I've always been kind of hit and miss with my water intake. I'd get my gallon 3 times per week and then some days I'd be really bad and have about 16oz.

Last week I committed to drinking a gallon of water/day. I changed nothing else in my routine. Same exercise, same food. Well, this weigh-in, I lost 3#! I don't know whether to thank the Whoosh Fairy or the water! I guess I'll take the loss from whoever is giving it!!!

Cheers!

Jen
Started Atkins 5.5.03
196/181.5/155

Whoosh Faries are nice but I wish they would whoosh with beer! Ha! Ha!


"SCRAT"

Jen,

You're right about the water. So far in this woe, I've found that water and exercise really key continued weight loss. For instance, I didn't get enough water in this weekend, and I'm up a couple pounds!

keep it up!

202/176.5/170

I am convinced it is the water! When I dont drink enough, I dont lose...when I drink a gallon a day I lose 2-3 lbs! So why are we so resistant about drinking it when we know what we get when we do?? I have not lost in 2 weeks and I have only drank 64-80 oz a day and I know thats the cause of it!

To get to the rainbow you must first pass through the rain!

Are you sure about the water? Can we (I) drink anything instead of water. How about the fruit20, is that the same?

Thanks Tonya

Mommy,
No.......the body treats flavored water as a food and has to process it. Beverages other than water should be regarded as treats. Plain water helps to flush the burned fats out of our bodies. Burned fats eventually get converted to water and have to be rinsed out.

I have a hard time getting in all the water I need to on days that I work. I am in a call center and they REALLY frown upon frequent bathroom visits. I try to make it up at home.



Barb
Atkins-3/14/03
174/149.4/135
"A little knowledge is a dangerous thing."

Water is a best friend to your body. Water is all I drink now and a cup of coffee in the morning.

Kim

Well, for 2 days I have drank enough water,plus upped my carbs to 40 and have lost 4 lbs in 2 days..I am convinced!

To get to the rainbow you must first pass through the rain!

I think you'll find as time goes by that you wantwater more than any other drink. After a few months of upping my water intake I now find that I need water constantly. If I go out to eat I will nearly always order iced tea to drink, but end up drinking all of the water I can hold. Your body becomes used to having all that hydration and will eventually start asking for it.

Vicky >^..^<

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mommyto1:
Are you sure about the water? Can we (I) drink anything instead of water. How about the fruit20, is that the same? Thanks Tonya<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

While I agree that nice, clear water is the best, I do believe that other fluids count. I'm not saying that certain additives couldn't stall weight loss (salt, sugars, etc.), but basically your body uses the fluid part as water.

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You don't have to drink that much, however. Your body manufactures one glass of water each day from the carbohydrates you eat, by breaking them down and putting some of their hydrogen and oxygen back together as H2O.

In addition, most foods contain a lot of water. Coffee and tea are more than 99-percent water;* milk and soft drinks, about 90-percent. Most fruits and vegetables are 90-percent water¾that's why they shrivel so much when dried, and why iceberg lettuce actually contains a higher proportion of water than orange juice does. Even meats and cheese are half water. Copyright © 1992-2002 by DietPower, Inc. All rights reserved.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

~~~Teelbee

174 (Mar. 2002, highest weight), 164 (Jan. 2003, begin LC)
164/135/137-134
remember, amateurs built the Ark, professionals built the Titanic

I know for me I can drink a ton of fluids, coffee, diet drinks and I will swell, but if I drink a gallon of water, no fluid retention at all and I usually lose more wt!

To get to the rainbow you must first pass through the rain!

I retain fluids unless I drink my 120 oz of pure water, plus i lose wt!

To get to the rainbow you must first pass through the rain!

It's getting increasingly hard for me to get my water in unless I suck on sunflower seeds or something salty. Going to try extra hard next week to fix that.

Mikeyrat

Started Atkins 5/30/2003
337/283.5/237 - 6'2" 43 YO
Wife: 224/194/165 - 5'11"

Mikey, a tip: hot peppers for snacks

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"Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights, even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door."

Try munching on a couple of pork skins through out the day...lol, should be able to help you with your water intake...hehehe, I don't know about you but for every 2 I eat I have to drink 8oz of water just so I don't have cotten mouth!

Have no fear, we are here, to support 1lb at a time...

222/214/150
Started Atkins 8/19/2003