Another Thirsty Thursday Challenge :)

missionPossibleIcan
missionPossibleIcan Posts: 99
in Food and Nutrition
Today's challenge is drink more water than you did yesterday. So if you normally drink 62 ounces of water.. TRY drinking 96 ounces! Happy DRINKING and PEEING!

I always drink a gallon of water a day because my body needs that much water. I sweat a lot, so therefor I need more water to replace the water I lost. Here is what I found about WATER...


To stay adequately hydrated, you should drink approximately three quarts (96 ounces) of water a day. For weight loss, you should drink an additional 8 ounces of water for every 25 pounds you are over your ideal body weight. Also, water consumption should be increased in hot climates or during vigorous exercise.

Benefits of Water

Improves endocrine (hormone) function
Increases metabolic function
Drastically declines appetite
Increases fat used for energy
Liver function improves
Decreases fluid retention
Increases natural thirst

Be a loser by drinking more water!
A Virginia Tech study found that people who drank two eight ounce servings of water before eating food lost weight. Brenda Davy, PhD, the head author of the study went as far as deeming it an "effective weight loss strategy". Essentially, what the researchers found, people who downed the water before consuming their food ate 75 to 90 less calories each meal.

Drinking ice water will simply melt the pounds away?
Yes, drinking ice water can cause your body to burn more calories. This happens because your body works to warm itself after drinking it. However, upon further research your body will only burn around a hundred additional calories after drinking an entire gallon of ice water. Well, I negated that earlier today by simply eating a fun sized mini-snickers bar. You get my point?

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  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    WELL SAID!
  • missionPossibleIcan
    missionPossibleIcan Posts: 99
    Thanks :)
  • sabrina32576
    sabrina32576 Posts: 253 Member
    I'm in. I need to get back to drinking more water
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    I didn't have my afternoon Diet Mtn Dew yesterday like I normally do, but I will today so this should be easy!

    Yesterday: 120oz .Today? 164 easy.
  • kelleygi
    kelleygi Posts: 583 Member
    Im in!!! Cheers!! :drinker:
  • alesnie
    alesnie Posts: 90 Member
    filling up my water bottle now!
  • wellbert
    wellbert Posts: 3,924 Member
    Had an extra giant diet dr. pepper just now, so I'm at 88oz already!
  • jschafer87
    jschafer87 Posts: 4
    Love this! I completed the gallon challenge yesterday and it was way easier than I expected, so I am feeling great about this new strategy. I've got a 1 qt. water bottle, so I'm going to go for 4.5 bottles today instead of yesterday's 4. Whoo! Good luck guys!

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