Cohen's Lifestyle Facts On Water & Weight Loss

[MellyP]

normally i drink 68-70 oz of water per day. i think someone on here told me it was too much so i decided to look it up and find out for sure! as it turns out i should be drinking 80 oz per day because i am 25 pounds overweight plus i exercise daily. so im going to copy and paste what i have found.


Incredible as it may seem... Water is the single most important catalyst in losing weight and keeping it off!

Although most of us take it for granted...

Pure, clean water may be the only true Magic Potion for permanent weight loss!

Water suppresses the appetite naturally and helps the body metabolize stored fat. Studies have shown that a decrease in water intake will cause fat deposits to increase!

And an increase in water intake can actually reduce fat deposits!

Here's the reason why...

The kidneys cannot function properly without enough water. When they do not work to capacity, some of their load is dumped on the liver. One of the liver's primary functions is to metabolize stored fat into usable energy for the body. But if the liver has to do some of the kidney's work, it cannot work at full throttle.

As a result, it metabolizes less fat... more fat remains stored in the body and weight loss stops!

Drinking an adequate amount of water every day is the best treatment for fluid retention. But when your body is given less water than it needs... it perceives the shortage as a threat to survival and will begin to retain every drop. Water reserves are stored in extra-cellular spaces (outside the cells). This water can show up as swollen feet, hands and legs.

Diuretics only offer a temporary solution at best. They force out stored water along with some essential nutrients. Again, the body perceives a threat and will replace the lost water at the first opportunity. Thus, the condition quickly returns.

The best way to overcome the problem of water retention is to give your body what it needs - plenty of water - only then will stored water be released.

If water retention is a constant problem for you... excess salt may be to blame.

Your body will only tolerate sodium in certain concentrations. The more salt you eat, the more water your system retains to dilute it. But getting rid of unneeded salt is easy -- just drink water! As the water is forced through the kidneys, it will remove the excess sodium.

Over weight people need more water than thin people. Larger people have larger metabolic loads. Since we know that water is the key to fat metabolism... it follows that the over weight person needs more water to metabolize excess fat.

Water helps to maintain proper muscle tone... which in turn, aids proper muscle contraction and prevents dehydration. It also helps to prevent the sagging skin that usually follows weight loss. Shrinking cells are buoyed by water which plums the skin and leaves it clear, healthy and resilient. Water helps rid the body of waste. During weight loss, the body has more waste to get rid of - all that metabolized fat must be shed.

Again . . . Water helps flush out this waste!

Water can help relieve constipation...

The colon is a primary internal water source. When the body gets too little water, it siphons what it needs from internal sources. Result? Constipation. But when a person drinks enough water... normal bowel function will return.

So far, we have discovered same remarkable truths about water and about weight loss... the body will not function properly without enough water and cannot metabolize stored fat efficiently. On the household weight scales... Retained water shows up as excess weight.

It may seem strange, but to get rid of excess water... you must drink more water! Drinking water is essential to losing weight.

How much water is enough?

If you are of normal weight for your height, then on average you should drink (8) eight -- 8 oz. glasses of pure water every day. However, if you are overweight you should take (1) one additional glass for every 25 lbs. of excess weight you are trying to lose. The amount that you drink should be increased if you exercise, or if the weather is hot and dry.

Preferably, your drinking water should be taken cold...

Cold water is absorbed more quickly into the system than warm water. Some evidence suggests that drinking cold water can actually burn calories. To utilize water most efficiently during weight loss, follow this schedule:


Morning: 1 Quart of pure water over 30 minutes
Noon: 1 Quart of pure water over 30 minutes
Evening: 1 Quart of pure water between 5-6 P.M.

When the body gets all the water it needs to function optimally, all body system fluids will perfectly balance.

When this happens . . . you reach the "breakthrough point".

So what does that mean?
Endocrine gland function improves...


Fluid retention is alleviated as stored water is lost...


More fat can be used as fuel because the liver is free to
metabolize stored fat...


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I found this informative post from Wonderwoman made back in 2005. I thought it may help us all to keep focused and keep drinking as much water as we can. - The more we drink the more we shrink!

 

[Chelsea1]

Thanks very much MellyP

My weight problems started when I ran a shop by myself. I often went the whole day without eating anything, but particularly without drinking anything.

My work has always involved being out and about, appointments often far from home or being the only person on duty. We take water for granted, and certainly before starting Cohen's I had not realised how important plenty of water each day really is.

Thanks again

Regards

Chelsea

 

[lessfatty]

I found this informative post from Wonderwoman made back in 2005. I thought it may help us all to keep focused and keep drinking as much water as we can. - The more we drink the more we shrink!

I had no clue what a oz of water looked like. So I did a little checking

80oz is approximately 2.4 Litres (2,365Mls).

This seems a resonable basic amount to drink each day if you are not outside and/or sweating a lot.

I did an unscientific test one week by drinking over 160oz (5 litres) each day for one week, and I didnt lose any extra weight that week. So in my single one person one week test I believe that all I achived was going to the toilet 10 times a day. So these days I am drinking around 3 litres/day (100oz) I feel that is plenty.

I am also not sure what functions of kidneys overlap with functions of our liver, from my limited knowledge there is not so much overlap if any.

However if we imagine our bodies like an aquarium; basically we are mostly water, but fatties like me will be less water than average. If you own an Aquarium and want to keep everything healthy, the most important thing is not the choice of fish, the plants or the rocks, it is the quality of the water.

The water of Aquariums needs to be oxgenated, filtered, have good nutrients and the wastes removed otherwise everything gets sick, and if we allow if wastes build up problems happen. If you have an aquarium the best way to keep the water healthy do this is to change the water frequently with high quality water, either tap water that has had time to sit and "age" (allowing the chlorine to disappate), rain water and if you are lucky available spring water. Are you changing your personal aquarium water regularly with high quality water?

If you had a 100 litre aquarium, you should change 20% of the water each week, that means 20 Liters each week, or 3 litres per day. If you weight 100KG, then are you changing 3 litres of water per day?

Oxgenated needs of your "personal aquarium"; deep breathing and/or being active (walking, bike riding etc). The right nutrients is the right amout of good healthy foods

Filters (your kidneys) also work best and dont get clogged when the water is of good quality to start with! So if we are cleaning up an aquarium that has become dirty and clogged up we need to help the filters with lots of water changes, more than what a clean aquarium needs to keep itself heathy.

You wouldn't dump a lot of crap into you fish tank particularly too much food, it just decomposes and creates problems, same with our personal aquariums , we shouldnt dump crap into it. I just think of that KFC, Pizzas and other crap that I didnt really enjoy, but I just ate it because I was both hungry and too lazy to make myself something or find a better choice of foods. Also when I over consumed "good" heathly foods, good and heathly foods, are bad and unhealthy when I eat too much of them. There is nothing wrong with bread, rice, pasta, but for me I dont need 3 big meals a day of them!

 

[MellyP]

Great Analogy Less Fatty! I love it, and after many trial and error attemps over the last year with a fish tank for my 5 goldfish (and many deaths along the way) it really made a lot of sense! Thanks

 

[Cate]

I thought this was worth bumping as a reminder to drink between 2-3 litres of water a day.

 

[Niyah 01]

Thanks Cate - it's the one thing I constantly have to remind myself to do!