Do you believe that drinking water and weight loss are directly related? You always see reports and discussions on this topic all over the media, but as I get older I really wonder if there is any truth to the claim.  I mean how would drinking water and weight loss really be tied? I know when I drink a lot of water I go to the bathroom a lot and my digestive system seems to work better, but if I still choose to consume more calories than I should, would drinking water really affect my weight loss? I don’t think so!

So the real question becomes how does drinking water help weight loss success on a healthy eating diet plan? Well, believe it or not, the first way drinking water and weight loss are related is the digestive factor, it allows our bodies to process our food better. But the most realistic argument for this belief is that drinking water staves off hunger. When we let our bodies get dehydrated, we tend to overeat. By drinking plenty of water we keep our bodies hydrated which makes it much easier to manage our appetites.

Now I know what you’re thinking, how can a population in a civilized country really allow itself to get dehydrated? Well that is an easy question to answer really. We drink pop, caffeine drinks, energy drinks and designer water that is so expensive we regulate our consumption. But we don’t drink water, not like we used to. Drinking water and weight loss are tied because it is the lack of water in our diet that has actually promoted our weight gain in the first place.

I recently put this to the test; you wouldn’t believe how hard it was to drink water all day. After all this time, I really preferred a third cup of coffee at 3PM over a nice glass of water. This was very alarming to me. From now on, I for one am going to pay attention to the facts and trust that drinking water and weight loss really are tied. From now on, you will see a nice tall glass of water on my table at every meal!