Those Two Things You Have to Do!
And no it’s not pay taxes and die! I’m talking about Weight Loss Must Dos, for me anyway! Last Friday I fell down seriously on my usual at least four 16oz bottles of water per day. I had a rough, busy day and didn’t get to eat right either, that was followed by a repeat of that kind of day on Saturday, and I was feeling like what the dog drug in that the cat wouldn’t eat! A bloated, fluid filled, mind numbed, icky, awful feeling excuse for a human! Sunday I made some improvements but not many, I just didn’t have the energy or will to do anything, so I didn’t.
By Monday my senses had returned and I got busy guzzling the water, walking when I could, and eating sensibly. By bedtime I was still exhausted but feeling better. Today I woke still slightly foggy, but by the time I had consumed my third bottle of water, I was feeling good!!! Since then I’ve knocked back two more bottles and Wow, I’m feeling GREAT!!!
What a difference! I’m sure that improving my diet has helped but I honestly believe it’s the water that really makes the difference. A friend that lost weight many years ago on Jenny Craig, or one of those systems that supplies you with the food, told me when she was ready to go on maintance the counselor told her that the way to ensure her success was to keep up her walking program and continue to drink at least eight 8oz glasses of water a day. As long as she did, she maintained her weight, but when she stopped she started gaining. Her recommendation to me was if you want to be successful at losing it you have to do those two things, and if you want to be successful at keeping it off you have to do those same two things! Don’t get me wrong, I know that exchanging poor eating for good ones makes a big difference. You can lose weight by decreasing your calories, but if you want to feel good and speed up the results you need to have a regular exercise program and walking is the cheapest, easiest way to accomplish that, and drink lots of water to flush the muck out of your system! Your body is roughly 75% water and it takes a lot of water to keep it functioning well each day.
Your blood is the thing that moves all the waste products to their final destination, as well as delivering oxygen and all the essential nutrients that support the life of your body. When you move you increase the blood flow, so the good stuff gets delivered faster and the bad stuff removed faster. It’s what your body needs to really function well.
I can’t wait to go take another walk and chug another bottle of the magic weight loss elixir! Hope you are doing that too!
Sounds like my weekend. Went out to eat twice, went to a birthday party with cake. On monday got back on board with my diet and feel good again.
Yesterday I was drinking water like crazy!!! AND it felt good too! We have a water cooler in the house and I don’t know what we’d do without it!
Thanks for the reminder Holly!
I’m with you on this one. As long as I keep the water intake high I do okay. But if I get distracted and out of my routine, I feel bad and nothing makes it any better til I get back on my water. -Dee
I’ve been drinking sooo much water (and taking way too many bathroom breaks at work!), but still working on being consistent with my exercise. You’re completely right that these are two MUSTS for weight loss and feeling good. I’m glad that you’re back on track and feeling great. Keep up the good work!
water definitly is a great liquid !! haha
Absolutely right!! That water is vital!
Hey Holly…
Sorry about your weekend being not as healthy as you may have liked, but I am glad to see you are getting back on track and have a direction to take yourself in. I appreciate the advice in your blog here.
10 glasses a day for the last 3 days, it’s rough, but i’m managing. i do think i feel better, but i’m with julie, i have to pee all day at work, lol.
i just cannot get that much water in me in a day while teaching. if i drink it when i wake up, then i have to pee on my 45 min drive in. if i do it when i first get in to work, then i have to pee during my 90 min class. if i drink it at night, then i spend all night in the bathroom and don’t get a good night’s rest.
It’s true, it definitely makes you pee, that’s how the body is designed to rid itself of the things it doesn’t need.
I have a 45 minute commute as well and I just have to hold it. The train and the bus do not have bathrooms nor does the depot, so I get a little uncomfortable once in a while but I’ve learned to wait. At work I’m free to go to the bathroom unless I’m seeing a patient, and even then I guess I could excuse myself, but I don’t. I just wait until I can. I don’t know what to tell you if you have a job that you can’t go when you need to. If you can’t hold it then I guess you can’t consume that much, but I would suggest that any opportunity you have to drink something, make sure its water, not coffee, tea, soda or even milk. You can get vitamin D without drinking milk, you can’t get pure water out of anything except pure water.
Yay for getting yourself back together
sorry I had to bail in the midfdle of the comment. Danielle had pooped, all the way….well we won’t go there. I am too a believer in lots and lots of water. I have noticed this week with a sore throat how hard it has been for me to swallow it down and I miss the large quantities. On days I waitress I have to drink first thing in the morning and then not until after lunch because there is no time for a pee break in the middle of the lunch rush
H2O!!!! The way to go! Glad you are here to remind us.
One thing I’ve missed about being on here is definitely your attitude Holly, I love it! Have a great weekend =)
It’s so true. I know that when I don’t drink my water, I don’t feel well…not to mention, I get bloated and icky too. You are such a rockstar, thanks for the reminder!! Keep up the amazing work, and THANK YOU for the inspiration!! xoxo