Drowning ourselves in water!!!!

I'm not an expert...just a water lover...its all I drink except for a glass of skim milk maybe and of course my beloved coffee...ah coffee!

But I will continue to drink my water....I think its helped me a lot too!
hugs~
Ali....

but becareful not to reuse the ones w/ a 3,6, or 7 on the bottom in the little upside down triangle...those have a bad chemical in them ...bpa I believe ...there is post on here explaining and msnbc had a video too...food or water for thought!

hugs!
Ali

I don't watch Oprah, but what I've read that you don't HAVE to drink 8 glasses. Drink what feels right for you. Don't over hydrate yourself for the sake of drinking 8 glasses of water, but don't dehydrate yourself either.

I've found for me that drinking water has made me lose weight, but I drank about 4 diet cokes a day. Now I'm drinking one, and about five glasses of water.

Everybody I talk to say drink your water. My husband is a big water pusher. At the gym, the spin class lady preaches water drinking.
I think that we should stick to the 8 glasses. I don't swell when I drink water, my skin is not as dry, I am not always wanting to eat, I am not parched and I think just because it is on Oprah, it doesn't mean we should do it.
There is something about that show.....if that woman says jump....a lot of people say HOW HIGH?

There is something about that show.....if that woman says jump....a lot of people say HOW HIGH?

I agree... she does not give the best advice sometimes but everyone follows her like sheep... too many people just take what someone else says for fact without doing any research themselves... a friend of my bf has a word for people like this... sheeple...

Don't be sheeple... do the research...
Jenn

i don't want to be no sheeple. no way.:noway: i'll drink my water and love it.

I don't watch Oprah, but I have read multiple articles that state you do not need to drink 8 glasses of water a day. This is because you get water from food, juice, coffee, pop, etc. Although drinks with caffeine do have a slight dehydrating effect, that doesn't come near canceling out the amount of water in them. However, I could be slightly biased because I hate, hate, hate water!

Water itself won't help you lose weight - BUT it will flush your system of harmful waste byproducts that enter your bloodstream as a result of living. Things like uric acid, proteins, etc. Also, drinking COLD water does cause you to lose weight out of the sheer fact that your body has to expend energy to heat it up to body temperature.

Think of it this way - if you drink ice cold water, you don't pee ice cold water. The energy to heat it up had to come from somewhere.

I used to force it down and keep a check list to make sure that I drank it all...now, I just drink when I am thirsty. Some days I may drink a ton and others much less. I can't tell a difference in the weight loss, my skin, or how I feel. I decided it was time to stop obsessing over it and just give my body what it tells me I need. I think that lots of people have lots of opinions and when it comes down to it, not one of them has "MY" body so until they live a day in "MY" body then their opinions are just that.

I eat when I am hungry. If I am lightheaded I know I have not had enough food regardless what the calorie count says.

I drink when I am thirsty.

When every inch of my body is screaming STOP while I am running, I push a few more feet and then I stop and walk.

Funny thing about our bodies...they are EXCELLENT at communicating what they need---the problem is that we are not always good listeners. It took me 35 years to realize this--if only I had listened sooner!!!! Listening to my body has made eating, drinking and exercising a pleasure instead of a burden and I am 46 pounds lighter than I was last year.

Put on your listening ears and see what your body has to say. Of course you can take into acct the opinions of Oz, Phil, Oprah, Bob, Jillian and even your trainer at the gym, but none of them know your body like you do!!!!!!!

sorry again i have to say im glad im in nz lol great water well better than some. and we reuse our bottles alot pretty good at recycling (ok im not but i do know i should be and i do when i think about it , mental note sort out recycling containers to do it).

i do know if you drink to much you can drown but you have to drink alot to do that. im writing this as i drink my 2nd ltr for the day im a bit behind actualy.

unless they give me a better reason to not dehydrate myself then they can go jump for all i care and i agree i think ophra (and i do like her) has a little to much influence over people research is a must on everything cause depending on the information and how it was collated it has an element of era

Aside from the fact that it has 0 calories and 0 fat and fills you up...

We use water to wash off our outsides, why not use it to wash out our insides too.

Although as far as the amount goes -
1st - Is the "recommended" eight CUPS or eight ???oz GLASSES? - Could make a big difference.
2nd -I have a friend who is about 4'9" and an aunt that's 6'4". I doubt they need the same amount.

Yep, reckon I'll keep chugging my water and pass the habit on to my kids. I can hear my seven year old son now, "I want some woodah (he pronounces it like his dad and grandma!) Its healthy for my body!"

I just want to point out that Science, by defintion is mallable.

Its very rare that you can't 'prove' something to be true by focusing on the right data.

i would be vary wary of Doctors or Scientists who need to make money appearing on chat shows

for example, gravity is proven by things NOT floating in the air, not the fact that they are stuck to the floor. this is why we have to pick things up, to drop them, to prove gravity

sorry i am neither a scientist, nor a philospher and that may have made no sense whatsoever!