Water and Weight

Water and Weight - the simple insider secret for getting your body to do much of the work in losing weight


The intake of water regulates weight loss in a much greater way than what is commonly known.

In dieting, water acts as a kind of "lubricant" for the body's metabolic functions. Water makes the body work the way it should and a sufficient intake of water will help you lose weight faster and feel better while dieting.

As a rule, we drink far too little water for a healthy diet.

And for losing weight successfully, a sufficient water intake is absolutely essential.

Without enough water, you cannot feel GOOD while dieting... and your body cannot do its job anywhere near as effectively as it should.

Adequate intake of water is the missing ingredient in dieting.








The intake of water regulates weight loss in a much greater way than what is commonly known.

In dieting, water acts as a kind of "lubricant" for the body's metabolic functions. Water makes the body work the way it should and a sufficient intake of water will help you lose weight faster and feel better while dieting.

As a rule, we drink far too little water for a healthy diet.

And for losing weight successfully, a sufficient water intake is absolutely essential.

Without enough water, you cannot feel GOOD while dieting... and your body cannot do its job anywhere near as effectively as it should.

Adequate intake of water is the missing ingredient in dieting.


"But, I always drink when I'm thirsty..."

The body has little need for "sugar-water" or liquids with additives. It needs pure and plain water without any additives...It's quite difficult to convince anyone that he or she drinks too little water.

That's because we've grown to believe that a body will ASK for water when it needs it. This "asking" is done by the sensation of thirst.

So, when you need water, you will feel thirsty, right? And, if not thirsty, you have drunk enough water, right?

Well... yes and no.

See — the body regulates the sensation of thirst based on what it thinks is "normal" in terms of water it is allowed.

Thus, when the body gets too little water for a while, it starts to SAVE water. First, it tries to get MORE water by the sensation of thirst.

But if that doesn't work, the body "rearranges" its priorities and "assigns new orders" to various organs and functions so that it can get by with the lesser amount of water that it now receives.

For instance, the liver will take on some of the functions which the kidneys would otherwise perform but cannot now that the water intake is too low. Also, the body starts to RETAIN water, trying its best to keep all the water it can.

And it doesn't take long for the body to adopt to a lower-than-needed level of water intake. It can do it within a DAY OR TWO of too little water.

Additionally, there are nutritional substances that can FOOL the body into thinking it needs less water.

Additives and preservatives can do this. Various parts of our nutrition (such as sugar and salt) can also lower the body's natural thirst and lead to a reduced water intake with the said results.

Thirst is a reliable indicator of how much water your body needs ONLY when the body's water intake is BALANCED.

To "trust your thirst" to show how much water you need you first have to reach the level where the body HAS enough water.

And it has to be WATER, not just any liquid that contains water.


Beverages confuse the body's water balance

Coffee can make your body retain more water...Many dieting systems consider soft drinks, alcohol and beverages such as coffee and tea as "the same thing as water."

They're not. The body needs PURE and plain water taken "straight" without any additives. That's what it needs.

The body reacts differently when we drink liquids which contain other stuff in addition to water.

Only few decades ago, we used to know the importance of water. But with the onslaught of carbonated sugar water added with some food coloring — also known as soda or soft drink — and other temptations to our taste buds, we've forgotten water.

The body's NEED for plain water hasn't changed.

But the HUGE increase of sugar and additives in our intake of liquids has definitely fooled the body's natural balance of water.

The body doesn't recognize "sugar water" (fruit juices, lemonades, soda, soft drinks, etc.) as plain water. The same applies to artificial sweeteners used in "diet drinks" and caffeine in coffee.

Instead, the body reacts to the additives and measures when it's had enough SUGAR or caffeine.

Therefore, the feeling of "having drunk enough" is reached much faster when drinking soft drinks as opposed to plain water. Reacting to those additives, the body says "enough" well before your true need of WATER is satisfied.

By drinking fluids that contain sugar or other additives (such as caffeine in coffee) we "fool" our bodies to go continuously with a deficiency of water.

As a result, the body CONSERVES and RETAINS water. This translates into less well-being and an additional 5-10 POUNDS (2.5-5 kilos) of EXTRA WEIGHT.

Weight loss businesses know this insider secret. And it's easy enough for you to see for yourself whether or not it is true...


How to "lose" 5-10 lbs. of weight in a couple of days

Replace "miracle diets" with 8 glasses of water and you'll lose 5-10 lbs. in 3-5 days!Many weight loss systems are based on "magic" substances that are supposed to make you lose weight without any hardships or learning the basics of nutrition.

As "proof" they all offer some type of trial in which you can lose 5-10 lbs. within 3-5 days.

But the insider secret, of course, is NOT the "magic potion" that you pay for... but simply the WATER that goes with it.

See. If you drink eight glasses of water (and add one glass for every 20 pounds of overweight you have) a day — divided more or less evenly throughout the day — your body will GIVE UP those 5-10 lbs. of water it currently RETAINS.

The body will do so within 2-3 days of SUFFICIENT water intake simply because it now senses there's ENOUGH water coming in and, thus, it doesn't have to conserve and retain water any longer.

A sufficient water intake IS the effective ingredient in losing 5-10 lbs. of weight in less than a week.

Of course, you're not losing 5-10 lbs. of FAT by any means but excess water retained by the body due to an insufficient intake of plain water.

One pound of fat equals about 4,000 calories. To lose 10 lbs. of body fat equals using up almost 41,000 calories of energy. Putting it in terms of jogging, it is about 68 hours of running... and no one can lose that much weight in a week and stay healthy.

Water is our subject in this article and successful weight loss is discussed in other articles on this web site, but let me just assure you that you CAN lose weight successfully... but it requires some knowledge on nutrition and dieting.

Maintaining life functions (body heat, heart, breathing, blood circulation, metabolism, etc.) is the basic energy consumption we have to work with.

There are no "magic tricks" to it other than knowing how to eat a healthy diet that makes you feel BETTER than previously WHILE keeping your intake of calories BELOW what your body uses daily for maintaining itself.

To lose body fat you must know how to eat right. Gaining weight takes months and years of time and while slimming down won't take nearly as long, it cannot happen within a few days or weeks.

The only "trick" to losing weight is knowledge of what your body needs to feel BETTER when losing weight than when you ate more than the body could consume. With that you can maintain a healthy, delicious diet that'll get you down to your ideal weight.

Depending on how much overweight you have it can take from a few weeks to a few months.

With such knowledge and diet, the weight loss will be permanent and you'll never have to diet again.

And a sufficient intake of plain water is part of that healthy diet. Water is essential to life. Enough water.

The human body requires quite a lot more water than what is commonly known and most people drink too little water daily.

And this is especially true about overweight people. The minimum is eight glasses of water daily, added with another glass for every 20 pounds of overweight.

Try it and you'll see.

The first couple of days you won't be thirsty and drinking all that water can be quite an undertaking. You'll need to go to the bathroom quite often. But if you persist through that "wall of water" you'll see how much better you'll feel after the body has balanced its water intake.

A little tip: If you stay away from sugar as much as possible, it will be much easier and, once you've reached the balance with water, it will also clearly reduce your appetite.

So, drink more water!