Here is something I read the other day and just wanted to share. You think water is a joke? I think not!!!
Are you drinking enough water throughout your day?? You should be drinking half of your body weight in ounces of water. For example, if you weight 140 pounds, you would be drinking 70 ounces of water per day. It's no longer "drink eight 8 oz glasses of water." Why would you drink so much in one day you may ask? There are several factors at work.
For one thing, being sufficiently hydrated allows your body to perform at its highest level. You have more energy, so you feel more like being active instead of sitting around lethargically watching TV.
Another aspect is that having enough water in your body helps flush out waste products created through exercise and weight loss. When you are even slightly dehydrated you simply don't recover as quickly as when you are well-hydrated. When you don't recover as fast, you might get in 3-4 workouts a week versus 5-6 when you recover quickly. More workouts more often equal a better chance of losing weight.
The third mechanism involves your kidneys and your liver. Normally, your kidney’s job is to filter out waste products to produce urine. When you don't drink enough water (and most Americans don't), they can’t do their job right. And when your kidneys can’t do their job right, they need help, so your liver steps in and takes in some of the filtering work. The problem is that your liver’s primary role is to metabolize fat…and now it can’t do that. As a result, you don't burn stored fat, and fat that you consume in your diet is stored instead of burned.
In order to free up your liver so that it can devote itself full-time to burning fat, you need to drink water, and lots of it. This will allow your kidneys to function normally.
Are you drinking enough water throughout your day?? You should be drinking half of your body weight in ounces of water. For example, if you weight 140 pounds, you would be drinking 70 ounces of water per day. It's no longer "drink eight 8 oz glasses of water." Why would you drink so much in one day you may ask? There are several factors at work.
For one thing, being sufficiently hydrated allows your body to perform at its highest level. You have more energy, so you feel more like being active instead of sitting around lethargically watching TV.
Another aspect is that having enough water in your body helps flush out waste products created through exercise and weight loss. When you are even slightly dehydrated you simply don't recover as quickly as when you are well-hydrated. When you don't recover as fast, you might get in 3-4 workouts a week versus 5-6 when you recover quickly. More workouts more often equal a better chance of losing weight.
The third mechanism involves your kidneys and your liver. Normally, your kidney’s job is to filter out waste products to produce urine. When you don't drink enough water (and most Americans don't), they can’t do their job right. And when your kidneys can’t do their job right, they need help, so your liver steps in and takes in some of the filtering work. The problem is that your liver’s primary role is to metabolize fat…and now it can’t do that. As a result, you don't burn stored fat, and fat that you consume in your diet is stored instead of burned.
In order to free up your liver so that it can devote itself full-time to burning fat, you need to drink water, and lots of it. This will allow your kidneys to function normally.
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