Day Six: Water

Think of how you feel in a nice, hot shower. What does it feel like to dive into a cool, crisp swimming pool? Water has an effect on us like no other substance. It is refreshing, cleansing, replenishing. If it does all of that on the outside of our bodies, think of what it does to the inside.

Drinking water is absolutely essential for weight loss and clean, healthy living. Drinking 3 liters daily doubles our energy by putting more oxygen into our system & burns 50-75 more calories each day. It clears up our skin and improves its elasticity and cellular integrity, it flushes out the toxins stored in our body...and the list goes on.

Its important that we listen to our body, and if our body is thirsty, we give it water. If our body isn't thirsty, then it doesn't need water. I drink when thirsty, I don't push water into my system. Drinking too much of it is actually damaging and can cause a condition called hyponatremia. About 3 liters of water daily without exceeding 1 liter in an hour is what our bodies need.

Water is water. Vitamin water is not water, nor is any other "water" in the soda cooler that has added flavoring, sweetner, or carbonation. You can dress up your water by adding a slice of lemon or lime, or make "spa water" with a cucumber slice & a strawberry or orange slice.

Do: Replace all of your daily drinks with water. Do not drink any soda, iced tea, coffee, juice, alcohol, or other beverage throughout the day. Allow yourself one cup (8 oz) of coffee in the morning, (or whatever your morning drink is) and one cup of hot herbal tea in the evening, and drink water for the remainder of your beverages. Do this for the next 5 days.