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.: Importance of Water Intake for Weight Loss


Water, Weight & Fluid Retention 
Our body is made up of about 60 to 70 percent water. Blood is mostly water, and so are our muscles, lungs, and brain. Water is needed to regulate our body temperature and to provide the means for nutrients to be carried through our blood stream and be supplied to our body organs and tissues for energy. Water also transports oxygen to our cells, removes waste, and provides lubrication to our joints and organs.

Water Intake and Weight Management 
Water plays a major role in weight loss and also in weight maintenance. Water suppresses the appetite and helps the body metabolize stored fat. As we know, the role of the kidneys in the body is to flush out extra water along with toxic urea in the form of urine. However, the kidneys cannot function properly without enough water in the body. In that situation, the function of the kidneys is passed on to liver. In the event when liver gets busy playing some of kidneys' roles, it cannot complete its own primary function, which is to burn fat. Thereby, the fat metabolism goes down and the body tends to gain extra weight. Ample amount of daily water intake keeps kidneys and liver to function to their fullest and thereby helps with weight management.

Water Intake and Fluid Retention 
Often times, people correlate water intake with fluid retention. That is, they avoid drinking water for the fear of fluid retention in their body. But the fact of the matter is that more water you drink, more weight you lose and it also helps the body get rid of extra fluid retained. In the lack of water intake, body tends to store every single drop perceiving it as a threat to survival. Water is stored in the extra cellular spaces (the space between cells). This extra storage of water outside the body cells shows up a signs of swelling that is reflected in legs, feet and hands. On the other hand, when the water intake in the body is appropriate, the water handling process (utilization and excretion) is normalized leading to a loss of fluid retention.

How much water we need to drink? 
In general, a water intake of about 72 ounces per day is recommended for adults. To determine the amount of water you should be drinking every day, you can go with this simple rule: half of your body weight in ounces. That is, for a person weight 150 pounds, he/she should drink at least 75 ounce of water every day. In general, 75 ounce is equal to 6-7 big glasses.

Good Sources of Water 
The best source of water is the real water, as Mother Nature designed it for us. You can drink water directly from the faucet or use bottled water sold in the stores. Bottled mineral waters are fine as well, but be careful as they can contribute a significant amount of sodium in your daily intake

Bad Sources of Water 
Soft drinks, alcoholic beverages, and other caffeinated drinks are not ideal replacement of the real water that your body needs on a daily basis. They are loaded with high amounts of sugar that converts into fat in the body leading to weight gain.

Call to Action 
1. Based on your current body weight, determine how much water you need to drink on a daily basis, based on the formula given above. 
2. Stop or at least limit your consumption of soft drinks and alcoholic beverages.
Dr. PJ Prakash has a Ph.D. in Nutrition from the Univ. of Rhode Island (USA). To learn about nutritional weight loss, stop by his site where you can find out all about best nutrition to lose weight.

.: Drinking Water and Weight Loss - What You Should Know


This article is about the importance of drinking water for weight loss and your well-being.
How much you weigh will depend on how much water you need to drink. Also you need to take into account how much you exercise you take and whether you live in a hot or cold environment. Obviously you sweat more and lose fluid if you become hot and therefore you need to drink to replace that fluid. Drink too much water and it will be excreted naturally. Drink too little and you will become dehydrated leading to a loss of good well-being. Nature is very good at letting us know how much water to drink-our urine should normally be pale yellow, if it's dark- drink more and regularly throughout the day. When first dieting you will initially lose fluid, so you need to replace this before you start burning fat/calories.
Drinking water for weight loss can suppress appetite naturally. Many studies prove that people will eat less if they drink water half an hour before a meal-either one medium-sized glass or a large glass.
Drinking water and weight loss is also great for getting rid of toxins that can build up in the body. In dieting extra calories are being burned which can create a build up of toxins and waste.
When dieting people tend to eat and drink less thinking this will help to lose weight quicker, however drinking less can cause water retention as the body will hold onto the water it does get which can cause swollen ankles, hands, feet and all extremities. It can also cause urinary infections as the body is not able to get rid of toxins built up in the kidneys and bladder. Drinking sufficient water will eliminate this. Also drinking enough water will boost well-being as dehydration zaps you of energy and slows down fat burning.
Drinking sufficient water will then naturally lead you to be able to be more efficient at exercise as you will have more energy and better recovery thus being able to exercise for longer and burn more calories.
Drinking water for weight loss will also aid to ease constipation which can be another problem when first dieting-especially with some of the diets that are high in protein.
Fluid is the lubricant to all parts of the body and drinking plenty of water should help towards regular bowel movements and prevent constipation. Any diet should include plenty of fibre and water is needed to move this through the body especially when drinking water for weight loss.
Drinking cold water between meals regularly should increase the burning of calories as the body burns extra calories to warm up the water as it enters your body. Also remember that there are no calories in just plain water! Plain water is probably better as carbonated water can leave you feeling bloated and other juices or flavoured water can contain hidden calories-always check the labels.
When drinking water for weight loss you should remember also that should you feel thirsty you are already starting to become dehydrated. Drinking water regularly throughout the day should eliminate this and keep you feeling well. You may feel you are hungry when you are dehydrated when in fact you are just thirsty. Drink a large glass of water and after half an hour you are still hungry then perhaps you need a healthy low-calorie snack as well. But very often you may just be needing fluid not food.
This article was written by Alex Boylin, who lives in the UK. If you found this article helpful, you might like to read Alex's other articles here at Ezine and his eBook "The Truth About Weight Loss" which can be found here http://www.quickandeasyweightlossme.com

.: Fast Weight Loss Is More Water Than Fat


A lot of people want to lose weight in the quickest way possible and are often fascinated when they use a weight loss product or service that produces a rapid weight loss in the first few days or weeks. While it might be appealing to think that they are at last on the right track and that they will finally be able to stick to it and lose unwanted body weight, there is however a flip-side to this rapid weight loss experienced.
After experiencing the initial rapid weight loss, it is too often the case that a lot of dieters who make use of such quick fat reduction products find that they simply start losing hope as their fat loss rate almost always grinds to a snail pace. And while it might be great if all the bodyweight reduction experienced during the initial phase of the diet program was actually from body fat, the fact is that this is not the case.
The truth of the matter is this - losing body weight is actually easy, but losing body fat is not as easy as it might seem. It would also not be an exaggeration to say that a lot of diet promoters are pretty much aware of this fact but somehow intentionally fail or refuse to enlighten dieters about this weight loss phenomenon.
This is what is actually happening. A great percentage of the weight lost during the early phase of virtually any weight loss program is mostly due to water loss from body tissues because water forms part of every single cell in the human body. In fact, fat-free mass is 70-75% water, and body fat is just about 10-40% water.
Due to the reduction of calorie intake during the early periods of using any weight loss product and in particular those especially designed to "supposedly" facilitate quick fat reduction, the body is forced to release and burn its stored glycogen for energy fuel. Glycogen is essentially made up of 75% water and 25% glucose and therefore when glucose is metabolized, water is largely produced as a by-product.
Consequently, about 75% of the weight lost during this initial rapid bodyweight reduction is mostly from lean body mass (muscle and water) and 25% from unwanted body fat. Normally, for every gram of glycogen that is burned, the body loses about 4 or 5 grams of weight. When body water is lost in this way, and due to the fact that water is heavy, the drop in pounds is easily noticed on the scale.
It is only when the body's glycogen stores become significantly depleted that the body begins to burn fat for energy. However, each gram of fat has about twice the calorie content of 1 gram of glycogen and therefore it would require burning double the amount of calories needed to lose 1 gram of glycogen to lose 1 gram of fat.
Therefore, since fat contains only about 10-40% water, when the body moves into the fat burning phase of a weight loss program, the bathroom scale tends to be much slower than when glycogen was being burnt for energy at the beginning of the diet.
Taking into account the aforementioned points, it is unfortunate to note that there are actually some weight loss programs that in an attempt to show prompt results incorporate the use of diuretics to give the illusion of weight loss. Diuretics, both drugs and diuretic herbs, promote body water loss through the kidneys. Apart from these diet programs leading to body water loss which easily shows up on the bathroom, the dieter risks getting dehydrated.
Equally, be it a conventional diet, a fad diet, or a diet pill, the early rapid bodyweight reduction effect mostly likely to be experienced is virtually the same - body water loss. However, diets that employ have severe caloric restrictions or that are high in protein can significantly increase this effect.
Actually, the natural course of weight loss is to experience a quick loss of weight resulting from the loss of water from body tissues which is then subsequently followed by a significant slowdown in fat loss as the body now switches to burning its fat stores to meet it energy needs. After the initial rapid bodyweight reduction phase of a weight loss program, the rate of further healthy fat loss should be somewhere around 1-2 pounds per week, or slightly more depending on the individual's make-up.
Therefore when a diet plan or some other fat reduction program claims to have the ability to help you lose as much as 10-30 pounds of body weight within a questionable period of time, say 1 week, you now have an idea of what you are up against. You simply can't burn fat that easily, instead you will be losing your body water.
When dieters have a proper understanding of the body weight they are more likely to shed during the early days of a diet program, their focus and expectations will not be unnecessarily raised as they now understand just where they are and what to expect.
Understanding the little intricacies involved in losing weight such as the body water loss concept above, helps dieters to be far better poised to set realistic fat reduction goals. This allows for a design of a fat reduction plan that anticipates how to handle situations and other inevitable minor setbacks that test the dieter's resolve without him or her feeling unnecessarily discouraged.
A sensible and long-term focused weight loss program should therefore target body fat loss instead of concentrating solely on scale weight loss. For successful and long-term weight loss, there is the need for an individual to make some positive and permanent changes in his or her lifestyle such as the incorporation of a calorie-controlled diet with regular physical exercise.
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.: Weight Loss - Is Water Good Or Bad For Losing Weight?


Water has a mixed reputation with regards to weight loss. Some weight watchers try to loose weight both by restricting liquid intake and simultaneously sweating it out in a sauna or through exercise. After all, the reasoning goes, 70% of the human body is made of water. Going by Pareto's Law (commonly known as the 80/20 rule), it logically follows that the easiest way to lose weight is by getting rid of some of this water.
This is an unfortunate fallacy. After all, Mother Nature took many thousands of years to evolve the modern human body, and every percent of water in it serves a necessary function. So much so, that the condition where the human body does not have enough water in it has a special name: "dehydration".
In fact, if you think about it, losing weight by losing water does not make sense. Just losing water does not reduce your fat quotient. After all, the main point of losing weight is to look better and to fit into slimmer and better looking clothes. Losing water does not do that at all. On the contrary, your body shape remains the same while you look even worse. Apart from that, you cannot maintain that state of dehydration for very long before your body collapses on you.
So, what does all this water in the human body do? Why is water even more necessary to your body than food?
  1. Water regulates your body temperature, directly through sweat, and indirectly through the blood vessels near the surface of your skin. When you are hot, you sweat, and your surface blood vessels expand. This carries heat from the inside of the body to be released outside the body.
  2. Water is also the basic fluid medium for all the body's processes. This water is a critical component of your blood, and other bodily fluids. It transports the fuel and other basic building blocks to the cells which need them. It flushes and transports the resultant garbage out of the cells to the various organs of elimination prior to final removal from your body.
  3. Your brain needs water, and in fact contains water in practically the same proportion as milk. In the right proportions, this water in your brain enables you to think. If you have any doubts, try dehydrating yourself before you do something mentally strenuous like a maths test. You will find it rather difficult to think straight.
  4. While all the above are good and sufficient reasons why water is important to you in general, here is the reason why water is important to you in losing weight - you need to have enough moisture in your tissues to break down and burn up fat. In other words, no water also means no fat loss.
Now, having said all that, it is possible to have too much water in your body. Mind you, you do not end up in this waterlogged condition by drinking too much water. It is just not possible. No, any excess water you drink is excreted as urine. However, an imbalanced diet can cause you to have too much water in your body: 
  1. Not enough protein. When protein is severely restricted (e.g. in some high-carb diet plans), water tends to accumulate in the tissues and make them puffy.
  2. Too much (common) salt. Internally, your fluid economy is something like an ocean, in that it contains mineral salts in approximately the same proportions as the seven seas. Imagine that one surplus teaspoonful of salt holds seventy teaspoons of water, and you may find yourself more motivated to cut down on salt in your cooking. Unless there is water retention, however, or some heart or kidney condition, it is not necessary to restrict salt too severely in your diet.
Now you know where water stands in relation to your weight loss. Just drink water normally, eat enough protein, and cut down on your salt.
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.: Water Retention in Women - Weight Loss Tips


Water retention in women is the cause of many health-related problems, including high blood pressure, PMS, and even certain pregnancy issues. Worse, it makes it nearly impossible to lose weight on a diet or fitness routine! Asian women have used various techniques to battle water retention for generations, and today we're going to talk about a few of them to help you burn fat and lose weight fast!
Water Retention in Women
As women we tend to suffer from the effects of water retention around the time our menstrual cycle hits each month. It actually makes up one of the worst parts of PMS, occurring the week before our actual period takes place.
Hormones are to blame (as they are for most problems in our lives unfortunately), and fluctuations in our estrogen levels turn on production of a hormone called "aldosterone". Aldosterone then causes our kidneys to retain fluids throughout the body, and we see a sudden gain in water weight quickly.
Most of this water weight is affected by gravity, which is why many of you suffer from swollen knees and legs during this time. Pain, discomfort, and inconvenience all add up to a tough time for anyone going through this tough condition.
Natural Cures Help
The first thing we can do to get rid of excess water is cut back on the foods and ingredients that accelerate and increase its retention within our bodies.
Number one on this list is salt, or sodium. Salt forces the body to retain water at an amazing rate, up to TEN TIMES its own weight for every gram we eat! Amazing!
Use natural substitutes like additional spices or even pepper to cut back on salt as much as possible whenever you start to see the signs of water retention.
Another food that can help us lean out a bit is the enjoyable banana! Asian women have used bananas as a home remedy against water retention for as long as I can remember, my own Grandmother swore by them when I was a child.
The reason they work so well has to do with the presence of potassium, which helps eliminate fluid retention. Eat two bananas a day and watch the water fly away! If you don't have any bananas, or if you don't like how they taste, try raisins instead as they can also serve the same purpose.
If You're Really in Pain
Like all swelling, a good ten minutes of treatment with a ziplock bag full of ice (wrapped in a towel) can reduce inflammation dramatically and ease the pressure of knees, ankles, and feet. If however you are suffering from a diabetic condition please check with your family physician before performing any ice-related treatment.
Natural diuretics, or foods that help you get rid of water from your system, can also help in a pinch. Cranberry juice is excellent for this purpose, as is cabbage or coleslaw.
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.: Water and Weight Loss Go Together


How often have you felt sluggish and lacked any energy and wondered what caused that feeling?
It could be the lack of cool drinking water. According to recent research, we are a nation are chronically dehydrated.
We just don't replace the water we lose daily. Daily, we lose at least 10 cups of water through breathing, invisible perspiration and urination. Most reports you read suggest that you should drink between 6 and 8 glasses of water per day. At that rate, if you do a little extra exercise or you're doing hard physical work, you are not even going to replace the water you lost during the day.
The good news is, if you drink about six 8- to 12-once glasses of cold water every day, you can rev up fat burning while boosting your energy.
There are a lot of people that don't drink extra water while trying to lose weight. They fear that the water will add to their weight instead of helping them lose the pounds. The truth is you need to drink water to lose water and burn off those pounds. When your body needs water it sends out signals. What you may perceive as hunger could in fact actually be your body asking for more water. The irony of this is that if you don't drink enough water, your body will work to retain the water it does have. The ideal water and weight loss plan is to flush out the old fluids that will carry with it the toxic wastes your body produces,with new fluids. The new fluids will help rev up your energy while helping to regulate body temperature.
"Drinking generous amounts of water is by far the number one way to head off food cravings and reduce appetite" says George Blackburn, MD, associate professor at Harvard Medical School.
There are many other liquids that you can drink to replace the water loss. One of the front runners at this time is Green Tea, hot or iced. To enjoy the benefits of Green Tea, learn to drink it without adding a lot of sugar or sugar substitutes.
To make your drinking water more enjoyable, you might add a squeeze of lime, lemon or orange.
When using water and weight loss together, you will get the best fat burning results if you drink your water ice cold. The latest reports available show that the body burns calories as it warms ice water up to the body temperature of 98.6F.
It isn't much, but a few calories lost every time you drink water is a win-win for you.
When we start a diet, the first thing we find is a long list of all the things that we must give up, to reach our goals.
Water is not on the list, in fact, for best results, we need to increase the amount of water we drink every day. Make it your goal to increase the amount you drink and enjoy the new found energy.
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.: How to Lose Water Weight - 5 Tips


Retaining excess water can make you feel bloated. It can also make your wrists, ankles, hands and feet swell and your face look puffy. Sure, you have probably learned that the best way to lose water weight is actually to drink more water. This is absolutely true. In fact, water weight is usually a sign that your body is "scared" to lose any more water and as a countermeasure is retaining it like a camel. The thing is, you are not a camel!
Here are 5 tips for fine-tuning your water weight loss plan:
Tip #1: Get a 32 oz. or 64 oz. refillable container: 
You can find these little babies for very cheap at almost any discount or sporting goods store and they come in all kinds of cool designs. Buy them not for their cool designs, however, but rather for their amazing capacity: you can really put a lot of water into these things. And, unlike a conventional cup, their portable design encourages you to carry them wherever you go. If you drink just 1 - 2 of these mega-containers' worth of water each day, your body will start shedding the excess water that it has been holding onto for dear life for so long.
Tip #2: Add a little lemon or lime: 
To your mega-container, add a squeeze or two of lemon or lime. These citrus fruits act as natural diuretics, and their refreshing taste makes the water go down that much easier.
Tip #3: Eat lower sodium foods: 
Sodium and water weight go hand-in-hand. When you drink more water, your body is freed to release some of its sodium stores. Conversely, when you switch to a lower sodium diet, your body will tend to store less excess water. Bonus tip: cutting down on diet sodas will cut your sodium intake significantly.
Tip #4: Try a natural diuretic: 
Diuretics help your body flush water weight. But prescription diuretics can be rather harsh on your system and often cause intense diarrhea. Try a natural diuretic such as an herbal-based one for a gentler, healthier experience of forcing that excess water out of your body.
Tip #5: Sprinkle in some exercise: 
Yes, that weight loss panacea, exercise, comes in handy for helping you to lose water weight, too. Bonus tip: choose exercises that work the areas of your body (e.g., wrists or ankles) that need the most help in losing water.
Drinking more water is the cornerstone to a water weight loss strategy. Adding a bit of citrus to your water, taking natural diuretics, eating a low sodium diet, and doing concentrated exercises can also help you shed that weight. Losing water weight is the first step to looking sexy and feeling great with a comprehensive weight loss plan.
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.: Weight Loss Wars - Is Drinking Enough Water the Secret Weapon?


Could drinking water be your key to weight loss? Water is a basic building block of life. We can't live without it, yet many of us go through the day without drinking enough of it, leaving us partially dehydrated. But drinking water is great for your body and can be a key weapon in the war to lose weight
Water: It's Everywhere
Water is part of every cell in the body and over half your body is made up of it. Cells depend on it to more nutrients in and out of the bloodstream, the blood depends on it for volume and our kidneys use it to filter out toxins from the body. Without water, the body will begin to shut down. A person can survive for weeks without food, living off the fat stores, but without water, your body goes haywire in just a few days.
Water: Can Help You Lose Weight
A lack of water in our bodies is called dehydration. If you wait until you are thirsty to drink, you've waited to long. Not drinking enough water can cause you to feel lightheaded or nauseous. Sometimes we even mistake hunger for thirst, eating something - usually something bad for us, when a simple drink of water would have had us feeling much better.
By keeping you body optimally hydrated, you can prevent these feelings of hunger. If you drink enough water, your mind will be able to differentiate between signs of fake hunger and real hunger. Filling yourself up with water will also help prevent overeating, since some of your "empty" space will be filled with calorie free water. Your brain and stomach will be able to work better together, communicating about when you're really full, so you won't stumble into the trap of overeating - and gaining needless weight.
How Much Water is Needed?
What is the proper amount of water to drink? The old guideline used to be eight glasses of water a day for the average person. However if you are larger than the average person, or if you are more active, you may need more water than this. The average female should shoot for 10 glasses of water a day, though most of us can drink even more. A good rule of thumb is to focus on replacing what you've lost from urinating or sweating. Replace cup for cup to meet your basic needs but drink even more to get the weight loss benefits of water. Sparkling water or adding a squeeze of lemon can also make plain water more interesting.
Can drinking water help you lose weight? Absolutely. Just focus on drinking plenty of it to help hydrate your body and control food cravings. Water truly does your body good.
Andrea Stein is the founder of HotMamaSecrets.com, a beauty, health and wellness resource for moms. Discover how to unleash your Inner HotMama today.

.: Tips to Easily Increase Water Consumption for Weight Loss

Beyond its role in general health and vitality, when you are trying to lose weight, providing your body with sufficient amounts of water on a daily basis has a very significant role to play in helping you achieve your weight loss goals and it is actually considered to be a must.

While it might be true that we get water from food and might therefore not really need to drink quite so much, however when it comes to trying to lose weight there is the actual need to drink much more amounts of water. This is why it is generally recommended that dieters try as much as possible to drink at least eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day. Drinking this amount of water per day is considered by most dietitians and nutritionists to be optimal for weight loss, proper digestive functioning and also the provision of extra energy.
Drinking enough water facilitates weight loss through several mechanisms amongst which are:
  • Suppression of hunger
  • Improvement in overall metabolism
  • Improvement in digestive health and prevention of constipation
  • Detoxification of the body through removal of metabolic wastes
  • Reduction of stress and its related cravings and abdominal weight gain
While most people might consider drinking eight 8-ounces glasses of water per day to be a lot of water to drink, the truth is that this does not have to be done at once.

Tips for Drinking More Water

Hereunder listed are some tips to help you make drinking more water easier so as to take full advantage of the benefits of using water as a weight loss adjuvant.
  1. Try to avoid drinking too much water with your meals as it may interfere with the proper digestion of the meal. One or two glasses at each meal should be okay.

  2. Make it a habit to drink at least two glasses of water when you get out of bed in the morning to help suppress your appetite and thereby reduce your calorie intake during breakfast. However, always remember that it is very important to eat a healthy breakfast.

  3. Spread your water intake throughout the course of your day. For instance, you can select 3-4 times during the day when you drink a full glass of water and other times when you just take sips.

  4. Ensure to sip your water rather than gulping the whole thing down at once.

  5. If you find it difficult drinking ordinary tepid or ice water, you can try giving it a natural astringent flavor by adding a splash of lemon or lime juice.

  6. If you'd like to, you can equally count non-caffeinated herbal tea - green or white tea, fruit or vegetable juice, or soups as part of your daily water intake. However, you must ensure to add their respective calorie values to your total daily calorie intake.

  7. Water is best absorbed when it is drunk warm or at room temperature. When it is too hot or too cold, water can impair digestion and affect the fragile digestive linings. Since the body usually burns extra calories to heat up ice water to room temperature before it can use it, and moderately warm water inhibits the body from unnecessarily retaining tissue fluid, you should endeavor to alternate the use of ice cold and warm water as much as possible.
In summary, drinking adequate amount of water will help you to suppress your appetite, increase your energy levels and also boost your metabolism and fat burning capability. Taking into cognizance the fact that water has absolutely no calories, you can now better appreciate why it should become an integral part of any sensible weight loss initiative.

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.: Water and Weight Loss - How Much Water Do I Need To Drink

Making sure to drink enough water is one of the most basic and simple things to do to maintain a healthy body and also aid weight loss but unfortunately, many people today go around chronically dehydrated and always feeling tired and hungry.

Although the benefits of water in aiding weight loss are often overlooked by many people seeking to lose weight, the fact as it stands today is that it is not that you have to but that you "must" drink sufficient amount of water if you are really serious about losing weight.

Essentially, water helps you lose weight through several mechanisms amongst which are: assisting with proper food digestion; aiding in detoxification of the body; increasing metabolism; suppression of appetite; and also the prevention of body water retention.

Although some people have come to realize the importance of drinking sufficient amount of water in their bid to lose weight, many simply have no idea about how much water they need to drink and therefore fail to drink an adequate amount on a daily basis to reap the benefits of this regimen.

How Much Water Is Enough?

Failing to regularly drink sufficient amount of water can lead to dehydration with symptoms such as thirst, dark and reduced urinary output, dry mouth, lightheadedness and poor concentration, dizziness, and headaches.

However, consuming excessive amounts of water can lead to a condition known as hyper-hydration which can be fatal if it degenerates to hyponatremia - a situation where the sodium levels of the body becomes too diluted. The goal of rehydrating yourself should therefore be to drink just about enough water to replace any amount lost to perspiration.

Also, a number of factors have to be taken into consideration when determining the daily amount of water that needs to be consumed for optimal weight loss, proper digestive function, and provision of extra energy. Some of these factors include your exercise and fitness level; temperature of the environment, whether cold or hot; your diet, whether it is high in fruits that have high water content; your body size and fat composition; and if you have any special condition such as a kidney problem, diarrhea or fever.
The generally recommended amount of water to drink is about eight 8-ounce glasses of water per day and which is considered by most dietitians and nutritionists to be a reasonable starting point. However, to achieve significant weight loss considering the above mentioned points, it is highly recommended to drink about 250ml of water per 10 kilograms of body weight per day. There is also the recommendation of simply aiming to drink between 1.5 to 2.0 liters of water per day.

To make it easier to drink this volume of water daily, it is best to try spacing out the intake over the course of your regular day. However, you will need to give yourself some time to adjust to the regimen because when you increase your daily water intake, the hypersensitivity of the bladder to increased body fluids will make you to start frequenting the bathroom as your body begins to flush out its stored water content.

Once this can be developed as a routine and your body gets to its breakthrough point and stops flushing out its stored water, drinking this amount of water eventually become a second nature.

Water and Other Beverages

Although it is a fact that you can get water by consuming fruit juice, soft drinks, and either coffee or tea, there is equally the fact that they contain substances such as simple sugars and caffeine.

Apart from the fact that most beverages contain extra calories that need to be factored into your overall daily calorie consumption, there is also the problem of most of these beverages making you lose your taste for water. Consequently, if you intend to use water as a means of achieving permanent weight loss, then it is recommended to use pure "plain" water!

In summary, drinking adequate amount of water will help you to suppress your appetite, increase your energy levels and also boost your metabolism and fat burning capability. Taking into cognizance the fact that water has absolutely no calories, you can now better appreciate why it should become an integral part of any sensible weight loss initiative.

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