Want to Lose Weight? Drink Water

Do you want to lose weight? 

Drink water. 

Don’t roll your eyes! The potion for losing excess body fat is all around you. It covers two thirds of the planet. Most people don’t drink enough water.

Most people are also carrying around a few more pounds then they would be if they did drink enough water. If you can’t seem to get that weight off, try “drowning your sorrows” in nature’s weight-loss mineral!

“Water plays a key role in supporting health, particularly during weight loss when it helps remove toxins and other unhealthy substances stored in your fat cells. Being well-hydrated helps all your organs and systems function properly. In fact, every function in your body takes place in water. It’s the solvent that moves nutrients, hormones, antibodies, and oxygen through your bloodstream and lymphatic system, and removes waste. And of course, it’s essential to your kidney’s ability to filter and eliminate metabolic byproducts and toxins. If you don’t drink enough, your body is forced to recycle dirty water, diminishing the efficiency of every metabolic function.”

Benefits of water:

• Improves endocrine (hormone) function
• Increases metabolic function
• Decreases appetite
• Increases fat used for energy
• Liver function improves decreases fluid retention
• Increases natural thirst

Your lungs expel between 2 & 4 cups of water each day through normal breathing – even more on a cold day. If your feet sweat, there goes another cup of water. If you make half a dozen trips to the bathroom during the day, that’s six cups of water. If you perspire, you expel about 2 cups of water (which doesn’t include exercise-induced perspiration). In “Dr A’s Habits of Health”, he states we “…actually lose nearly twelve cups of water every day. And in high altitudes or dry environments, you lose even more…”

Lack of water can lead to dehydration, a condition that occurs when you don’t have enough water in your body to carry on normal functions. Eight glasses of water every day is recommended. That amounts to about 2 quarts of water. This is adequate for the average size person, but if you’re overweight, you should drink more. You should also up this if you live in a hot climate or exercise very intensely.

An easy thing for me to remember is to drink as close to 100 ounces as possible, every day! 

So drink water and live well Lakewood!