[Moonwatcher]

This only took forever
I could NOT cut and paste it. The only way we could scan it was as a "picture" and you can NOT cut and paste a picture.

Please sign your name after you read it
or you will have to pay a Moon fine

WATER
How 8 Glasses A Day Keep Fat Away

Incredible as it may seem, water is quite possible the single most important catayst in losing weight and keeping it off. Although most of us take it for granted, water may be the only true "magic potion" for permanent weight loss.

Water surppresses the appetite naturaily and helps the body metabolize stored fat. Studies
have shown that a decrease in the water intake will cause fat deposits to increase, while
an increase in water intake can actually reduce fat deposits.
Here's why: The kidneys can't function properly without enough water. When they don't
work to capacity, some of their load is dumped onto the liver.
One of the liver's primary functions is to metabolize stored fat into usable energy for
the body. But, if the liver has to do some of the kidney's work, it can't operate at full
throttle. As a result, it metabolizes less fat, more fat remains
stored in the body and weight loss stops.
Drinking enough water is the best treatment for fluid retention. When the body get
less water, it perceives this as a threat to survival and begins to hold on to every drop.
Water is stored in extraceiiular spaces (outside the cells). This shows up as swollen feet,
legs and hands.
Diuretics offer a temporary solution at best. They force out stored water along with
some essential nutrients. Again, the body perceives a threat and will replace the lost
water at the first opportunity. Thus, the condition quickly returns.
The best way to overcome the problem of water rentention is to give your body what it
needs....plenty of water. Only then will stored water be released.
If you have a constant problem with water retention, excess salt may be to blame. Your
body will tolerate sodium only in a certain concentration. The more salt you eat, the more
water your system retains to dilute it.
But getting rid of unneeded salt is easy......just drink more water. As it's forced
through the kidneys, it takes away excess sodium.
The overweight person needs more water than thin ones. Larger people have larger
metabolic loads. Since we know that water is the key to fat metabolism, it follows that
the overweight person meeds more water.
Water helps to maintain proper muscle tone by giving muscles their natural ability to
contract and by preventing dehydration. It also helps to prevent the sagging skin that usually
follows weight loss...shrinking cells are buoyed by water which plumps the skin and it clear,
healthy and resilent.
Water helps rid the body of waste, during weight loss the body has a lot more waste to
get rid of....all that metabolized fat must be shed. Again, adequate water helps flush out
the waste.
Water can help relieve constipation. When the body gets too little water, it siphons what
it needs from internal sources. The colon is one primary source. Result? Constipation. But,
when a person drinks enough water , normal bowel function usually returns.
So far, we've discovered some remarkable truths about water and weight loss:
*The body will not function properly without enough water and can't metabolize stored fat efficiently.
*Retained water shows up as excess weight.
*To get rid of excess water you must drink more water.
*Drinking water is essential to weight loss.
How much water is enough? On the average a person should drink eight 8oz. glasses every
day. That's about 2 quarts . However, the overweight person needs one additional glass for
every 25 pounds of excess weight. The amount you drink also should be increased if you exercise
briskly or if the weather is hot and dry.
Water should preferable be cold...it's absorbed into the system more quickly than warm
water. And some evidence suggests that drinking cold water can actually help burn calories.
To utilize water most efficiently during weight loss, follow this schedule:
MORNING--1 quart consumed over a 30min. period.
Noon-- 1 quart consumed over a 30min. period.
Evening--1 quart consumed over a 30min. period.
When the body gets the water it needs to function optimally, it's fluids are perfectly
balanced. When this happens you have reached the "breakthrough point".
What does this mean?
*Endocrine-glad function improves.
*Fluid retention is alleviated as stored water is lost.
*More fat is used as fuel because the liver is free to metabolize stored fat.
*Natural thirst returns.
*There is a loss of hunger almost overnight.
If you stop drinking enough water, your body fluids will be thrown ot of balance again
and you may experience fluid retention, unexplanied weight gain and loss of thirst. To remedy
the situation you'll have to go back and force another "breakthrough".

Wheeeewwww...wasn't that easy!!!!
Not.
Okay everyone...what do you think?
And don't forget to sign below that you read it. It will make me feel like typing on this friggin laptop and fighting w/my hubby (not real type fighting)was worth it.

Happy drinking,
Moon

P.S. Pls. excuse typos. So don't even go there!

[blondeone]

thanks moon...consider me signing in...was very interesting and I printed it out! thanks again for taking the time...and how did you type so well drunk?!

[carlymamma]

Thanks Moon !

[JK]

JK.. I exchanged the water for Vodka.. thanks Moon

[Yesitslee]

okay,

you made me wait all day for this,
you totally left out the recipe for addin liquor to it,
you forced me to respond..
if I didn't have the utmost love/sympathy for you, I would ***** you out for this one..but being the sweet lovin person that I am, I'll humor yah..

LEE READ THIS GOOD AND INFORMATIVE SHIT
LEE

[Kwill]

good job moon. I will start today with the water.

[pootz]

Thanks Moon. We need all the "natural" help we can get. Phen is great but let's face it...we are better off without the drugs.

Robin will be proud of you.
Pootz

[alicia]

Not only did I print it, I sent a copy to my Mom and a few more to friends. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[Cin]

Thanks Moon

I'm going to the kitchen right now to get some water and fill up the Brita ...

~Cin

[Danelady]

Hi Moon
Great Article!

[Rena]

Wonderful info... Thanks for the hard work of typing it out Moon

[Moonwatcher]

So far this is good, 9 of you have checked in after reading the above and that makes me very happy, see my face
I do expect more of you to sign in as the day goes by so my face can look more like this

And Lady Lee darling, I do apologize for leaving out the receipe for adding liquor. You do realize why that happened don't you?
The sheet I was typing this from was a bad photo copy and the printing was itzzy bitzzy teeny weeny tiny winy and also very small. I had a hard time reading it and that's why it was a ***** to retype AND my point to all this is: I had to do the whole thing sober AND on a Saturday night no less!!!
Sooooooooo, it's a damn good thing you didn't give me tooooooo much caca over it cause then I would have to round Peachie Poo up to kick your butt.
Wow....you got one of those big grins.

Rena....where the hell are you?
(probably stuck in the john peein from all
that damn water)

[Moonwatcher]

Oh Lord, now look what happened.
Rena and I were typing away at the same time.

Hi! Glad you didn't fall in the potty.

[JK]

Lee just exchange water for vodka