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water weight
I'm 15\f. A couple of months ago, I had a doctor's appointment and I had to cleanse my body by drinking only water the day before. I want to do that again this summer, only I want to go on a mainly liquid based diet for a couple of days, but is it true that if you drink, say, a total of 1 gallon of water a day ONLY, all you do is gain water weight? I also heard you burn thousands of calories though... Do you have to work it off with some extreme exercises or can you go about your day normally? In simplest terms, what is water weight? Thnx in advance.
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Water weight is just the weight of the water in your body. Water accounts for 60-70% of a person's body weight.
If you drink a lot of water, the extra water in your body would add to your weight until it leaves your body through perspiration, breathing, or urination.
The amount of water your body stores can vary.
Too much salt in one's diet can increase the amount of water that is stored, so don't eat too much salty food.
Diuretics (such as caffeine) cause the body to lose water by passing more urine. However, attempting to lose weight by taking diuretics can be dangerous, and I do NOT recommend it.
Note that your body can also retain fluid before your period, and that excess fluid will be lost when your period comes.
If you don't eat anything with calories, your body will experience a net loss in calories because energy is used just to keep your body going. Since water does not contain calories, you do burn calories if you only drink water and don't eat.
However, it is not a good idea to go for extended periods of time without food just for weight loss. If you starve your body, your body will attempt to store more fat when you eat again.
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First of all you need food in order to keep your body healthy. Only drinking water is going to cause your body to start eating away. Only drinking water is going to cause you to lose weight yes because it's no calories. You can eat just stay under about 1700 Calories a day and you'll be ok. You don't need to exercise if you have less then about 2000 calories a day because your body burns alot a day. If your really wanting to lose weight though you should consider eating maybe salads with low fat dressing and add chicken but make sure its grilled. Salads are very healthy and give you your daily nutrients needed to survive. Hope this helps and if not feel free to ask me more.
Your Advice Guy,
Chad
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