Losing weight and weight issues are common among all
ages and most of us don't realize the importance of drinking water and the
effect it has on our weight. Drinking the right amount of water on a
daily basis will have a positive effect if you are trying to lose weight.
Water pushes water.
The more water you drink the more water retention held in the body will be released
and therefore the scale will go down and you will lose weight.
On average we should drink at least
8 full glasses of water a day. That is 64 ounces for the day. I
find that I drink more water if it is in a large mug with a straw. I
keep two 32 ounce mugs of water out and in rooms that I frequent during the
day and every time I am in that room I take a sip or two. Before I
know it all 32 ounces is gone and then the next 32 ounces is gone.
This works well for me.
If you have at least 50 pounds of
extra weight that you would like to lose then you should add an additional
30 ounces a day which adds up to drinking 94 ounces of water a day.
Remember that water pushes water out of the body and it will help if you
have been retaining water and therefore having water weight gain.
Sodium and high sodium
foods makes the body retain water. If you eat a lot of high sodium foods you
can bet you have several pounds you could lose in a short period of time
just by cutting way back on your sodium on a daily basis. If you don't
release the sodium by drinking lots of water during the day then the weight
gain just from having too much sodium in your body will have an accumulative
affect. In other words lets say you eat high sodium foods on Monday,
and then again on Tuesday and again on Wednesday then you can easily gain 10
or more pounds in just those 3 days due to high
sodium levels in the body. The weight accumulates daily. The sodium is
making the body hold on to the water and therefore you will have water
retention and therefore weight gain. You must release all of the
sodium build up in the body before you can lose that accumulated weight.
A quick way to lose weight
is by cutting back on the sodium you consume in a day. To
lose weight I find that if my sodium does not exceed 1000
mg a day then the weight comes off quicker. A quick weight loss is a
boost to the moral and allows me to go forward to losing more weight and
staying in control. Watching my sodium consumption and drinking at
least 64 ounces of water a day is my one of my secrets to losing weight
quickly.
The first thing in the
morning before I have breakfast I drink at least 12 ounces of cool water.
I consider it a shower for my insides and it gives me energy and helps clean
out the system before more food is added. This works for me and I know
if you start watching your sodium and keep it below 1000 mg a day and also
drink at least 64 ounces of water a day then you will see the scale go down
and you will feel more energetic.
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