is water really that important for weight loss??

Did you know that the water we as humanity drink each day is less than 1% of the daily water consumption?
Most of the water on this planet is used ( and wasted ) by industry.
Also, research has shown that there are many people who do not recognize when they are thirsty and confuse the feeling with hunger. I think drinking when one feels thirsty is ok for some people , but not for most.

Welli know water helps our bodies complete tasks more efficiently... Like air. Your body pretty much needs water for everything. Your body is mostly water. I find that drinking water and tea help me feel fuller or just more satisfied at times when I would maybe like to eat but shouldn't. They say we often mistake hunger for thirst, so I drink up first!

I'd like to see someone lose weight and NOT drink water... see what gathers in the gut... you need it. your body is made of it.. drink it or die. :P

Good to meet you.

I don't force myself to consume anything I don't want to consume. What people forget is that food has water in it, too. I'll have a glass now and then, but really, if I'm not thirsty I don't drink it.


Edited because I wanna make sure everyone knows I'm not anti-water. It's good for you. I'm just saying for the majority of my weight loss I haven't had a lot of water...so obviously water does not equal weight loss, and a small amount of water does not equal no weight loss.

I don't know the why's or how's behind it, but I do know that since I switched from diet sodas, crystal light, iced tea with sweetener, and switched to plain old iced water,I am losing more weight faster, I feel less hungry all the time, my hair, nails and skin are also much healthier, and I don't feel bloated all the time. I try to drink a gallon a day, although I don't always make it. I have a Bubba cup that holds 24 oz, and I try to drink and refill it every 2 hours while at work. Plus, I drink a cup with my pills in the morning. I do drink 1-2 cups of coffee in the morning as well.

Also, I used to HATE drinking water, and now I crave it... Like the other girl said, you will rarely find me without my bottle of water. I got a brita filter for my kitchen sink. Don't know how I ever lived without it!

There is no proof that drinking lots of plain water helps weight loss.

God why the hell is everything related to weight loss a myth?! I've ran across more myths than cold hard facts while losing weight. This leads me to believe weight loss is a completely random and arbitrary phenomenon

Seriously though any care to counter the argument I quoted?

For what it's worth, confirmation bias seems to be massive in nutrition, dieting, and weight lifting "advice"/journalism/broscience on the internet. From Wiki:
"Confirmation bias (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses.[Note 1][1] People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for emotionally charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs. For example, in reading about current political issues, people usually prefer sources that affirm their existing attitudes. They also tend to interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing position. Biased search, interpretation and memory have been invoked to explain attitude polarization (when a disagreement becomes more extreme even though the different parties are exposed to the same evidence), belief perseverance (when beliefs persist after the evidence for them is shown to be false), the irrational primacy effect (a greater reliance on information encountered early in a series) and illusory correlation (when people falsely perceive an association between two events or situations)."

I've learned a lot about nutrition and diets since I made the decision to drop fat and try to work on body recomposition, but it's been very difficult for me to learn much since one can, almost literally, find anything on the internet that confirms or refutes any diet "advice", guidelines, or "best practices". There is enough medical research and are enough studies that one can very easily cherry-pick the information he/she sees fit to fit one's "program" (see confirmation bias). Obviously, moderation is almost always the best method in these cases (eat a lot / eat a little, fast a long time / eat every 3-4 hours, do a lot of cardio / do no cardio, lift at 10-15 reps per set / lift at 4-5 reps per set, etc.), but there's also a "truth" out there that may or may not be extremely nuanced and complex. I've found a few folks whom I've come to refer for pretty objective, science-based observations for these topics (Alan Aragon, for example). Since I'm not an expert in this field, I will always end up having to refer and defer to others, which is tough since there's a lot of money being made with special diets, exercise routines, etc., that can very easily mask junk science and real science.

Water is important for hydration; hydration is important for nutrient absorption; nutrient absorption is important for overall health and well being. Suck it up and drink your water...I swear, first world problems are the most annoying.

We are made from mostly water. It aids in most of our biological functions such as food absorption, waste elimination, air conditioning (sweat). Every physical fitness, athletic and health site, book, magazine, I've seen recommends drinking enough water.

My experience is that I drink it constantly all day long. When I'm hydrated I feel energetic and powered up. Since I workout regularly, my body needs more than the rule of thumb eight glasses. Bottom line: I drink it. I feel good :drinker:

if your pee is clear or just slightly yellow than you've sufficient amount of water in your body, if it's yellow or dark yellow than you're extremely dehydrated. Now drinking 8 glasses of water does help reduce chances of getting certain cancers and diseases according to studies (some studies done by water companies are bogus a lot of the time), water does clean toxins out of your body. The amount of water you need varies on your weight and how much you exercise, water also does aid in weight loss because it reduces appetite. Drinking enough water can only help you, it won't hurt you, but not drinking enough can damage your organs and especially your kidneys.

I'd like to see someone lose weight and NOT drink water... see what gathers in the gut... you need it. your body is made of it.. drink it or die. :P

Good to meet you.

I don't force myself to consume anything I don't want to consume. What people forget is that food has water in it, too. I'll have a glass now and then, but really, if I'm not thirsty I don't drink it.


Edited because I wanna make sure everyone knows I'm not anti-water. It's good for you. I'm just saying for the majority of my weight loss I haven't had a lot of water...so obviously water does not equal weight loss, and a small amount of water does not equal no weight loss.

you admitted that you drink water!!!! lol!!! what i meant is that you have to have some water within your diet so your body doesn't 'dry up'. you can get water from the fruits and veggies you eat. watermelon and cucumbers are awesome!