Losing Weight and Feeling Great

Yes it’s true — drink water to lose weight.  How and why?

When you drink water to lose weight you’re doing something your body needs — hydrating it.  And when it’s fully hydrated, a couple things happen.

First, you drop your excess water weight.  You may not realize it, but you’re probably carrying around between five and ten extra pounds in water.  No it’s not fat, but it is excess weight and you may as well get rid of it!

After you drop that extra water, something else happens.  It starts with you feeling more motivated to continue your weight loss with a longer-term plan — gives you a jump-start, so to speak.  Then, it’s easier for your body to work properly when it’s well hydrated.  When your body works better, weight loss is a bit easier.

So, if you want to drink water to lose weight, how much water should you drink?  Start with a minimum of 64 ounces (8 glasses), but then move on up to drinking half your body weight in ounces.  So, if you weight 200 pounds, you need to drink 100 ounces of water per day.

Can you drink anything else?  Well….not really.  But you can dress up your water a bit.  You can use citrus (lemon and lime slices) to help.  You can also, for no more than 32 ounces a day,  Crystal Lite.  If you do use Crystal Lite, though, drink an extra glass of water on top of everything else.

Drink water and lose weight — yes, it is that simple.  But don’t think that water alone with let you make it to your long term goals.  For that you need a sensible weight loss program.

I’ve made some posts on the topic of "drink water to lose weight" and something I just read has me boiling mad.  It’s a study that shows you don’t need to drink the standard eight glasses of water a day.  Instead, just drink when you’re thirsty.

Hah!  Are they out of their minds?  Off their rocker?  In deep water without a float?

And I especially liked the bit about drinking so much water being "folklore" when it comes to dieting…and then said there was no consistent proof that it didn’t help.

I know from the way my body reacts and the way others have told me how theirs has reacted, that drinking water helps you lose water weight.  That’s right, drinking more water helps de-bloat your body.  And personally, I notice when I haven’t had at least 8 glasses of water (not juice, not soda, not coffee) that I do feel bloated.  Which is easily remedied by downing an extra glass the following day.

Yep, Drink Water to Lose Weight

The feedback is totally anecdotal, but I haven’t had anyone tell me that drinking extra water made them even more bloated.  Just don’t eat extra salt to go along with that extra water!

Granted, if your doctor has you on a restricted water regime, listen to your doctor.  I’m talking about your average woman who wants to lose weight, and especially water weight loss.

Drinking Water, Filtering Toxins & Dehydration

Kidneys.  Their job is to filter wastes from your system — its what they were made to do.  But if you aren’t drinking enough water, those toxins are sitting in your body longer than they need to.  Why not provide your kidney with enough water to get those toxins flushed!

The article also goes on about a little dehydration won’t harm you.  Sure, it may not harm you in the short run, but when you get used to being thirsty, you can drink less and less, not notice it and then do become dehydrated.  That does harm you.

And there are pills and medications that may lower your ability to feel thirst — hoodia gordinii is an excellent example.

I could go on and on.  If you want to check it out, here’s the article
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You know, there are times when science isn’t the be-all and end-all.  In my opinion, this is one of those times.