Tuesday, March 10, 2009


Good Tuesday morning,


I wish everyday in a weight loss effort could be as good as Day 2 - I'd reach my 30 lb goal in 15 days and be drinking beers and eating pizza. Just kidding - actually one Coors Light and a single slice of pizza. The first few days of any program are a little skewed as the body is trying to figure out what is going on. Bottom line - I'll take the 2.2 lb. weight drop.


Before I talk about today's topic - water in weight loss - my wife wanted me to add another key element to "making a decision" that I talked about yesterday. About 2 1/2 weeks ago I got on the scale and hit a whopping 199 pounds. That was when I made the "decision" that I had to do something because weighing 200 pounds wasn't an option. It took me a few days to decide that I would do a very public weight loss program based on personal experience and common sense. The key was that I had already made the decision to lose weight and my subconscious mind started to go to work. By the time of the first weigh-in (yesterday) I had already lost 4.8 pounds without consciously doing much different except drinking a little more water everyday. So just to reiterate, making the decision to change is a major factor in success because it unleashes your subconscious mind to attack the issue.


Okay, so let's move on. Each day I want to talk about a different element of the plan in the order that I do them everyday. The first thing I do everyday is drink at least 8 oz. of water to replenish what I've lost overnight. This not only hydrates me before I go to exercise, which I do every other day, but it fills the stomach so I feel fuller on less food.


No one disputes the importance of water in any weight loss program but many differ on how much is enough or too much. A good former pharmacist friend of mine in Melaleuca believes that if you drink more that 4 to 5 8oz glasses of water a day you'll just end up waterlogged. Others believe 8 8oz glasses a day is correct. Regardless, somewhere between 4 and 8 glasses a day are critical to losing weight.


From an article by Donald S. Robertson, M.D.M.S.C. he claims that after exhaustive research, water is the most important catalyst in losing weight and may be the only "magic potion" for permanent weight loss. Heare are three reasons why:



  1. Water suppresses the appetite naturally, allows the kidneys to work properly, and frees the liver to do it's primary function of metabolizing stored fat into energy for the body to use.

  2. Although it sounds counter intuitive, drinking enough water each day reduces fluid retention because the body doesn't have to hoard water in case it doesn't get enough. It also helps eliminate excess salt in the body which leads to fluid retention in the first place.

  3. Water helps rid the body of waste - during weight loss the body has more waste to get rid of than normal.

I think you get the point - drink more water and have better success with any weight loss plan.


Tomorrow I want to talk about vitamins and the key role they play, not only during a weight loss program, but how vital they are to your overall heatlth.


Please send me your thoughts and comments!! I want to add them to the daily blog.


Until tomorrow, have a terrific day.


Bill Ehmann







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