Does water intake affect weight loss?

aliciamariebishop
aliciamariebishop Posts: 5 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi, supper silly question, does water intake affect weight loss? If I am trying to loose weight should I be drinking more water then normal ?

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  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    Water intake does not affect fat loss. Your water levels fluctuate during weight loss. Sometimes your body retains more water and other times it retains less, so that can affect the scale. But that is fluid and tends to go up and down.

    But in terms of actual fat loss, the only thing that matters is the number of calories you take in vs the number of calories your body burns. The amount of water you drink does not affect it (although some find that if they drink more water, they dont feel as hungry, which allows them to eat less calories).

    Drinking enough water can certainly be be beneficial for a number of reasons, but weight loss is about calorie deficit.
  • NovusDies
    NovusDies Posts: 8,940 Member
    aliciamariebishop wrote: »
    Hi, supper silly question, does water intake affect weight loss? If I am trying to loose weight should I be drinking more water then normal ?

    You only need more water if you are not properly hydrated which can be determined by you mid morning and later urine color (it should be faintly yellow not dark). As @MikePTY mentioned it does not directly impact fat weight loss.
  • aliciamariebishop
    aliciamariebishop Posts: 5 Member
    Thanks everyone supper helpful, so less calories and water weight is a thing.
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,255 Member
    Water weight is DEFINITELY a thing, especially if you weigh every day.

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