How much did drinking water impact your weight loss?
AmelieMustLoseWeight
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I was wondering how many pounds y'all have lost with just pushing more water into your diet.
I workout often and I eat healthier but I struggle with drinking water, to be fair I don't ever feel the urge to drink anything. I sip mostly. So yeah, how has drinking more water affected your weight loss and how soon did you notice your bodys reaction to hydrating more?
I workout often and I eat healthier but I struggle with drinking water, to be fair I don't ever feel the urge to drink anything. I sip mostly. So yeah, how has drinking more water affected your weight loss and how soon did you notice your bodys reaction to hydrating more?
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Water has helped me greatly. I try to drink half my weight in ounces daily. Some days are easier than others, also drinking in the warmer months is easier to do too. Good luck.0
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My guess is none at all. I don't think my water drinking habits changed before or after losing weight.
I drink less scotch and coke. That's the only change I can think of.0 -
^^^example... Current weight divided by 2 = number of fluid ounces to drink daily.
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Drinking water had a huge impact on my weight loss. I was really bad about drinking before, but started monitoring my water as part of my regime and noted a lot of weight came of quick in the early days just because of drinking more. Our body holds onto more water when it's unsure whether or not it's going to get a good supply of it. If you are continuously intaking the water your body needs, it will quit storing it and you will lose that weight. It's a good thing to do this time of year anyway!0
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I started to only drink water, and a lot of it. Some days are harder than others. I know that some people retain water weight from drinking too much, but it's also a lot easier to burn than regular fat!
As for myself I just feel a lot healthier not drinking tons of soda or other beverages!0 -
ArtsyActive1401 wrote: »^^^example... Current weight divided by 2 = number of fluid ounces to drink daily.
God... I'd never get out of the bathroom for sure if I did that!0 -
ArtsyActive1401 wrote: »Water has helped me greatly. I try to drink half my weight in ounces daily. Some days are easier than others, also drinking in the warmer months is easier to do too. Good luck.
Half your weight in ounces? That's allot of water! Lol0 -
Drinking water had no effect on either my loss or my ability to maintain.0
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no effect. I drink my 8 glasses because the body uses and needs it, but drinking extra just sends you to the bathroom more as your kidneys throw out all the excess.
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You don't lose weight simply by drinking water. A calorie deficit helps you lose weight. Being hydrated supports your metabolism, and may help you feel full better, but not much more than that.0
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ArtsyActive1401 wrote: »^^^example... Current weight divided by 2 = number of fluid ounces to drink daily.
80 oz = 10 glasses for me. I suppose that's doable0 -
ArtsyActive1401 wrote: »^^^example... Current weight divided by 2 = number of fluid ounces to drink daily.
107 ounce is over 3L
I think I get close to that. If I include water, coke, milk etc
But I seem to go by thirst and pee colour.
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There isn't any evidence of medical benefit to drinking more water. Replacing calorie drinks with water, yes.0
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karintalley wrote: »ArtsyActive1401 wrote: »Water has helped me greatly. I try to drink half my weight in ounces daily. Some days are easier than others, also drinking in the warmer months is easier to do too. Good luck.
Half your weight in ounces? That's allot of water! Lol
In case you weren't joking. 300 pounds/2=150 ounces of water
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Drinking more water (usually between 100-120 oz) helps me get through times where I am hovering around a weight due to retaining water.0
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karintalley wrote: »ArtsyActive1401 wrote: »Water has helped me greatly. I try to drink half my weight in ounces daily. Some days are easier than others, also drinking in the warmer months is easier to do too. Good luck.
Half your weight in ounces? That's allot of water! Lol
In case you weren't joking. 300 pounds/2=150 ounces of water
That would be a lot of water! Enough to make urine run clear, which probably isn't good either. Urine should be straw yellow to yellow, otherwise we may be washing out too many electrolytes and muscles don't like that too much.0 -
Leslierussell4134 wrote: »karintalley wrote: »ArtsyActive1401 wrote: »Water has helped me greatly. I try to drink half my weight in ounces daily. Some days are easier than others, also drinking in the warmer months is easier to do too. Good luck.
Half your weight in ounces? That's allot of water! Lol
In case you weren't joking. 300 pounds/2=150 ounces of water
That would be a lot of water! Enough to make urine run clear, which probably isn't good either. Urine should be straw yellow to yellow, otherwise we may be washing out too many electrolytes and muscles don't like that too much.
Yeah that's why I don't follow any rules like having to drink x amount of water a day.
All the rules seem to high, I would rather just drink if I'm thirst or dehydrated.0 -
I once heard that drinking water- a certain amount ( > or = 8 cups) - helps with fat reduction in and of itself. Has anyone ever heard that?0
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This is what im pretty much asking. lolrunningforthetrain wrote: »I once heard that drinking water- a certain amount ( > or = 8 cups) - helps with fat reduction in and of itself. Has anyone ever heard that?
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runningforthetrain wrote: »I once heard that drinking water- a certain amount ( > or = 8 cups) - helps with fat reduction in and of itself. Has anyone ever heard that?
There just seems to be too many variables to have a number to aim for like that. Everyone is different sizes for one. Different activity levels, temperature etc
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Sadly, I think that the concept of water creating weight loss/fat reduction totally on it's own would be heavily in the "Woo-woo" category of myths surrounding diet. ( Props to NJD1979 for the woo.)
Where it can help is in mistaking the thirst signals for hunger.... if you think this is happening for you then before eating have a glass of water and wait 10 or so minutes before deciding if you are really hungry or not. It may also help with satiation or hunger pangs.
For me I had an unexpected benefit from drinking more water.....reduction in headaches, some severe to the point of migraine, I had no idea how chronically dehydrated I was......
I am not convinced about the hard and fast rules of drinking half your body weight in water. All fluids, including those gotten through, tea/coffee and water laden fruits and veg need to be taken into account, best to go by the colour of your urine output - Google has kindly provided charts to help you there.
Regarding tea/coffee if you regularly drink approx. 4 cups of coffee/tea and apparently the diuretic effect is offset {I will add that I cannot determine the veracity of this information, which comes from a dietitian citing a study conducted in the UK - this info. is taken from the Australian Broadcasting Commission's Health Website}.
Like anything, you can have too much of a good thing in doing so you run the risk of over hydrating yourself which can cause loss of vital electrolytes, disrupt cardiac rhythm and even death.
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i always drunk a lot of water before my weight loss journey and now.
I dont think you lose weight by drinking 2 or 3 liter water a day
I do think its good to drink and stay hydrated.
But that has nothing to do with weight loss.
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I think the whole concept of drinking a lot of water when dieting (above & beyond just staying hydrated) is to make yourself feel full so that you will eat less (consume less calories). If drinking more water helps you meet the caloric numbers that MFP suggests, then drink up as long as you are otherwise meeting your daily nutritional needs. =o)0
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I hate to say this, because I am anti-water-drinking - I think the eight glasses a day is rubbish and any liquid, including tea and coffee, would have the same effect - but I did the eight glasses while I was on the weight-loss programme and what it may have done was stop me from feeling hungry when I might otherwise have done so. I didn't enjoy it. I forced it down sometimes and that, too, stopped me from eating. So in that way, yes, it did contribute to my weight loss.0
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I think the whole concept of drinking a lot of water when dieting (above & beyond just staying hydrated) is to make yourself feel full so that you will eat less (consume less calories). If drinking more water helps you meet the caloric numbers that MFP suggests, then drink up as long as you are otherwise meeting your daily nutritional needs. =o)
this! I find if I drink a decent amount of water before/during meals (not consciously downing water to feel full but just consistently drinking water during the day and drinking while eating) I get full more easily and so do not tend to overeat.0 -
I had to give up soda because of health issues causing me to swell. Now I only drink water. It's been a week exactly since I had a drop of anything other than water and the occasional Gatorade.
I will tell you the biggest difference that I'm feeling is that my sweet tooth is basically gone. Yeah, I still want a cookie sometimes, but I used to have to eat chocolate every single day or I felt like I was going to scream and cry. Now it's just like, eh, I could take it or leave it. I lost 4 pounds this week. Not sure if that's connected or not!0 -
I'm not a fan of water. But I started drinking a glass before each meal just to get it out of the way! I drink a heck of a lot of tea. The water before meals worked at making me feel fuller sooner.0
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I drink a lot more diet sprite and sprite zero
Seriously though, I just do the pee test. If the color isn't right I drink more. Other than that, it didn't consider it much of a factor in my weight loss other than to help me curb my "hunger" when I may have been thirsty. 0 -
No effect. Drinking green tea also has no effect as I've been pretty much exclusively been drinking both for years.0
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