weight loss, drinking water and exercise truths ??

chels167scott
chels167scott Posts: 2 Member
edited July 2016 in Health and Weight Loss
hi every one . im new to this and have been using this site for only a little while now.
Ive tried so many diets before but never seem to stick to things or jump on the scales and achieve no weight loss. im currently doing the slim fast diet which is really working for me at the moment and when i achieve a good weight loss i will switch to portion sizing etc so will keep it off in the long term BUT BUT BUT.. i google a lot and have been told so many different things by slimming world reps and god know who else different 'facts' about weight loss and would like to see what is actually fact and what is not!
soooo...
drinking water helps you lose weight? true /false ? and how?
if your dieting and exercising you wont lose weigh on the scales as your turning it into muscle ??? i have like 60 pounds to lose and want to lose pounds pounds pounds lol
what have you all done to succeed in losing weight every week?
thank you every one xx :)

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  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    Drinking water doesn't help you lose weight unless you are over-eating calories when you are thirsty. Regardless of this fact drinking water is necessary for us to sustain life, maintain sooo many biological processes, and is just overall good for our health. So... drink your water :wink:

    You cannot turn fat into muscle. This is physiologically impossible. You can burn fat as energy. Your body also burns muscle as energy. You can build new muscle with a proper diet and progressive strength training routine. I wouldn't even concern myself with this considering your goal is weight loss. All you need to know is by eating adequate protein, performing resistance training, and keeping your deficit moderate you can maximize fat loss.

    The only thing that will result in losing weight each (fat loss) and every week is a consistent calorie deficit.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    1. Drinking water will only help you lose weight if your primary source of cutting calories is cutting out drinks that have calories (milk, juice, soda, alcohol, etc.). Water is highly important for hydration and kidney function.
    2. No, fat does not turn into muscle. And except for certain situations, you cannot gain muscle in a calorie deficit. What you can do is lift to both strengthen and preserve your muscles as you lose.
    3. Log my foods on MFP, weigh everything on a food scale, and do the exercises I enjoy. But because weight naturally fluctuates, you can never be sure you'll lose every week. Make sure your logging is as accurate as possible and watch the long term trend rather than short term.
  • Dfoarde
    Dfoarde Posts: 10 Member
    The ONLY thing that counts is CI<CO ( calories in Vs. Calories out ) as far as weight loss goes.

    If you burn more calories than you consume on a daily/ weekly basis you will drop pounds. Any fad diet that works is working around this basic scientific principal.

    Tons of info on this all through the forum and that is what this app is all about. You are on the right track.

    Good luck!
  • chels167scott
    chels167scott Posts: 2 Member
    so calorie deficit plus exercise will encourage a good weight loss? xx :)
  • Nappingcat97
    Nappingcat97 Posts: 21 Member
    The only way water will help you lose weight is if you drink it instead of soda or beer or milkshakes. But it's good for you so drink up. The Weight loss formula is simple: expend more energy than you consume. Easier said than done, of course. Muscle may weigh more than fat, but not enough to make a crazy difference. Muscle DOES use more energy, so gaining muscle will result in shrinking energy stores. Here's four tips from me. 1) go slow. I've lost 45 pounds, but over 2 years. That may seem like a long time, but it isn't. Get over your fantasies of arriving at Christmas dinner 60# lighter. Won't happen, but good things will. 2)The scale lies. Sort of. A salty dinner, or warm weather or stress can cause the body to hold on to water, throwing numbers off. The scale is fickle. Instead, consider buying a pair of top-flight pants and rejoice when they fit. I have a belt I have to cut a new hole in every few months. 3)Eat real food. Slim fast is an okay supplement for lunch or a snack, but it doesn't teach food responsibility. Learn to cook, and to cook light. Spend a day looking at serving sizes, measuring a serving size of things like butter, sugar, mayo. You don't need to weigh every bit you consume, but if you are aware of what a tablespoon of butter really looks like, when you cook you are less likely to mindlessly use too much. 4) MOVE! A walk after dinner helps. Vacuuming, doing dishes, parking the car far away, taking the stairs all helps. Sneak in activity. I take a bus to work. I started getting off a mile from work and walking. Then I started walking 1.5 miles to downtown for my trip home. Then I joined a gym. Right now I am in a plateau of about 4 months. I'm mostly happy with my diet, my health is very good, and I weigh less than I did 23 years ago. I want to lose more, and know that to do it I need more activity, so my next move will be doing some weight training to increase muscle. So, cook, log your daily intakes, log your exercising, and don't let the numbers rule (or ruin) your day. Set realistic goals (though MFP saved my life, it suggests I should be losing 3# a week; I average 0.5! Make peace with that! Good luck!

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