Day 2 - does drinking water help you loose weight?

dianep658

Question does drinking water help you loose weight?

quiksylver296

The short answer is no.

The longer answer is - If you happen to eat when you are actually thirsty, drinking more water may help you ingest fewer calories because you are drinking water instead of eating food.

Losing weight is always about ingesting fewer calories than your body uses in a day. You can use whatever methods you like to help ingest fewer calories.

cwolfman13

Drinking water helps you stay hydrated which is necessary for good health...not everything is about losing weight. Water in and of itself is irrelevant to weight management.

malibu927

Only if it keeps you from drinking calorie-filled drinks that would take you into a calorie surplus

bandb678

I drink water all day long which helps me feel fuller.

ashxtasticness

It keeps me from feeling as hungry as I typically would without proper hydration.

red_spider382

I've been drinking green tea a lot lately and lost a pound. Pretty sure it's just because I stay fuller longer though

urloved33

actually it does. it is vital part of having your body function as it should...and that includes weight regulation.

HappyKat5

Sometimes, you’re really not m hungry, but thirsty, I think that’s why people always say to ingest water. People eat out of habit, not because they’re really hungry. Try lemon water or hot tea to see if that feeling goes away, if it doesn’t, then eat something, maybe an apple (with a protein, like string cheese or peanut butter or veggies with some dip/or a salad dressing) wait a bit, if your still hungry...I say go ahead and eat something else more filling. The last thing you want is to go to bed and wake up in the morning and find that you’ve eaten half your pillow. Listen to your body!

seltzermint555

Maybe not.

But being well-hydrated is really important health wise. I credit it with helping me avoid headaches, have better skin than I once did, feel better in general...and it helps "get things moving" regularly and comfortably. What's not to like?

I also notice that when I go on trips and/or dine out a lot and eat more sodium, staying on top of my water consumption just makes me feel better and more "normal", and I don't find that I retain water and bloat like I do when I fail to hit my usual water intake.

hroderick

a little maybe. if you drink a lot of very cold water it takes calories to warm it up

JeromeBarry1

hroderick wrote: »

a little maybe. if you drink a lot of very cold water it takes calories to warm it up

It doesn't get logged as exercise. No NEAT or TDEE calculator offers to calculate your calories needed to ingest cold water. I suppose you could work out the formula and hide it behind a paywall.

BohseSteve47

Water is the best drink out there, I view anything with added sweeteners (soda, “energy drinks”, non low-fat milk, etc) as poison. In one sense water won’t help you lose weight or gain weight because obviously there’s nothing in it for flavor but if you’re on the mission to lose weight i think it is a great tool, whenever you’re hungry between meals and healthy snacks a good sip of water will take care of your hunger and you’ll just pee it out shortly, a win win, no calories, no weight gain and hunger is gone. That my $.02 on this topic.

johnnywadiiii

Here is what I learned from a Weight Watchers lesson I attended with my wife about the importance of water and losing weight:
If your kidneys become dehydrated, their main job of filtering the blood becomes inhibited, and so passes a lot of the job onto the liver. One of your livers’ functions is to metabolise stored fat in the body, and therefore only has half the fat burning capacity if your kidneys are malfunctioning from dehydration!

mph323

BohseSteve47 wrote: »

Water is the best drink out there, I view anything with added sweeteners (soda, “energy drinks”, non low-fat milk, etc) as poison. In one sense water won’t help you lose weight or gain weight because obviously there’s nothing in it for flavor but if you’re on the mission to lose weight i think it is a great tool, whenever you’re hungry between meals and healthy snacks a good sip of water will take care of your hunger and you’ll just pee it out shortly, a win win, no calories, no weight gain and hunger is gone. That my $.02 on this topic.

Aside from the fact that I disagree with your views on added sweeteners

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1

I'm curious why low-fat milk is OK but whole milk isn't? Are you saying it contains added sweeteners?

2aycocks

Where does fat go when you are losing weight? You tinkle it out. So drinking plenty of water does help flush out the fat as you are losing it.

BohseSteve47

mph323 wrote: »

BohseSteve47 wrote: »

Water is the best drink out there, I view anything with added sweeteners (soda, “energy drinks”, non low-fat milk, etc) as poison. In one sense water won’t help you lose weight or gain weight because obviously there’s nothing in it for flavor but if you’re on the mission to lose weight i think it is a great tool, whenever you’re hungry between meals and healthy snacks a good sip of water will take care of your hunger and you’ll just pee it out shortly, a win win, no calories, no weight gain and hunger is gone. That my $.02 on this topic.

Aside from the fact that I disagree with your views on added sweeteners

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1

I'm curious why low-fat milk is OK but whole milk isn't? Are you saying it contains added sweeteners?

mph323 wrote: »

BohseSteve47 wrote: »

Water is the best drink out there, I view anything with added sweeteners (soda, “energy drinks”, non low-fat milk, etc) as poison. In one sense water won’t help you lose weight or gain weight because obviously there’s nothing in it for flavor but if you’re on the mission to lose weight i think it is a great tool, whenever you’re hungry between meals and healthy snacks a good sip of water will take care of your hunger and you’ll just pee it out shortly, a win win, no calories, no weight gain and hunger is gone. That my $.02 on this topic.

Aside from the fact that I disagree with your views on added sweeteners

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1308408/why-aspartame-isnt-scary/p1

I'm curious why low-fat milk is OK but whole milk isn't? Are you saying it contains added sweeteners?

BohseSteve47

Non low-fat milk is higher in cholesterol and with diabetes sweeteners other than what is natural in different fruits are something I try to avoid but I do like to use Stevia in the Raw

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RAinWA

2aycocks wrote: »

Where does fat go when you are losing weight? You tinkle it out. So drinking plenty of water does help flush out the fat as you are losing it.

No.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10650701/biochemistry-answers-to-weight-loss-questions-where-does-the-weight-go#p1

mph323

BohseSteve47 wrote: »

Non low-fat milk is higher in cholesterol and with diabetes sweeteners other than what is natural in different fruits are something I try to avoid but I do like to use Stevia in the Raw

Ah, so you were speaking to your particular health situation with the poison comment. I read it as a general indictment of sweeteners and whole milk in general and was a little confused.

AnvilHead

2aycocks wrote: »

Where does fat go when you are losing weight? You tinkle it out. So drinking plenty of water does help flush out the fat as you are losing it.

Nope. That's not what happens at all. See the link provided upthread to learn the actual physiology behind weight loss.

meganpettigrew86

Being hydrated allows you to perform better so therefore burn more calories during exercise as a consequence.
In terms of the idea of drinking cold water to help burn calories... there is some logic to it, but I doubt it would make any significant difference in a normal environment.
People use water loading (drinking heaps of water for several days then suddenly stopping) to do weight cuts in sport but the weight lost is artificial and is put back on asap as it is all due to dehydration.