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Water helps keep the fat away!

How much water is enough? On the average, a person should drink eight, 8-ounce glasses every day -- abut two quarts. However, the over-weight person needs one additional glass for every 25 pounds of excess weight. If you exercise briskly or if the weather is hot and dry, the amount you drink also should be increased.

Water should preferably be cold (it's absorbed into the system more quickly) and evidence suggests drinking cold water can help burn calories.

when the body gets the water it needs to function optimally, its fluids are perfectly balanced. when this happens, you have reached the "breakthrough" point.

If you stop drinking enough water, your body fluids will be thrown out of balance again, and you may experience fluid retention, unexplained weight gain and loss of thirst. To remedy the situation you'll have to go back and force another "breakthrough."

Water is possibly the single most important catalyst in losing weight and keeping it off. Although most of us take it for granted, drinking the proper amount of water may be the only true method for permanent weight loss. Some of the effects of water and weight loss are:

Water suppresses the appetite naturally. There is a loss of hunger almost overnight.
Natural thirst returns.
More fat is used as fuel, because the liver is free to metabolize stored fat efficiently.
Retained water shows up as excess weight. To get rid of excess water you must drink more water.
An overweight person needs more water than a thin one.
water helps to maintain proper muscle tone.
Water can help relieve constipation.
Studies have shown that when water intake is increased it will cause fat deposits to be flushed in proportion to water intake. More water intake--less fat deposits retained. Less water intake--more fat deposits retained. Why? The kidneys can't function properly without enough water. When they don't work to capacity, some of their load is dumped onto the liver.

One of the liver's primary functions is to metabolize stored fat into usable energy for the body. If the liver has to do some of the kidney's work, it can't operate at full throttle. As a result, it metabolizes less fat, more fat remains stored in the body and weight loss stops.

When the body gets less water, it perceives this as a threat to survival and begins to hold on to every drop. Water is stored in extra cellular spaces (outside the cells) . This shows up as swollen feet, legs and hands....The best way to overcome the problem of water retention is to give your body what it needs--plenty of water. Only then will stored water be released.

water helps to maintain proper muscle tone by giving muscles their natural ability to contract and by preventing dehydration. It also helps to prevent the sagging skin that usually follows weight loss, shrinking cells are buoyed by water, which plumps the skin and leaves it clear, healthy and resilient...

Here are some tips to maximize your fat loss and success .

It is not necessary, but it will be helpful to walk or exercise each day.
Quicker results can be obtained by limiting intake of fried foods, sweets, caffeine, etc.


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