Do I need to drink water?

YES! water will increase your weightloss! trust me!!! It speeds up your metabolism i wouldnt be 3 stone lighter today if i hadnt of drank 8 glasses of water a day!! i love water! always carry a bottle around with you! that 2 glasses down once youve finished a 500ml bottle, 4 of those a day and you will be well on your way to your goal weight..

hope this helped

Probably not. Drinking water could make you feel better (not for my wife and I though) but increase weight loss is unlikely.
It will probably assist your body in removing "impurities" quicker.
Also, water does weight 8lbs a gallon (16 cups) so drinking lots will make the scale go up.

The human body is very flexible and will utilize moisture in the foods you eat. The only thing my wife and I notice is if we don't have enough water with caffeine we can get a headache, but that is probably dehydration caused by the caffeine.

Water Calculator;
http://www.csgnetwork.com/humanh2owater.html

It's kind of a no brainer.

Your body needs water, not coffee, not soda, not juice. Water.

Crap.

Coffee, soda, juice are all 99% water. Your body doesnt need PURE water at all. Just water.

Here we go again!

You need the equivalent of 8 cups of water a day on average, from any source. These sources can be pure water/tea/coffee/juice/soda/milk/fruit/veg etc. It does NOT have to be pure neat water!

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/13/myth-eight-glasses-water-day

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/07/wellness-water-8x8-myth.html

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/12/08/the-myth-behind-drinking-8-glasses-of-water-a-day/


As for tea/coffee being a diuretic, so many people just spout that word as a reason, without actually understanding what "diuretic" means.

di·u·ret·ic (d-rtk)
adj.
Tending to increase the discharge of urine.
n.
A substance or drug that tends to increase the discharge of urine.

Neat water is also a diuretic. The diuretic effect of caffeine is far, far outweighed by the actual water in the tea/coffee. Also, regular consumers of caffeinated beverages will build up a tolerance to said effect, eventually reaching the point where caffeinated drinks provide practically the same amount of hydration as a cup of neat water will.


http://www.divinecaroline.com/22178/46361-coffee-makes-dehydrated-say-what

http://worldofcaffeine.com/2011/06/14/caffeine-does-not-dehydrate/

http://advance.uconn.edu/2002/020722/02072207.htm

http://nomoredirtylooks.com/2011/04/surprise-caffeinated-tea-does-not-dehydrate-you/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/health/nutrition/04real.html

http://www.sharecare.com/question/does-caffeine-dehydrate-not

http://www.artofdrink.com/2009/12/caffeine-in-coffee-does-not-increase-dehydration-during-hangovers.php

http://www.caring4cancer.com/go/cancer/nutrition/questions/do-caffeinated-beverages-cause-dehydration.htm

http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=5552790&page=1#.TrQWc0O5_oo

Drink water BEFORE your are thirsty.... if you wait till you are thirsty, then you are already starting to dehydrate.

Am I starved if I wait until I am hungry to eat?

Am I sleep deprived if I wait until I am tired to rest?

...and so on.



OP - My weight loss has been fine with an average of 2 to 3 cups of water per day. 8 cups of "pure" water a day is hardly a necessity for everyone. As mentioned before, you body is quite capable of using water from other sources.

My answer is yes to this. Just try it and see. I actually have to make myself drink water. 2 glasses before work, 2 at work, 2 when i get home from work and 2 with supper. any thing over that is a bonus.

It's really a non negotiable.... Yes u must and 8 cups is the absolute bare bones minimum... U should have AT LEAST half your body weight in ounces...of course it will help in weight loss...and even if u don't think it does it helps balance your overall health...have u ever looked at the color of your urine??? Ugh!!! I freak if my urine has any color to it whatsoever...Pure water is best...no crystal light etc...

YES! water will increase your weightloss! trust me!!! It speeds up your metabolism i wouldnt be 3 stone lighter today if i hadnt of drank 8 glasses of water a day!! i love water! always carry a bottle around with you! that 2 glasses down once youve finished a 500ml bottle, 4 of those a day and you will be well on your way to your goal weight..

hope this helped

You probably would have, if you did everything else the same.

And 4 of those a day will make bugger all difference if you dont make your calorie deficit. I can't remember the last time i drank pure water, as there's just no need for it. I get my fluids from other sources, 99% of which is tea/coffee.

I'm finding that I just don't drink much water in any given day. I have two cups of black coffee (no cream/sugar) in the morning, and then barley any liquid throughout the day. I'm not sure why...just not terribly thirsty. Any thoughts about if drinking my 8 glasses of water a day will increase my weight loss?

wow. really?

YES! every single living cell in your body NEEDS water! You need to train your body to drink water. i carry around a 24oz Camelbak that i refill at least 3 times. and that's aside from my two cups of herbal tea that i drink.

you. need. water.

Your body needs water, not coffee, not soda, not juice. Water.

Crap.

Coffee, soda, juice are all 99% water. Your body doesnt need PURE water at all. Just water.

Here we go again!

You need the equivalent of 8 cups of water a day on average, from any source. These sources can be pure water/tea/coffee/juice/soda/milk/fruit/veg etc. It does NOT have to be pure neat water!

That's fantastic, and I don't care. Pure water will always be better and healthier than coffee, soda, and juice. No one is arguing the water content in coffee.

That's fine then! You keep on drinking your copious amounts of water, and peeing out 50% of it every hour as it's excessive. Im just stating that neat water is not some magical fat burning liquid, it wont have any effect by itself on weight loss drinking, certainly not an effect that other liquids wont have, as long as you watch the cals etc.

I lost 16 pounds in high school by adding about 2 liters of water a day to my unchanged diet...seriously. Take it from someone who's lost 85 pounds--water is GOOD for weight loss. I drink at least half my weight in ounces...I think some people have mentioned that already.

I'm finding that I just don't drink much water in any given day. I have two cups of black coffee (no cream/sugar) in the morning, and then barley any liquid throughout the day. I'm not sure why...just not terribly thirsty. Any thoughts about if drinking my 8 glasses of water a day will increase my weight loss?

wow. really?

YES! every single living cell in your body NEEDS water! You need to train your body to drink water. i carry around a 24oz Camelbak that i refill at least 3 times. and that's aside from my two cups of herbal tea that i drink.

you. need. water.

You. dont. need. NEAT. water.

Just water in general, which comes from a whole host of sources.

I suspect that like most diet/exercise advice the science behind 8 glasses a day is pretty dubious - but commonsense suggests that drinking a reasonable (but not precisely defined) amount every day is a good idea (and no, coffee doesnt count). Good for the bowels, amongst other things - and what can be nicer than well-behaved bowels? What I do - when I am organised - is drink a small plastic cup of water on the hour every hour. I mark off on the plastic cup to show myself how much I have drunk. Keep doing that all day and you end up drinking plenty

WATER HAS NO CALORIES= REPLACE IT WITH THINGS THAT DO
Many people have lost a ton of weight by taking out those 4 cans of soda a day.

Drinking water is essential for weight loss!! It helps flush out the bad toxins in your body. I never drank water, and its still hard for me too. BUT here's 2 things I did to help remind me. But don't be discouraged if you step on the scale and see you weigh more, its water weight!!! Only weigh yourself once a week! Your weight fluctuates because of this!

This is what i did:

Took my weight, 185lbs divide by 2, = 92.5 (this is the amount of oz water my body should have daily)
To make it easier then I used to drink 16 oz bottles of water, so 92.5 divide by 16 = 5.7 (this is how many water bottles)

I would put out 6 water bottles on my counter or bring them with me and just finish them by the end of the day, before meals, just pick it up and try!

This only worked for a few months, so I went out and bought a 20 oz nice water bottle that I take with me everywhere now, I try and drink it before my classes (im in college) and before meals. Works great so far! Much cheaper too because I got one of those 5 gallon jugs you can refill for 39 Cents or whatever at the grocery store.

Another tip I just realized while at work, if you drink with a straw somehow i take down water much faster.

Goodluck!