Most adults need to drink around 64 ounces of water or a gallon of water a day to be able to lose weight. The easiest way to accomplish this is by filling a gallon jug with water in the morning, then drink your water from it all throughout the day. You'll need to finish your water jug by late in the evening or a bit prior to turning in for the night.
Drinking chilled water helps to burn more calories and is refreshing when consumed in hot weather. Hot water however, is much more “drinkable” during cold weather. It will also help if you squeeze in a whole lemon (pulp too, please) to “flavor” the water. Some people even throw in a pinch of red Cayenne pepper into their gallon to stimulate waste elimination from the colon as well.
You can likewise drink your daily water allotment in the form of weak herbal, spiced or green tea. This is especially important if that will help you to "keep up" with your daily water consumption. Try a half teaspoon of finely ground ginger or other spice for some added variety to your water for a change.
But What About Water Weight?
Hands down, the quickest way to start losing water weight is to drink more and more - water. Really. And I mean lots and lots and lots of water too. This is because when your brain establishes metabolically that you are not experiencing a “water shortage” during the course of your normal, daily water intake, the water stores in your body will be flushed. This subsequently means that you're going to lose up to five or more "water weight" pounds very, very quickly - but without any negative side effects to your metabolism and general health.
Just make sure to know where the nearest "facilities" are when you first start out on this type of program. The "frequent visits" will start to decrease after a few days. So you needn't worry. By drinking a gallon of water (or more a day) you'll also have the benefit of keeping toxins flushed from avoiding weight gain of stored water.
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