The Benefits Of Water in Weight Loss

My staff and I were astonished when Ellen (not her real name) walked into our office. We specialized in weight loss and Ellen was thin. Of course, we always say that thin is in the eye of the beholder – anorexics can look at their skeletal bodies and see fat everywhere. Until she told us what was going on in her life, our thought was not to sign her up.

Ellen was a runway model, the small amount of weight she carried on her hips was costing her jobs. We asked her to fill out a food log to see what she was eating. She ate well. Protein and salad with vinegar or lemon juice for dressing. The only thing we saw that we thought she might change was diet soda.

Starting with her second visit, Ellen began substituting ice water for diet soda.

“Ellen,” her agent said one day. “You are dropping weight so fast you aren’t doing anything stupid are you?”

“No. The only thing I’ve changed in my diet is I’ve given up diet soda for water.”

Now, not everyone will experience Ellen’s results. She was eating well and exercising regularly to begin with. However, we have found that water helps relieve bloating and, because it doesn’t bring chemicals with it, it does not contribute to weight gain. Fat is where toxins from your environment and the food you eat is stored, so if you are regularly drinking chemicalized soft drinks – even those with no calories – your body will create fat for storage.

The very first thing we suggest to our clients is to start drinking water – eight to ten eight ounce glasses a day, and to give up drinking soda. Soda – diet and sugar filled – brings with it all kinds of problems which we’ll go into in another blog. Water is the best drink you can give to your body as long as it doesn’t come in plastic containers…. Yet another article.