How to lose weight by drinking water

Yes, exercise and calories are important, but how much water take a day could play an important role among accomplish your goal to lose weight ... or not. And it's so easy to forget that it is important, that many lose the habit easily.

It gives you more energy to exercise: If you're dehydrated, both your training and your results will suffer. Unfortunately you begin to feel thirsty until you lose about 2% of the weight of water in your body ... but it's still recommended that active women drink at least 2.5 liters of water a day.

Accelerates metabolism: Besides sweat, water accelerates the time to burn calories. This happens because every time you have to eat or drink, your body must work (burn calories) to process what is coming.

Eliminates cravings: choro sure you heard of 'the water will make you feel full' ... but if you know it's true, why are you doing? Moreover, most people do not know how to identify if what they feel is hungry or thirsty, and that both sensations are incredibly similar. Whenever you feel hungry, drink a glass of water, if that emptiness in the stomach is not removed, it's because you're really hungry.

It gives you energy: When your energy levels are stable, you can do a lot of exercise, you will not have cravings and you really feel motivated and comfortable. And that's where the water (70% of your body) is important; sets in motion your cells, your muscles receive oxygen and nutrients and your brain focuses on work to lose weight. You feel like a push sugar? Drink water!

You refrains from taking other things: However good it is water alone is much better when you compare it with other beverages, such as soda or coffee. For example, carbonated water swollen belly, alcohol and coffee dehydrate steals energy. What better than water?

How to Maximize Your Metabolism

How to Maximize Your Metabolism
By: Craig Ballantyne, CTT
Certified Turbulence Trainer
www.TurbulenceTraining.com 

You cut calories and you exercise. You do exactly what the articles say - Your calories out are greater than your calories in. You should be losing fat. But if you aren’t, perhaps you’re still not paying attention to an often forgotten factor of fat loss - your metabolism. 

Your metabolism is a measure of how many calories you are burning each day. But did you know that the food, exercise, and lifestyle choices you make every day have a significant impact on your metabolism? For example, if you starve yourself (instead of following a sensible fat-loss eating plan) your metabolism will slow down. If your metabolism slows down, it means your calories out will be less. And that means no more fat loss, and possibly even continued fat gain.

So for every day that you continue to slow your metabolism with unhealthy lifestyle choices, you get further and further away from fat loss. To help, I’ve put together a list of the top 10 ways to maximize your metabolism, so that you’ll burn as many calories as possible each day so that you can finally lose the fat. For the exact workouts and nutrition plan to help you lose the maximum amount of fat in as little time as possible, visit www.TurbulenceTraining.com 

1. Don’t starve yourself! Cutting calories too much is one of the worst things you can do to your body. Starving yourself actually causes you to lose much more water weight and muscle than fat. Use fitday.com to find out your daily calorie intake. 

2. Eat 6-8 small meals per day with an emphasis on lean proteins, fruits, and vegetables. You have to have a nutrition plan, so spend a couple hours on a day off preparing as much food as you can for the upcoming week.

3. Eat breakfast. You have to make this meal part of your daily metabolism-boosting plan. At the very least, eat a lean protein, drink some Green Tea, and consume a fiber-rich fruit to get your fat loss day started right.

4. Eat healthy fats. Sources of healthy fats included nuts, fish, olive oil, and flax oil. I consume 10 grams of fish oil per day. Replace all processed carbohydrates in your diet with almonds. For example, if you currently eat a small bag of pretzels as a mid-afternoon snack, eat almonds instead (eating the same number of total calories). 

5. Eat high quality foods that will help you control your blood sugar levels, insulin levels, and energy levels. Insulin management will help you lose fat and prevent you form gaining fat. Controlling your hormone levels is the #1 neglected factor in fat loss programs.

6. Eat 1.14g of protein per pound of lean body mass. If you don’t know your lean body mass, then simply eat 1g of protein per pound of body weight. But if possible, stick to the lean body mass recommendation, as that eliminates excess fat mass when calculating protein needs. 

7. Don’t drink alcohol. Alcohol intake can quickly add hundreds of calories and alcohol prevents fat burning. Alcohol intake can also reduce testosterone levels, a big no-no for men looking to get lean.

8. Drink Green Tea and water. While I don’t believe that either of these will increase your metabolism, I do believe that they help prevent decreases in metabolism. Not too mention, these are your 2 healthiest beverage options.

9. Stick to a consistent sleep schedule. Don’t stay up all night, and if possible, avoid working afternoon and overnight shifts. If you must work shiftwork, stick to the rest of these principles as strongly as possible.

10. Use the strength training with moderately heavy weights (that allow you to complete 8 perfect reps per set) and interval training for the most efficient and effective metabolism boosting workout. 

If your metabolism has slowed down due to improper dieting or lifestyle, then follow these tips to help you get back on track to lose fat and gain muscle. Once you correct your metabolism, you will be on the road to losing the fat for good. Just in time for summer. 


About the Author
Craig Ballantyne is a Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist and writes for Men's Health, Fitness, Maximum Fitness, Muscle and Fitness Hers, and Oxygen magazines. His trademarked Turbulence Training fat loss workouts have been featured multiple times in Men’s Fitness and Maximum Fitness magazines and all over the Internet, and have helped thousands of men and women around the world lose fat, gain muscle, and get lean in less than 45 minutes three times per week. For more information on the Turbulence Training workouts that will help you burn fat without long, slow cardio sessions or fancy equipment, visitwww.TurbulenceTraining.com