It is being re-introduced because it's often ignored by many, especially those on the weight loss track!
Yes, you guessed correctly - I am discussing water once AGAIN!
Client, boot campers, lay(wo)men alike are neglecting the essential drinking of H20.
I remember a particular client was having trouble losing weight and we added an additional 3 cups of water to her daily regimen, and within 2 weeks she lost 5 pounds. That’s with no additional change to her diet or exercise.
Water works, plain and simple.
Dr. Donald S Robertson provides 9 benefits of drinking water. Please pay special attention to 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9.
1)There is loss of hunger almost overnight.
2) Retained water shows up as excess weight.
3) To get rid of excess water you must drink more water.
4) Drinking water is essential to weight loss.
5) Endocrine-gland function improves.
6) Fluid retention is alleviated as stored water is lost.
7) More fat is used as fuel because the liver is free to metabolize stored fat.
8) Natural thirst returns.
9) The body will not function properly without enough water and can't metabolize stored fat efficiently.
Having trouble getting enough water?? Here are 20 tips!
1. Drink two glasses of water immediately after waking up.
2. Have a big glass of water at every transitional point of the day: when you first get up, just before leaving the house, when you sit down to work, etc.
3. Make it convenient - keep a big, safe,reusable, and insulated water bottle full on your desk and reach for it all day.
4. When you have juice (apple, grape, or orange) fill half the glass with water.
5. When you have a junk-food craving, down a glass of water immediately. You feel full quickly and avoid the calories, and it lets time pass till the craving fades.
6. Have one glass every hour on the hour while at work. When the work day is done your water quota is met.
7. Substitute a cup of hot water with a drop of honey for tea or coffee.
8. While at work, get a 20 ounce cup of ice and keep filling it up from the office water cooler. The key is drinking with a straw - you take bigger gulps and drink much more.
9. Freeze little bits of peeled lemons, limes, and oranges and use them in place of ice cubes - it's refreshing and helps get in a serving or two of fruit.
10. After each trip to the restroom, guzzle an eight-ounce glass to replenish your system.
11. Don't allow yourself a diet soda until you've had two to four glasses of water. You will find that you won't want the soda anymore or that just half a can is enough.
12. Let ounces of water double grams of fat: When eating something containing 10 grams of fat, I drink 20 ounces of water.
13. Drink two full glasses prior to each meal, one before and one after. Also, drink one glass before each snack so you don't eat as much.
14. Carry a small refillable water bottle at all times and drink during downtime; while waiting in a bank line, sitting on the train, etc.
15. Use a beautiful gold-rimmed glass and fill it with cold water from the tap.
16. Make a bet with a co-worker to see who can drink more water in the course of a day.
17. Bring a two-liter bottle of water to work and try to drink it all before you leave work. If you don't finish, drink it in traffic on the way home - it's like a race.
18. Always keep a 24-ounce bottle of water handy while watching TV, doing laundry, making dinner, etc.
19. Add drinking two glasses of water to your daily skincare regimen. Drink, cleanse, moisturize, etc., then drink again.
20. Drink your water out of a big Pyrex measuring cup - it's a good way to keep track of how much water you are drinking.
How many cups did YOU drink today??
Natalie does a good job expounding on the benefits H2O...
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