My Diet, Health and Fitness

Seriously, we’ve all probably heard that old saw from our mothers. "Drink 8 glasses of water a day and you’ll lose weight." I always had a lot of questions about that - first of all, what is a glass? 8 Ounces? 16? How do you know when you’ve had 8 glasses worth?

So I found a better way and it’s darned simple. Only drink water with your meals. No pop, no juice, no milk. Just a glass of nice ice cold water. Right out of the gate, you’re getting 3 full glasses a day which is bound to be better than zero. Also, all those other beverages are throwing calories at you. For example, get a pop at a restaurant with free refills, and let’s crunch the numbers:

The average 16 oz. pop - about 200 calories (!)

Now add two refills (pretty average if you’re sitting relaxing with friends and chatting while the friendly waitress refills your glass. Mindless eating or drinking is always dangerous!) Suddenly you just took in 600 calories and you haven’t eaten a thing yet!

Worse still you’re going to be dehydrated because that pop acts as a diuretic, meaning you’re more likely to want another one because you’re thirsty! Switching to water means you’ll drink less, feel more satisfied and also cut your calories This is one of those great mindless changes that results in an effortless health improvement. I’ve also found that drinking more water seems to reduce my headaches. Apparently I wasn’t just migraine prone - I was also running around dehydrated and didn’t know it. Try it for yourself!