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If I were asked, “what is the most difficult thing many people find to do when they start a weight-loss program?”, I would have to say right near the top of the list is this – they don’t drink enough water!

Few people realize at first just how essential water is to the success of their weight-loss program. In fact, the essential place of water in our diet extends to everyone – whether they want to lose weight, gain weight or stay the same weight! We all know we can’t live without water, but just why is it so important? Well there are many reasons. Read on and discover why water can help your loss weight and why it is your essential life-force.

Apart from 60-70% of your body being composed of water, water has an extensive range of functions essential to life.

. Assists digestion, absorption and assimilation of food. If you don’t drink enough water you can’t get the full benefit of nutrients in the food you eat.

. Assists excretion of waste from bowel and kidneys. If you don’t drink enough water you get constipated and put your kidneys under stress.

. Regulates body temperature. If you don’t drink enough water you compromise the evaporation process you skin uses to keep you cool.

. Your blood is 92% water. This is your body’s transport system distributing nutrients around the body.

. Body secretions and digestive juices are almost entirely water.

Why should you drink water when you want to lose weight?

Water is a natural appetite suppressant. Do NOT underestimate the power of this statement. Lack of water can lead to over eating. You brain does not differentiate between hunger and thirst. So, when you think you are feeling hungry, your body may in fact be signaling to you that you are thirsty! If you are not consuming enough water each day and you feel hunger pains, chances are, your body really is crying out for water. In many instances people will find what they thought were hunger pangs were in fact, satisfied by water. Try it! You have nothing to lose, except some weight.

How do you know whether you are drinking enough water each day? Well the answer is not difficult. The average person needs around 6-8 large glasses every day.

Well then, how should you drink the 6-8 glasses per day? The aim is to drink water consistently. If you drink too much all at once or too fast, it will simply pass through you, with little or no benefit to your body.

If you are someone who enjoys the ‘taste’ of water, then perhaps you could fill a 1 litre empty soft drink container with water the drink through it twice during the day. Room temperature or cold water, even warm as some people like – whatever you prefer. Place it on the desk at work in front of you as a constant reminder to sip continuously throughout the day.

Other people find they need a water ‘diet’ to help them keep on track. So for you, here is a program easily followed to ensure you are well hydrated every single day.

. When you wake up you will often be thirsty because your body loses water while you are sleeping through breathing and perspiration. Drink a large glass of water with a slice of lemon for zing.

. Drink another glass of water with breakfast or a cup of herbal tea before setting off the day.

. Mid morning – snack on a piece of juicy fruit such as orange, watermelon, cantaloupe, honey dew. Have a glass of water and perhaps try a dash of herbal aloe juice which is wonderfully soothing to the digestive system.

. Lunch – think of soup or have a glass of water before your meal, or perhaps a herbal tea.

. Mid afternoon – While you are preparing your evening meal, drink a glass of water and snack on some crunchy fresh vegetables.

. Evening – Sip a glass of water before your meal with a dash of your favourite fruit juice for flavour.

. After dinner – before bedtime drink your final glass of water and sleep well!

A few changes will happen when you start out with your water program. Obviously you may find that you need to ‘spend a penny’ more often. Why? Because you body isn’t used to being well hydrated.

There is absolutely is no doubt about it. When you start drinking enough water regularly, there are great benefits. You may notice your skin significantly improve and even tired muscles will thank you. Many people find their energy is increased and constipation and headaches are reduced, as well as hunger pains.

Now here’s the really exciting part?many people notice a reduction in weight and centimetres, as their body’s water store become redundant and so decrease. If your diet has been one that did not provide you with adequate water, your body will have developed a pattern of storing water. It’s part of the body’s in-built survival mechanism – to store up the essential nutrients in short supply?just in case they aren’t available in the future. So if you don’t drink enough water, you are ‘conditioning’ your body to store water. And water is bulk and unwanted centimetres.

It’s so simple…drink water! 6-8 large glasses a day.

How do you know if you are not getting enough water each day? This is a really important question because so many of us have deprived ourselves of water for years that we have become accustomed to doing without the full amount of water our body requires and we don’t recognise the symptoms of thirst.

. The most common symptom is headaches. A major function of water is to flush toxins from the body. Your brain is 75% water, so even being slightly dehydrated can cause headaches.

. Poor concentration/fatigue. If you body can’t get rid of the toxins it will struggle and you will feel less energetic as your body diverts energy to deal with the toxins.

. Constipation. Your body will divert water to more essential functions and as a result your stools will be harder and more difficult to expel.

. Reduced urine output or dark urine. Did you know that up to 200 litres of water is passed through your kidneys daily? Without a fresh supply of water for the kidneys to filter waste products out of the blood, your urine will become darker.

. Furry tongue or bad breath. If you don’t have enough water passing through the mouth to wash away food particles, bacteria can proliferate and result in that ‘furry’ feeling or bad breath.

. Skin. Your skin should feel elastic. When you pinch the skin on the back of your hand it should snap back instantly.

Final thoughts. Caffeinated drinks cause the body to lose water. They are what’s known as diuretics as they cause your body to dehydrate. You will do your body an enormous favour by cutting back. For every cup of coffee you drink you will need to drink another TWO glasses of water to counter the diuretic effect. Explore the world of herbal teas instead, you may be pleasantly surprised!

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Welcome to bodybuilding weightloss exercise tips!

This is the engine room of your assault on fat?making a few easy changes to your routine is going to make all the difference to your bodyfat levels in less time than you might think.

In the past you may have tried to lose weight? This time is going to be different. Here I present for you a clear program exercise to achieve your goal?based on a sound philosophy.

The cornerstone of your new bodybuilding weightloss philosophy is consistency?backed up by commitment and followed through with discipline.

OK, enough already?this is beginning to sound like hard work!

So, what is the key – the key is habit. You are going to create a new habit – the inevitable result of which will be your goal of a lean, flab free body.

So, where to start?

Here is the foundation you need to understand how you will lose the fat and keep the muscle – don’t even think of supplementing with anything until you understand the processes at work here. There will be plenty of time to add in a few accelerators later, but all in good time?my friend. Lets lay the foundations first?

What’s the good news? Simple, the more exercise you do the less you need to be concerned about calorie intake. Lets break this down. One pound of fat is made up of around 3,500 calories. Between you and me, that’s three square meals – its also 5 hour long strength training sessions, 12 hours of brisk walking, or 6 hours of cycling.

All other things being equal – if you increase your energy consumption and keep those calories coming in at the same level or just trim those coming in from fat?you are already going to make consistent weightloss progress.

Next, the beauty of using strength training as your key to cutting your weight is your metabolic rate. Exercise raises your ‘resting metabolic rate’ for around 15 hours after you finish – even if you are sitting around after working out – your body continues to burn calories at a faster rate than normal – to repair muscle tissues and muscle replenish glycogen stores.

Even better, the muscle mass you gain and maintain by strength training burns energy at a faster rate than the fat it replaces.

What are we saying here?yes, go and eat normal sized meals – keeping calories from fat low and calories from protein and carbs balanced – and the processes triggered by the exercise alone will burn off that fat?and keep it off.

Lets get intense!?bodybuilding weightloss does not mean wasting hours on the exercise bike?aerobic training has its place in your program – but I want you to train mainly with weights for bodybuilding weightloss, and train intensely.

This means you working at around 75% your maximum heart rate?quickly calculate this by taking your age from 220. The number you get to is your maximum heart rate.

This will burn fat calories the quickest. Each session you will try and go ‘the extras mile’ and push for greater intensity measured in time?or weights.

Maybe you could add in an extra training session in the mornings or on a lunch hour. Just an extra hour or two a week may be all you need to see major progress.

Ever wonder how you can lose the fat for no effort?just sitting around, maybe listen to some music? Sauna?is another secret weapon in your fatloss armory. See these benefits?hey, did you know that there are at least 8 major health reasons why you need to get in that sauna!

Produces a strong thermogenic response?this means calories burned off quickly

Speeds up the metabolic processes of all internal organs

Promotes release of Growth Hormone, naturally?

Stimulates vasodilation of peripheral blood vessels – soothing muscular pain from intense exercise

Expels toxins from the body?like heavy metals, Cadmium, Zinc, Lead?

Creates a fever reaction that can destroy viruses before they get a foothold

Strengthens the immune system and reduces risk of cancersRelaxes you?

Bodybuilding weightloss tips

Try walking or doing some other aerobic exercise at least 20 or 30 minutes per day – in addition to your usual routine?walk to the local store?take the stairs?park further away from where you work?walk the dog?ain to burn off an extra 1000 calories a week this way.

Start a regular weight training program, with a partner or trainer?for added motivation give yourself some goals to work for?the extra muscle you’ll build will burn extra calories all day everyday keeping you lean?

Drink more fluids and water?keeping hydrated will improve your concentration, complexion and speed up the processes of removing toxins from your body and restoring energy stores to your muscles.

Exercise on the weekend when you will be less stressed and can focus on working out?

Sleep at least 8 hours per night?ok this is a tough call?so why not try ‘power napping’ this really does boost your energy levels and makes up for missed sleep at night?it has been proven that napping rebalances important brain chemicals in such a way so as to improve performance and concentration?

Do those odd jobs you’ve been putting off?mow the lawn?fix that fence?sweep the yard – get out and about?

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