does drinking a lot of water make people lose weight?
813355
If you switch from drinking other beverages to nothing but water you're supposed to lose like 10 pounds
829152
That's good to drink water, but what you eat and how much is more important. The calories eaten must be less than the calories burned through daily activities and exercise.
503390
Losing weight fast is usually just in the beginning and yes it's more water weight than anything else. It does provide a great incentive though to keep going. After that losing weight the slow way like you are doing is the best. It becomes a way of life as well and you'll stay in good shape.
560169
A sauna makes you sweat so you lose water weight, but it's phony weight loss because you gain that right back when you drink a glass of water after you get out.  Saunas are relaxing but not an effective weight loss measure.
946395
no theres never a qucik way to lose weight ... That takes time and energy.... its not that u wont drop water if u work out , that will look like u lost weight ,, But its only water weight u had on ..
772028
you retain water when you dont have enough water in you. so if you want to lose water weight you want to drink lots of water so your body doesnt retain the water!
55836
Caffeine has been used in weight-loss pills.  It is a stimulant which makes you more active (burning up more calories and having more drive to accomplish things).  Caffiene is also a diurectic causing you to lose retained water (and weight).  However, you should maintain adequate hydration to perhaps avoid headache and other side effects.  Although caffiene may help, a healthy diet and exercise should be the foundation of weight loss, and not too much caffeine.
325228
yes! it is actually water weight though. you cant really get rid of it becuase whenever you eat something with water in it (which is practically everything) then you get water weight. it is not fat though. if you dont eat a few days you will notice that you rapidly lose weight. you are losing all the water from your body. one day i just did not eat at all, i lost 3 pounds in one day. so yes, there is wate4r weight but you dont want to lose it, unless you choose to not eat.
831296
The purpose of a water pill is to remove water from your body.  No they do not help you 'permanently' lose weight, really, they only work until the water is restored....you can kind of compare it to urinating, yes you will weigh less, but only until you replace the water you expelled.
1060923
Yes because drinking water reduces your craving for food.
55848
If you lose the weight fast, it's going to come back fast.  The first couple of pounds that you lose are going to be pounds from water retention.  Drink a lot of water ... believe it or not, drinking more water, keeps you from retaining it.  While working out is great, keep away from weight training, as muscle weighs more than fat and you'll gain weight in the beginning.  Aerobic exercise is the best ...
545868
No, but you will feel that water swishing around in your belly.  Drinking water doesn't make you loose weight.  If you are hungry sometimes it's a false alarm and if you drink some water (it may help you with your hunger pangs) doing that instead of eating would make you loose weight.  However it's not worth starving yourself.  Plus if you eat too little without exercising you may actually slow your metabolism down and put on more weight or not loose any.  Dietitians recommend eating 6 small meals a day (I eat 4) and drink when you are thirsty, you should drink with your food though. Also if you exercise 3-4 times a week for 30-45 mins anaerobically i.e cycling, swimming anything but weights, you should loose weight when combined with I diet.  Join a local slimming club and gym and you should do fine.  Good luck and don't be too hard on yourself, you will just get bored and pile the weight back on.
674135
Firstly, a significant diet change aimed at weight loss will automatically cause you to lose excess water from your body tissues before you ever lose any fat cells.\n\nSecondly, what kind of a diet are you on? For instance, an "all meat" diet will make you urinate more frequently mainly because meat protein raises the acidic levels in the blood, and your body in its effort to maintain a balanced PH level, will be in a continual state of "flushing out".\n\nKnowing nothing about you or the type of diet you are on, all I can highly recommend is that you get enough good carbohydrates (primarily in the form of vegetables & fruits) into your system everyday. \n\nAside from that, though I can't tell you what to do regarding the taking of diuretics, I need to point out that this is not natural to the body and so will certainly have some side-effects.\n\nFinally, many years ago I too used to retain water and it turned out that, ironically, I wasn't drinking enough water and so my body, believing it was in some sort of drought period, struggled to hold on to every drop of it.\n\nHope this helps - good luck with your diet - be healthy.
48729
You supplement your diet with lots of water and less calories and you suplement your body with lots of exercise.... those are the only tried and true ways to lose weight that will last.
101310
well it depends on how much you drink even with plain water if you drink to much you can retain some of the water weight
887690
yes and no.  There reaches a point where your body will start retaining the little bit of water you do take in.  Weight watchers, of which I am a member, recommends that you drink 8 glasses (8oz each) of water in order to be healthy and help to stop from being hungry.  Although I wouldn't drink anything before a weigh-in, I do believe in keeping well hydrated.
144083
No, it's not as good.  Water means plain old water without any flavouring whatsoever.  Any type of substitute you add to water to enhance the flavor will have empty calories and other ingredients which are not productive for your health and weight loss.  The key to weight loss is to maintain a daily calorie deficit and sugar or artificially based products will only may it harder to acheive this goal.  It's not worth the extra little taste you get out it.\n\nTo main a calorie deficit, use this calculator for a rough assessment of your total energy requirement:\nhttp://www.preventdisease.com/healthtools/articles/bmr.html