Help a Newbie

[BrickGirl]

Where is your current water intake?

 

[NeedAClue]

Ooops not too great but Brick..I'm one of those always cold people! I do drink alot of tea..not sure if thats good enough but I already wear 2 shirts a day & its not even winter! (I'm in NJ)

My intake is better than it use to be but definitely nowhere near a gallon a day

If I had to guess..I'd say maybe 5 glasses of water a day

:-/

 

[BrickGirl]

You will not drop fat without sufficient water intake, I would start off slowing and work my way up to 1 gallon a day, during contest time, I get up to 2 gallons a day, but water is VERY important.

 

[RottenWillow]

You will not drop fat without sufficient water intake,

But "sufficient" must vary significantly from one person to the next. I've lost fat pounds, not water pounds, without drinking more than 4-5 glasses water per day. Metabolic rate and body type are important factors to consider.

 

[BrickGirl]

Just think what you could have done if you drank more water than you did

 

[RottenWillow]

Just think what you could have done if you drank more water than you did

Can you fill in the biology of it? I've heard this before but no one I've talked to has been able to explain why drinking more water would aid fatloss, apart from making your stomach feel a bit more full.

BTW Brick what was your bf% in your avatar? Had to be 5% at least!

 

[BrickGirl]

Without enough water, the kidneys can't function properly. When this happens, some of the load is transferred to the liver. The liver metabolizes stored fat for energy. If the liver is doing some of the kidneys' work, it burns less fat. We workout a lot, we sweat a lot, drink your water!

 

[BrickGirl]

Also water flushes out toxins and other metabolic waste products from the body. Water is especially important when following a "high protein" diet, as it helps remove excess nitrogen, urea (a toxic substance), and ketones

 

[RottenWillow]

Without enough water, the kidneys can't function properly. When this happens, some of the load is transferred to the liver. The liver metabolizes stored fat for energy. If the liver is doing some of the kidneys' work, it burns less fat. We workout a lot, we sweat a lot, drink your water!

Makes sense...I already know it is in a similar way that alcohol can add bodyfat. It requires the liver to eliminate alcohol from the bloodstream thereby keeping the liver from his other functions.

Thanks

 

[NeedAClue]

Thanx for all the advice ladies

Hey Spatts..I love your cutting diet but is that ideal for a newbie??

I'd think I'd have to SLOWLY get to that point..if I just right in..who knows..I might crash & burn fast

Can anyone suggest a starting out clean diet? Something I can work with now..and then ease into something close to the cutting diet?

I'm already having a hard time trying to decarb myself

Not to mention how I feel like shedding bodyfat right now is gonna make me freeze this winter how do I handle that?

Anyways..thanx to you all

Tesha