Water - How does it contribute to weight loss?

I have actually been wondering the same thing. I have always been told "The more you drink, the more you shrink", but it seems like every time I up my water intake to say 13-15 cups per day (yes, I know above the recommended daily intake) the scale shows a GAIN for a few days..any ideas anyone else?

It also has a tendency to give you more energy as it is going to your organs so they work more effiecently (sp?)... and for me, I'm not drinking my calories.

But if you don't like the taste of water, you can always try getting an infuser to put fruits in it to put a little different taste into it.

The gain is water retention which happens even more for some people if they just started working out too, I gain and then drop a few weeks lster... Some people it is just a few dsys. It helps keep u tregular, helps flush out toxins and keep everytjing running as it should. Helps clear skin, also naturally fills you up so you dont eat as much, so many wonderful things.

I drink water all the time, can't stand the taste of tap water anymore now though but I try to get through as much as I can. I can easy do 14 cups. Downside is I feel like I'm drowning & then I go to wee more. I can just get off the loo & then have that urge that I need to go again. I drink less & it happens less. I guess it's my body telling me the water is doing it's job but enough already lol. Try this.

1 lemon thinly sliced
1 cucumber thinly sliced
1.5ltr water
1tb grated ginger

Add them all to the jug of water & let sit in the fridge for at least 12 hours (so make some at night for the next day) then drink during the day. Not only does it taste great, but is really good for you.

I hate water! Before I began this journey, I'd go weeks without drinking any. Coffee, pop, or tea was it. I still hate water but make myself drink it because it helps flush our system. I look at it this way, it is probably the single most easiest thing to do to get or stay fit. It's easier than working out and easier than eating rabbit food!

I drink a bottled water first thing in the morning, one at lunch before I eat, one right before my workout, one right after my workout then at least one more with dinner or evening. That is a minimum of five so that is approximately 84 ounces. Over the recommended allowance.

Good luck!

WalMart carries a yummy line of carbonated flavored waters. Everything from strawberry to pomergranite acai. To me, they taske like soda. They're only $.68 for a big bottle and they taste really good. The nutritional label has on zeros on it...lol.

Kind of a sidetrack, but...

Believe it or not, different waters can taste really differently. To different people.
Tap water, of course, can have things like chlorine and fluoride that you might not like the taste of.
If you don't like what you "normally" drink, you might try something else.

I think Evian tastes "dusty" but my mom loves it.
I like Poland Spring and she can't stand it.
My favorite is Fiji, but I'm a bit of a "greenie", so I now refuse to dring water that has traveled halfway across the world in a plastic bottle.

I use a Brita filter for pitchers of water - even use it for my cookings, coffee and tea. (My tap water has a LOT of chlorine.)
I've heard good things about the ZeroWater device.

So, not that you need to drink plain water only, all the time, .but trying different ones and starting from there - and sometimes following the other suggestions upthread - may help.

I think the other major reason to drink lots of water is that when you're not thirsty you're unlikely to reach for that big bottle of soda that is crammed full of high fructose corn syrup.

I have the same problem with water. I cannot bear to drink it on its own. I just pop a splash (literally just a tiny tiny amount) of no added sugar cordial in there. It gives it a hint of flavour.