Drink More Water to Lose More Weight - Phil Hixon
The Importance of Drinking Enough Water When Dieting
It is quite usual to see a person starting a new diet after losing weight from dieting for sometime, and then getting back to their original weight again. After that the next step that anyone would take is to shift to another diet again, and so on. Life moves in this way and a time comes when the person thinks that now there is no other way than to live with an unhealthy body. This effect is popularly known as the yo-yo effect.
The best tip for keeping a successful diet is no doubt to drink as much water as possible. Not many things so beneficial are free. There are studies that seventy five percent of people suffer from dehydration. It is a serious problem but because it is not as serious as cancer or other lethal ailments it is not taken as seriously.
Often when a person is feeling thirsty then his/her body sends a message to the brain, but again the problem is the person mistakes the message as to the requirement for food. So most of the time when a person is thirsty, they have some food and that is the biggest mistake committed by most people.
A person of normal bodyweight must drink about eight glasses per day. In case the person is overweight, then the requirement for water increases. On average for an overweight person it is required to take for every 25 pounds of extra weight one full glass of water. Thus the heavier the person is, the higher the water intake required by the body.
There is one more surprising factor that when it comes to drinks: coffee tea and soda pops do not count as water. If you drink tea or coffee you need to drink even more water to counterbalance.
There are numerous reasons to drink more water. Some of these are as below:
1. If someone isn't getting enough water the water will respond by storing as much water as possible as a defense. This extra water is a big cause of increased weight. So if you are encountering the problem of water retention, you must drink a good amount of water in order to get away from other problems. It could even help in reducing weight and a bloated look.
2. A per various studies, drinking a glass of water before going to bed helps in preventing night time hunger too.
3. One symptom of dehydration is constipation. If one wants to get away from this problem then he/she should take proper amount of water.
4. If you are suffering from headache or say, migraine, then you must drink enough water. The list is never-ending. There are several other benefits of drinking water that are enough to make one know the real importance of having it in optimum quantity.
It is quite usual to see a person starting a new diet after losing weight from dieting for sometime, and then getting back to their original weight again. After that the next step that anyone would take is to shift to another diet again, and so on. Life moves in this way and a time comes when the person thinks that now there is no other way than to live with an unhealthy body. This effect is popularly known as the yo-yo effect.
The best tip for keeping a successful diet is no doubt to drink as much water as possible. Not many things so beneficial are free. There are studies that seventy five percent of people suffer from dehydration. It is a serious problem but because it is not as serious as cancer or other lethal ailments it is not taken as seriously.
Often when a person is feeling thirsty then his/her body sends a message to the brain, but again the problem is the person mistakes the message as to the requirement for food. So most of the time when a person is thirsty, they have some food and that is the biggest mistake committed by most people.
A person of normal bodyweight must drink about eight glasses per day. In case the person is overweight, then the requirement for water increases. On average for an overweight person it is required to take for every 25 pounds of extra weight one full glass of water. Thus the heavier the person is, the higher the water intake required by the body.
There is one more surprising factor that when it comes to drinks: coffee tea and soda pops do not count as water. If you drink tea or coffee you need to drink even more water to counterbalance.
There are numerous reasons to drink more water. Some of these are as below:
1. If someone isn't getting enough water the water will respond by storing as much water as possible as a defense. This extra water is a big cause of increased weight. So if you are encountering the problem of water retention, you must drink a good amount of water in order to get away from other problems. It could even help in reducing weight and a bloated look.
2. A per various studies, drinking a glass of water before going to bed helps in preventing night time hunger too.
3. One symptom of dehydration is constipation. If one wants to get away from this problem then he/she should take proper amount of water.
4. If you are suffering from headache or say, migraine, then you must drink enough water. The list is never-ending. There are several other benefits of drinking water that are enough to make one know the real importance of having it in optimum quantity.
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