Remaining hydrated at all times is vital if you plan to lose any Fat.
Fat loss via fluid depletion is both dangerous and temporary at best. Unfortunately it is not only possible to drop Fat quickly it is very simple to do and many diet products rely upon this to give you “instant” results.
Yes you may wrap yourself in cling-film and step in to a sauna for an hour. Yes you will have lost Fat via perspiration by the time you come out. You may have even lost a significant amount of Fat but you have to understand that it is only temporary and as soon as you drink, your body will hang on to those fluids for dear life as it has to rehydrate every cell in your body.
The short period of time that you feel good once you unwrap yourself and stand on the scales and see the Fat has come off is fleeting in comparison to the hours or possibly days and weeks that you will feel less than 100% due to dehydration.
The average person loses 2.5% of total body water each day. That’s approximately 1.2 litres (1.25 quarts) every day of our lives. We can lose 2-3 pounds per day just by not drinking anything which may look good on the bathroom scales but believe me, this is not a good plan!
High levels of hydration mean that more water is drawn in to the large intestine (the colon) which helps to form large, soft, bulky stools which are easily moved by the body’s natural peristaltic motion (the wave like effect that is the same as swallowing)
When you have good digestive transit times, the food that you ingest has far less time to be absorbed and turned in to fat. In fact, the longer that the food stays in the body, the more of it you will absorb and the more Fat you will retain or gain. Another more serious effect of this is that you are more likely to retain possible carcinogens that are naturally contained in food but rejected by the body and excreted as waste as soon as possible.
Beginning to see just how important it is to stay hydrated? Starting to understand why Fat loss via fluids is a very bad idea?
An added bonus of ingesting all of these fluids is that it takes the edge off of your appetite meaning that you will eat less frequently and naturally reduce your food intake. Both absolute winners when it comes to losing Fat.
At the end of the day, Fat loss is a simple equation. Energy (Calories) In – Energy (Calories) Out = Fat Fluctuation. If you are eating more calories than you are using you will gain Fat. If you are using more calories than you are eating, you will lose Fat.
Having meals still inside you from days ago means that you are still storing potential calories that can be absorbed in addition to anything you have eaten since or are about to eat.
Hydrate yourself properly. Drink at least 8 glasses of water per day. Every day. Cut down on things that help to dehydrate you. Caffeine is a good example as it is diuretic which means that you will expel more fluid than you drink. Salt is another thing to be avoided as it causes water retention. This may sound like a good idea but in reality it isn’t retaining the water in the right places. Due to any number of complicated processes that include intracellular osmosis amongst other things, too much salt in your diet will cause you to dehydrate in a way that doesn’t give you a thirst. Even though you will be putting on pounds in unwanted fluid retention.
Staying fully hydrated has many other benefits too. When you drink lots of water, your body systems (more specifically your kidneys and renal system) work far more efficiently. When this is happening you are expelling toxins as fast as possible which has many beneficial effects, often the most noticeable ones are lustrous hair and smooth unblemished skin.
Do yourself a favour, drink lots of healthy, fresh, clean, clear, refreshing, life giving water and aid your diet in ways you never anticipated.
