The human body is mostly water believe it or not. However many people usually don't drink a lot of water. Choosing soda, juices, fancy coffee drinks and other beverages instead. There are other ways to stay hydrated but water surpasses any other options. It's by far the best fluid for your body, and has no substitute. Drinking water is one of the most important elements of any weight loss program. You can live for a long time without food, but not without water. Drinking water helps our bodies to eliminate water. In the same way that your body holds on to fat when you fast or starve yourself, the body will actually hold onto water if you aren't drinking enough of it. And guess what that means... WEIGHT GAIN! Water is the way our body gets rid of the waste created by the process of metabolizing fat. Drinking more by default means using the restroom more. This allows us to flush away all those nasty by-products. So, drinking more water helps keep our metabolism running at optimum levels. Try to drink at least one hundred ounces of water per day. An easy way to make sure you're drinking enough water is to buy the fifty-ounce bottled containers. And then refill it yourself when it runs out and drink two of those a day. Drink in the car, at school, at work, at the gym or wherever you happen to be. Drinking enough water is just as important as eating healthy, but is sadly overlooked. Hopefully after reading this you'll think H2O. So remember... drink more water!
If you need some variety, supplement your water intake with some of these drink ideas:
-Iced tea (with lemon and no or little sugar)
-Black coffee or hot tea (with no or little sugar also)
-Low or no sodium sparkling water (but no club soda, it's packed with sodium!)
Best of luck from the Guilt Free Girls :)
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