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The Beginner's Guide to Permanent Weight
Loss
"The World's
Strongest Fat Burner"
I remember one
evening I was watching TV and flipping
through channels until I saw a commercial
that caught my attention. It was quite
obvious why I would be interested in it
because I was looking to lose weight
at the time and I was being teased with what
they called "the world's strongest fat
burner".
That commercial
was for a diet pill, it had all the regular
promises of "easy" and "fast" weight loss
combined with the fact that you can eat
anything that you want. I did not buy the
product but it always stuck in my mind
because of the claim of being "The world's
strongest fat burner".
After losing all
the weight that I needed to and after
educating myself about healthy eating and
permanent weight loss, I came to find
something else that is very close to being
the world 's strongest fat burner and I am
here to reveal what that is to you.
What I am
talking about is water. If there is one
thing that has the consensus of diet gurus
and all the different weight loss programs
out there, it is the use of water. You have
heard all over the place that you need to
drink water to help you lose weight, but:
Have you ever
wondered why?
Have you ever
asked yourself how does water help you
lose weight?
If you do not
know how exactly, it's not your fault. You
see, nobody has a patent on water and it is
something that is hard to mark up and make a
ton of money from. There are not a lot of
benefits for the weight loss marketers to
taunt the virtues of water. People just know
that water is important to weight loss, but
since there is not a lot of money to be made
out of water, marketers may make it seem
like water is not as important to weight
loss as say diets pills for example.
Before I reveal
to you why I think water is the "world's
strongest fat burner", I first want to
dispel the biggest myth about water.
Some people do
not drink enough water when they diet,
thinking they will lose more weight if they
don't retain any excess water. However, this
is a myth and just the opposite happens. If
you do not drink enough water every day,
your body may be storing water and fat that
you do not need or want .
Your body needs
water and is sixty/seventy percent water.
Nevertheless, if you do not drink enough
water, your body thinks it is in danger and
tries to hold onto all the water it can get.
The water is stored between the cells and
shows up as extra weight. Your feet, legs
and hands may even swell up. However, when
your body does get enough water, the extra
stored water weight is released and you will
easily see the difference on the scale.
In addition, the
more water you drink, the less you'll eat.
Water is nature's own appetite suppressant.
A glass of water before eating will help you
feel full and eat less. You will also get
rid of extra salt by drinking water (salt
can also cause the body to hold onto water).
Besides all
this, there is another reason why I believe
water is "the world's strongest fat burner",
and it's a shame that almost nobody talks
about it.
You need water
for your body to burn fat. Here is why :
You see, your
liver is a fat burning organ. It is there to
help you burn body fat; therefore, you need
the liver to function at optimal level for
the best weight loss results.
Now, without
water, your kidneys cannot do their job of
eliminating wastes properly and your liver
must then pitch in to help. While your liver
is busy helping out the kidneys, the liver
then cannot burn as much fat as it could, so
some of the fat that would normally be used
as fuel gets stored in your body as fat
instead.
Drinking more
water helps your kidneys do their job and
indirectly allows your liver to get back to
its own job of turning fat into fuel.
Now you can
easily see why something as simple as
drinking water would have more of an effect
on your weight loss efforts than say a $60
diet pill bottle.
Your next
question might be, "How much water do I need
to accomplish this?" I am sure that you have
heard about the standard recommendation of
drinking at least eight, 8 oz. glasses of
water every day. However, this is just for
maintaining normal body function on a
regular basis. If you are looking to lose
weight, you need to drink more than that.
Have you ever
wonder why eight glasses of water is the
recommendation for everybody. No matter how
much you weight or how much you exercise.
This does not seem like a sensible advice at
all. However, it is the ‘general
recommendation” about water.
Do you think a
120 pounds person needs as much water as 300
pounds person?
My
recommendation is to drink half your
bodyweight in ounces of water. For example
if you weight 200 pounds, your goal should
be to consume about 100 ounces of water a
day.
Now, I have one
last tip about getting more water into your
system.
If you are
accustomed to drinking just one to two
glasses a day, trying to change suddenly to
8-10 glasses a day is just a recipe for
failure. Instead, try to improve to 4
glasses for the next 2-3 weeks and when you
feel comfortable with that, you can move on
to the next level until you can easily
handle more than 8 glasses a day.
Charles Blain is
giving away a free ebook "The best weight
loss exercises" along with a free course
about permanent weight loss. To get instant
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