If I eat regularly, but drink nothing but water for a whole month, will I lose a lot of body fat?
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The only thing that will make you lose body fat is exercise so get into it and stick with it. Drinking water as a replacement to sugary drinks will help prevent you putting fat back on but diet is important too, cut out all simple sugars.
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Add a lot of water into your diet. Drink about half your body weight in ounces of water per day. This helps detoxify your body and helps release the unwanted fat. Since you already work out, just watch what you eat.
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it depends on how many months a "few" is and how overweight you are.  my best advice for losing weight would be to concern yourself more with the eating healthy and exercising part - the weight loss will come naturally.  i think that 20 pounds is possible, although i believe the general rule of thumb is that you shouldn't lose more than a pound/week.  drink a lot of water - it will help curb your appetite and keep you from losing water weight which will come back quickly.
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In the first instance yes-you would lose water weight through sweating-BUT you will put that weight back on as soon as you drink again, which is often recommended after spending time in a steam room to prevent dehydration.  It wont help you lose body fat, only physical exercise and a balanced diet can do that.
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Can't be done.  12 pounds is your MAXIMUM safe weight loss per month.\n\nCreate a long-term plan for youself.  Change the BALANCE of your diet - you like ice cream, OK, but just one NORMAL portion in a day, and the rest of your intake balanced between protein, vegetables, and UNsaturated fats.  AND EXERCISE - just walk 30 minutes every day... split it up into 15 minutes morning and 15 minutes night if you want to.\n\nBe healthy, it will come off if you respect yourself enough to make it work for you.
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People will tell you that your body needs water. It's true. You've been giving your body water, just in the form of soda and juice. This is ok, but it's not as healthy as drinking water. Soda and juice are high in sugar and if you're not at a good healthy weight, this can lead to diabetes-- a growing problem with the American youth. In other words, the only problem with your situation is that drinking these soft drinks instead of water can make you fat and give you cavities. If this concerns you, then you may want to cut back and try drinking water instead.\nTry drinking water when you're eating your favorite foods. You'll find it pretty easy to drink then. Water obviously has no flavor alone, and so if you are used to drinking liquid candy, you won't find it very refreshing. Drinking water with your favorite foods will help you get used to it. So when you go out to your favorite restaurants, order water instead of soda pop and not only will you be looking after your health,  you'll also be saving at least a dollar or two. If you do this long enough, eventually you'll get used it.
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Another yo yo diet? You can loose a lot of weight by not drinking water. But loosing weight doesn't necessarily means gaining health. If you loose 14 pounds in 7 days, your body system may not be up to it, and it may crave for carbo and fat based food to restore its equilibrium.
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eat only once a day and drink water only you will loss weight like pretty fast
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What benefit are you talking about? Your body will be flushing out toxins, so you will get healthier, but that isn't a benefit you can see. Drinking more water will make your skin healthy and soft, which should be noticeable in two-weeks. You will start to lose a few pounds in a month.
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There is no way you can target weight loss to any one part of the body - it's simply impossible.  Anyone who tells you otherwise is misinformed or trying to sell you something.\n\nThe only way to lose weight is to burn up more calories than you eat.  It's that simple.  Water is good for you and it has no calories, but it doesn't reduce fat, regardless of what temperature it is.
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to lose weight steadily u should drink this every morning before u eat or drink anything else....take a glass full of warm water, squeeze a small fresh lemon in it and drink it. also briskly walk for 30 to 45 minutes everyday....results will be noticed soon.
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first of all, it's absurd.  The body is 70% percent water which is found in the organs, skin, tissue and muscle.  The body HAS to have water to function.  What most diets and these silly rituals do is rid the skin first of water.  So of course you lose weight but you're losing the water in your skin.  Your fat's not going anywhere.  Fat is only burned when energy expelled uses it to function.  But it looks to the food sugars first.  The key is to not use pure sugars (or in moderation) so that the body goes to the fat for the energy it needs.  Wrap yourself in saran wrap and you'll end up crinkly and dizzy.  Then as soon as you drink anything, you;re right back to square one.  Think about this, if there was something so revolutionary, WE'D ALL be hearing about it on the news cause someone would become an instant billionaire from marketing it.  Instead, they're becoming billionaires by false advertising cause most people don't want to watch what they eat and excercise.
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way too much to lose in a month! Eat in moderation, exercise, limit fat and calories.  You could lose up to 2 pounds a week and it would still be considered a healthy weight loss.  Join a weight loss club such as Weight Watchers and talk to your doctor about losing weight.
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actually it will, but it needs to be over time.  This is only because your body will burn calories bringing the cold water up to body temp.  It'll be slow, and you'd only lose around 10 lbs or so a year by drinking a few cups a day.
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Yes.\n\nPlease, please please don't continue with this unhealthy diet treadmill as it will mess up your body's metabolism (that's how your body deals with food). Diets put the body under additional stress. You need fat on your body to ensure it develops properly and that you don't have bone thinning or fertility problems later in life. I suggest you go to http://www.dove.co.uk/uk_en/ and check out their campaign for real beauty feature - every woman deserves to be made to feel beautiful without conforming to an impossible to achieve image created by the media. \n\nIf you're worried about it, read the following carefully and think about what you want and why you want it. Is it to fit in or is it because you want to be healthy (not thin, thin isn't automatically healthy).\n\nThere is no such thing as a safe quick weight loss. Diets and diet pills don't work they just act on the pituitary gland (this is a part of the body in the brain that helps make your body work properly). Diets make the body lose water not fat (water loss means weight loss). It's good to exercise or run about and have fun as anything which raises your pulse and makes you sweat is good. If you don't eat enough the body goes into "famine" mode if it doesn't get enough norishment (ie, it thinks it's being starved) and stores anything it does get as fat, rather than glucose (glucose is a form of sugar which is what every cell in your body uses for energy). Every cell in your body respires (this is like breathing - good stuff goes in and bad goes out) and this uses energy, ie, food. Without enough energy, your metabolism slows and food is stored as fat. Incidentally, who says you need to lose weight and do you really need to lose the weight? The only thing guaranteed to get a body healthy (note I don't say "lose weight") is to exercise and eat a healthy, balanced, wide variety of foods plus the occasional treat in moderation (this stops any food becoming "naughty" and therefore craved). Please note that body muscles weigh four times more than body fat because the fibres are so much closer together. Some fat is important on the body though as it helps regulate hormonal levels in the body and prevents osteoporosis and other bone wasting diseases in later life. Some fat is important on women as too little can cause periods to stop and fertility problems. Girls are made differently to boys and a totally flat stomach and no hips isn't healthy on a woman. The question to ask yourself is - how do you look in a mirror - not how much do you weigh. If you think you look untoned, then include some excercise using light weights (low weight, lifted lots of times) into your life.\n\nI have friends who have taken up Pilates and although they never lost weight, their clothes looked fantastic on them, their posture improved and their entire bodies firmed up. I watched this happen. Pilates strengthens your core muscles (the ones that hold your skeleton in place) which makes you stand properly which makes you look slimmer. I believe that yoga also does this although I don't know anyone who has done this. Additionally, try dance (old style ballroom / salsa) as this is a fun way to tone up. Any excercise / activity that raises your heart rate and makes you sweat BUT IS FUN will ensure you stick to it and get fitter.\n\nAdditionally, drink lots of water. Lots of people eat when they are in fact thirsty. If you feel hungry, drink a glass of water first and if you're still hungry half an hour later, then eat. Eat sensibly and regularly and don't forget to eat breakfast (so named because it "breaks" the night's "fast"). Missing breakfast starts the day off badly as your body will just crave and store anything you eat later as fat. Try to avoid having too many fizzy, sugar filled drinks or a lot of fried (especially deep fried) foods. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables. Try n
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Water fills you up so your not as hungry. Also, water keeps your body hydrated and cleansed, so it's good for you all the time, but especially while dieting.
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I agree with the other answers out there.  However, there's a misconception out in the world that drinking a lot of water will magically make you weigh less.\n\nIt certainly will help in your diet plan, but it is not a cure all.  It will certainly make you feel fuller and you'll burn some calories processing the water. However, I read that you'll burn a whopping 60 calories a day extra if you drink a 2 liter bottle of water every day. That's 4 pounds in a whole year (excluding exercise to and from the bathroom).  Probably not the goal you were shooting for.\n\nYour best bet to weigh less is exercise and healthy eating.  There's no magic method or pill.   Use a web site such as http://www.fitday.com to determine how many calories you need to eat and burn throughout the day.  It's free and they don't spam.  Check out magazines like Men's Fitness, Men's Health, Shape and Fitness to learn about exercise routines and healthy eating tips. \n\nThe bottom line is: educate yourself about your body and what goes into it. Practice what you learn and the weight loss will follow.\n\nGood luck.