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Water Helps with Body Fat!


Posted: 24 Aug 2010 10:36 AM PDT
Here’s
a great read I found from Success Magazine’s own  Christopher Guerriero
on your body fat and the importance of water.  Enjoy!
Would
you like to finally be in control of your body fat level? Yes? Then
read this lesson very carefully. The formula is revealed herein.
As one of the most important elements of the human body, water makes
up approximately 70 percent of our muscles and about 75 percent of our
brains, playing a vital role in the proper functioning of the body and making it an essential part of a healthy diet.
Drinking water
also forces fat to be used as fuel, making it one of the main keys to
success in shedding any extra pounds. Without adequate water, kidneys
are unable to function properly—prompting the liver to pick up the
slack. This causes additional problems for dieters because the liver
cannot properly metabolize stored fat as energy, resulting in more fat
being stored in the body.
Furthermore, water effectively suppresses appetites, aids in proper
digestion and acts as one of the vehicles for circulating nutrients and
oxygen through the body, as well as assists the body in eliminating
waste. Water lubricates joints, protects organs, helps maintain a normal body temperature
and is absolutely necessary for exercise and even day-to-day
performance. With this in mind, it’s easy to understand why drinking
enough water—a minimum of 10, 8-ounce glasses a day, every day—is
perhaps the single most important step in determining diet and fitness
success.
However, because the average body loses 8 to 12 cups of water a day,
this can be a challenge. Start by trying to drink 10 glasses each day,
and work up to one full gallon per day.
Sound tough? Don’t get discouraged. With the following suggestions,
you’ll find drinking enough water is not hard, and will be well worth
the initial effort by quickly bringing into your life all the positive
changes you’re looking for, including fat loss; healthier skin, hair and
nails; increased energy and alertness and far more.
Start tomorrow by drinking a glass of water when you wake up. For a
nice morning pick-me-up you might even add a few tablespoons of lemon
juice and a small pinch of cayenne pepper to your first glass. Then
prepare a large water bottle to take with you on your drive to work or
to school. You can even try putting the bottle in the freezer the night
before and filling it with water right
before you leave to start your day. This keeps the water cooler longer
and ensures it will be a good drinking temperature during your morning
commute.
Drink a glass of water between every meal and a glass in the evening,
but not too close to bedtime. Take a filled water bottle with you
wherever you go.

This makes getting the water you need easy and ensures you will look
better (and feel better). At work, keep your water bottle filled and
with you at your desk. Reach for it instead of unnecessary, high-sugar,
high-fat snacks. Sip on it all day, adding ice cubes and additional
water as needed.
Next, change from caffeinated coffee, tea and soda to decaffeinated
alternatives. Caffeine depletes your water supply and can make it
difficult for your body to get all the water it needs. For every
caffeinated beverage you drink, drink an additional glass of water. This
small step can make a big difference.

Keep in mind that exercise, hot weather, low humidity, altitude, a high-fiber diet and consumption of caffeine and alcoholic beverages
all increase your daily water loss. During these times, take extra
steps to ensure you offset the increased water loss with increased water
consumption.
Keep up the water intake.
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You have to EAT if you want to lose weight…..Wait! What?


Posted: 24 Aug 2010 08:09 AM PDT
Team
Beachbody Coach and featured contributor Marvin Manzano brings us
another insightful tip about lighting your metabolic fire.  Think of
your body like a fire.  If you wanted to get a good fire going you’d
regularly add good solid wood to it.  If you dumped a bunch of leaves on
it (sugar) it would burn quick and then die.  If you put way too much
wood on at once (huge meals infrequently), then it smothers the fire. 
The way to keep the fire going is to eat every 2 or 3 hours.   Find more
information on Marvin at his blog LA Fit Club.

Sherry Fritz, Nutrition Educator for NSA
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