1 Gallon of Water a Day?
AngelaHuo
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Is this good for weight loss?
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Its good for going to the bathroom a lot? Water consumption and weight loss don't have a direct link. Drinking more water can help to flush water-weight (ironically), and some people find that drinking more keeps them from eating more. But upping your water and expecting a correlating level of fat loss is not necessarily going to occur. Drink water for hydration's sake, not because you think it will accelerate weight loss.14
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Seconding what Alatariel75 said. A benefit of water is indeed that you will feel fuller which will help you eat as much, which in turn can help you lose weight by eating less. It also will hydrate you, keep your skin healthy, and aid in digestion.0
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All that running to the bathroom could be good exercise, I guess.
Good hydration is helpful for weight loss, I think. And just good for you in general. Drinking a lot more water than you need, probably not very helpful. For me, a gallon would be far too much. For someone doing manual labor in the sun, it might be fine.1 -
I usually drink about 8 glasses of water a day give or take. I also drink a lot of coffee, I've found if I don't drink enough water I don't poop regularly.2
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Yes, for me...all the comments above notwithstanding. As suggested by Stew Smith, (Navy SEAL trainer) I drink a liter at a time, 4-5 times a day. Combined with exercise and a calorie deficit, of course, it's been helping me lose weight, yes. Make up your own mind, though. I recommend reading Mr. Smiths take at Stewsmith.com. Power to you!
Not sure what training elite soldiers has to do with regular schmucks losing weight.3 -
Yeah I lost a lot of appetite when I did that for a few weeks. Also the urge to urinate every 20 seconds goes away after the first 3 or 4 days. Because I was full of liquid I was better able to gauge my hunger level (instead of my appetite when I was bored/sad/whatever). Also it really does help clear up your skin, alleviate bloating, and help regulate your bowels so I would say its worth it to at least try and then adjust again to whatever you feel more comfortable with. I started at a gallon and two weeks later I found my optimal level was around 1.5 gallons a day.
Hope that gave some insight
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Can't be bad for.
If i have some vigerous workouts I can definately drink a gallon or more.
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Keep in mind that drinking more than a liter an hour can cause "water intoxication." More than that can mess up your electrolytes and send you to the hospital or possibly kill you.9
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tiffaninghs wrote: »i always notice the ppl that say anything negative about anything healthy have the most discouraging profile pics.. like they live off of whoppers and high blood pressure meds...
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tiffaninghs wrote: »i always notice the ppl that say anything negative about anything healthy have the most discouraging profile pics.. like they live off of whoppers and high blood pressure meds...
anywho a gallon a day is awesome.. i can go over that if my exercises are especially intense.. also helps greatly with water weight!!
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There is no compelling evidence supporting the consumption of extreme amounts of water (a glass before a meal may help you feel fuller more quickly) in fact there can be negative health consequences as you risk stripping out essential electrolytes (think back to grade 10 science & osmosis) In really extreme cases people have died as a result of hyponatremia.
The average adult needs about 2 litres of fluids daily, much of which can be obtained from your food (most fruits & vegetable are mostly water). Trust your thirst.6 -
BrianSharpe wrote: »There is no compelling evidence supporting the consumption of extreme amounts of water (a glass before a meal may help you feel fuller more quickly) in fact there can be negative health consequences as you risk stripping out essential electrolytes (think back to grade 10 science & osmosis) In really extreme cases people have died as a result of hyponatremia.
The average adult needs about 2 litres of fluids daily, much of which can be obtained from your food (most fruits & vegetable are mostly water). Trust your thirst.
^^This.
And don't forget that soda, coffee, tea, milk, juice etc. are just flavoured water and definitely contribute to hydration. 2 -
That seems like overkill unless you're sweating a lot or it's a really hot day. If drinking that much water, I'd make sure to consume adequate electrolytes to balance things out.2
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I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!4 -
I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them. 4 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.6 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
Any science behind this theory of yours that drinking cold water = measurably increased caloric burn? I'd be interested in reading that, even though the original statement was that drinking water boosts metabolism, which it doesn't.4 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
Would love to see any science behind this theory of yours. Even though the original statement was that drinking water boosts metabolism, which it doesn't.
I will leave the researching up to you since it sounds like you're super interested.
And people generally mean increasing calories burned without any exercise when they refer to metabolism.2 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
Would love to see any science behind this theory of yours. Even though the original statement was that drinking water boosts metabolism, which it doesn't.
I will leave the researching up to you since it sounds like you're super interested.
If you make the claim, it's up to you to support it. Otherwise it's just conjecture on your part and therefore deserves to be totally disregarded.8 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
Would love to see any science behind this theory of yours. Even though the original statement was that drinking water boosts metabolism, which it doesn't.
I will leave the researching up to you since it sounds like you're super interested.
If you make the claim, it's up to you to support it. Otherwise it's just conjecture on your part and therefore deserves to be totally disregarded.
Or anyone that wants to find out can do a quick google search on what the original definition of a calorie was and understand the logic.
ETA: but you can totally disregard it, I don't mind.5 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
Except 40-64 calories = 0.040-0.064 Calories (kilocalories). In other words, it really has "no" effect.7 -
In the literal sense yes, you do burn more calories with an ice cold glass of water versus a tepid glass of the same amount. But it's splitting hairs here. If people think that "hey all I gotta do is drink more ice cold water to burn more calories" we're basically talking the calorie amount to get up off the couch, go the the cupboard, fill the glass of water, drink it and then go back down to sit on the coach. Wouldn't it be just more sensible just to move that amount to equal that glass of water?RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
I guess if people want to take every advantage they can to count every calorie they burn, drinking ice cold water would be a small benefit.
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RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
Except 40-64 calories = 0.040-0.064 Calories (kilocalories). In other words, it really has "no" effect.
LOL I was all excited about RAD_Fitnesse's comment and now you just killed it! But thanks for the clarification. Very true, In the end it makes no difference.
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RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
Except 40-64 calories = 0.040-0.064 Calories (kilocalories). In other words, it really has "no" effect.
LOL I was all excited about RAD_Fitnesse's comment and now you just killed it! But thanks for the clarification. Very true, In the end it makes no difference.
Yes, clearly a case of majoring in the minors.
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He's not incorrect about drinking colder water versus tepid water for more calorie burn. But it's negligible overall in weight loss. Drinking 8 ICE COLD 8 ounce glasses of water a day is about 70 calories burned. The science is there. But it's not boosting metabolic rate.snickerscharlie wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
Any science behind this theory of yours that drinking cold water = measurably increased caloric burn? I'd be interested in reading that, even though the original statement was that drinking water boosts metabolism, which it doesn't.
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In the literal sense yes, you do burn more calories with an ice cold glass of water versus a tepid glass of the same amount. But it's splitting hairs here. If people think that "hey all I gotta do is drink more ice cold water to burn more calories" we're basically talking the calorie amount to get up off the couch, go the the cupboard, fill the glass of water, drink it and then go back down to sit on the coach. Wouldn't it be just more sensible just to move that amount to equal that glass of water?RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
I guess if people want to take every advantage they can to count every calorie they burn, drinking ice cold water would be a small benefit.
But if they're getting up off the couch, walking to the kitchen, getting a glass of ice water, walking back to the couch and sitting down, wouldn't that *double* the 'burn' (LOL) rather than not having gotten up off the couch at all?
There might just be something to this after all.
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He's not incorrect about drinking colder water versus tepid water for more calorie burn. But it's negligible overall in weight loss. Drinking 8 ICE COLD 8 ounce glasses of water a day is about 70 calories burned. The science is there. But it's not boosting metabolic rate.snickerscharlie wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
Any science behind this theory of yours that drinking cold water = measurably increased caloric burn? I'd be interested in reading that, even though the original statement was that drinking water boosts metabolism, which it doesn't.
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Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
Yes but 1 grain of rice is about 100 calories - 0.1 Calories (Kilocalories) ... So it unfortunately doesn't make a difference in your actual weight loss.0 -
RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
Would love to see any science behind this theory of yours. Even though the original statement was that drinking water boosts metabolism, which it doesn't.
I will leave the researching up to you since it sounds like you're super interested.
You make the assertion you provide the citation, that's how it works.3 -
Keep in mind that you are getting more water than you are drinking simply by eating food. I don't log water, I just drink when I'm thirsty without logging. My water consumption today simply by eating food is 1.5 liters and the day is still halfway. I also drank water several times because it's hot and I was thirsty (not sure how much I drank). You are very likely not dehydrated and don't need to chug in water for no reason unless your thirst signals are very messed up.3
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Lol, yes that's true. But then it becomes the obsession of counting every calorie for everything they do. Walking to throw the trash away. Walking to the mailbox. The occasional wiping off of the TV screen, etc. And they get to eat those calories back if they are already in a deficit.snickerscharlie wrote: »
In the literal sense yes, you do burn more calories with an ice cold glass of water versus a tepid glass of the same amount. But it's splitting hairs here. If people think that "hey all I gotta do is drink more ice cold water to burn more calories" we're basically talking the calorie amount to get up off the couch, go the the cupboard, fill the glass of water, drink it and then go back down to sit on the coach. Wouldn't it be just more sensible just to move that amount to equal that glass of water?RAD_Fitness wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »I tried drinking a lot more water than my usual yesterday... maybe 2litres and I dropped a full pound today so It's definitely going to get rid of the water weight. I then checked out websites about how much I should drink per day and it's apparently around 1 liter per 50lbs! They also say it boosts your metabolism but not sure how much truth is in that. Also, you would have to drink many liters in a short period of time to have water intoxication so I wouldn't worry. I don't think 1 gallon for a 200lbs+ person would be to much but maybe for a small person?
I'm definitely going to up my water intake!
Drinking water does not boost your metabolism. Drinking water hydrates you, keeps you regular, helps with muscle repair from exercise and helps flush excess sodium (and the accompanying water retention) from your system. Pretty helpful things in and of themselves, but boosting metabolism isn't one of them.
But it does effect on the amount of calories you burn..... The original definition of a calorie was the amount of energy needed to raise 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius. Albeit not a crazy amount calories unless you're drinking gallons and gallons of water, it does have an effect.
It's somewhere between 5 and 8 calories to heat up the cold water to reach your normal body temperature. With drinking a very normal 8 glasses a day, that would put you at 40-64 calories a day. If you are an active individual who drinks a lot of water, that could be 80-128 calories a day from drinking a gallon of cold water a day. Obviously this is not going to make or break you weight loss, but it does have an effect on the amount of calories you burn a day.
I guess if people want to take every advantage they can to count every calorie they burn, drinking ice cold water would be a small benefit.
But if they're getting up off the couch, walking to the kitchen, getting a glass of ice water, walking back to the couch and sitting down, wouldn't that *double* the 'burn' (LOL) rather than not having gotten up off the couch at all?
There might just be something to this after all.
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