Drink Water to Lose Weight?

You must hear it all the time - 'Drink more water! You need to drink more water!'. If you're like me you probably know you should but struggle to drink enough or just reply with, 'I know!'

If you're like me then you may also need a good enough reason to do anything. What if I told you that you can drink water to lose weight? Hear me out before you call me crazy..(maybe too late!)

Most people are dehydrated and don't drink enough water so do you know what our clever little, adaptive body does in response to this? It retains more water to cope with the lack of water being taken in. What this does is give your skin a soft 'puffy' appearance and adds a few pounds on to your frame.

Now if you drink enough water, at least 8 glasses a day, then your body will keep flushing it out when you go to the toilet so you will not be retaining as much water! Thus, you won't look as soft as you used to because there isn't as much water stored under your skin. As an added benefit you'll probably weigh a few pounds less as well. So in this case you can see how you could drink water to lose weight.

The next way in which water can help to keep your body lean is quite an indirect one. You are probably aware that eating small portions of food frequently is the way to go in order to keep your metabolism high but we can sometimes get the idea of 'small portions' wrong. We eat and eat but still feel hungry so we eat some more! Water will give you a feeling of fullness so that you don't over eat.

Next time, after you've finished your portion of food, if you are still hungry - down a glass of water and wait a while. I think you'll be pleased with the result. (it has been studied that it takes our brain around 15 minutes to alert us when we are full! So be patient!)

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