you...
NavyLonghorn
Registered User
Powerbar and Gatorade has never done me wrong.
Actually, you can take in too much water and mess up your body's balance, but most people don't. Best way to stay hydrated is to keep drinking in AM until you pass clear fluid and then back off a bit to keep it clear.
Here it is from a more authoritative source:
The flip side of dehydration is overhydration, or simply drinking too much water too quickly. When sodium is lost in sweat and water is drunk as a replacement fluid, the sodium remaining in the blood can be diluted. Hyponatremia, or low blood sodium, generally happens after drinking too much plain water (over a quart and a half per hour) over several hours. Slightly low levels of sodium are fairly common in distance runners, and usually go unnoticed. However, the sodium level may become profoundly low in overhydration, and cause problems throughout the body. Because fluid balance is intimately tied to sodium, hyponatremia can lead to damage of certain kinds of tissues in the body. Changes are most noticeable in the nervous system, where seizures, coma, and even death can result.
Recognizing overhydration is challenging because it may appear so much like exertional heat illnesses. Early symptoms are vague, and include confusion, nausea, fatigue, muscle cramps, and weakness. Worse cases can include vomiting, muscle twitching, delirium, seizures, and coma. Differentiation from heat stroke or heat exhaustion can be difficult, even for trained medics. The main point is that heat stroke, and frequently heat exhaustion, include a high temperature, whereas overhydration does not. The final diagnosis must be made at a medical facility, where appropriate treatment can occur.
