Food for thought on H2O

crazy4fids

How important is water consumption to weight loss....let me tell you. I am 47 years old and went thorugh surgical menopause eight years ago, so I don't have to deal with monthly "water weight". I am not used to consuming water, as I don't like the taste of it. In the past month, I went from consume about 4 glasses of water a day, to 7-9 glasses of fluid a day using Crystal light. The extra fluid definately boosted my weight loss from about .5 pounds/week to 1.5 pounds/week.

Over the past couple weeks I have come to the conclusion that the asparatame in the Crystal Light is messing with my insomnia and acid reflux....so I have not been drinking as much (back down to 3-4 glasses). When I weighted in on Monday, I was 164. Tuesday 166, Wednesday 168. Yesterday I forced myself to drink an extra 3 glasses of water, and today I am back to 164. I checked back in my food log and have not over consumed sodium and I can't find any other reason why I would be retaining water.

Your thoughts?