Tips To Get Losing Pounds And Inches

It's Frustrating when you feel you're doing everything right.  

You're watching your portion sizes

You're exercising

You're cutting down carbohydrates

You're cutting out sugar
You're reducing your fat content

The one thing you may not be doing is increasing your water intake. Considering that the body is made up of 60% water it is truly necessary to ensure you are properly hydrated. 

Some interesting facts about water:

Water can help control calories
Don't get me wrong there is no magic in water but basically just by drinking lots of water  Rather than high calorie lots of sugar soda can help. 

Water helps your skin look good

 As our skin contains plenty of water it functions as a protective barrier to prevent excess fluid loss.  

Dehydration make your skin look more dry and wrinkly. 

Water helps your kidneys to function

Your body fluids transport waste products in and out of yourselves. Your kidneys do an amazing job of cleansing your body of toxins as long as your intake of fluids is adequate. If you drink enough fluids your urine will flow freely and should be light in colour and free of odour . How ever when your body is not get enough fluids your urine concentration, colour and odour increases because the kidneys trap extra fluid for bodily functions. 

Water helps to maintain normal bowel functions. 

The great thing about water is if you drink enough of it, it will help to stop constipation. When the body doesn't get enough water it pull water from wherever it can including your stools Which result in constipation! 

So how can you drink more water? 

1. Have a drink with every snack and meal

2. Eat more fruit and vegetables their  high water content will act as part of your water intake and increases hydration

3. Always keep a bottle of water with you on your desk at work, in your car, or beside your bed or in your handbag. 

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Back On Track...

I am back on the training wagon.   It's not long now before the 1st of October and my 13 mile walk for cancer research. 
I just wanted to go over the importance of hydration before, during and after you exercise or workout.
Our body is made up of 95% of water, and when you workout you lose at least a pint possibly more.  So, as a recommendation take a sip every 15 minutes or so of your workout to ensure you don't dehydrate or lose electrolytes quickly. The main cause of dehydration is through sweat where the body excretes sodium.   A good isotonic drink is ideal to replacing the water quickly in the body and ensuring no electrolytes have been lost.

It's important to keep hydrated for a number of reasons. If properly hydrated you can operate at peak performance, otherwise fatigue may set in. The two main factors that contribute to fatigue during endurance performance are depletion of body’s carbohydrate stores and dehydration. 


Sports drinks are either hypotonic, isotonic or hypertonic. This is determined by the carbohydrate and sodium concentration of the drink.
 Hypotonic and isotonic drinks are designed to maintain hydration (isotonic drinks also supply some carbohydrate) whilst hypertonic drinks are used to supply energy via carbohydrate.

Hypertonic drinks are therefore designed for energy rather than hydration. Hypertonic drinks are best taken before exercise for energy and then to refuel.
The primary electrolyte lost through sweat is Sodium. If a large amount of Sodium is lost through sweating, the concentration of sodium in the blood drops which increases the movement of water into the cells leading to further dehydration. So sodium replacement in the right concentration is the key to rehydration.

The right level of sodium is dictated by how much sodium you lose through sweat and the rate at which you sweat.

When I work out I use the Herbalife H30 drink which helps to quickly hydrate and also gives energy at the same time.  You can order this from the site by clicking on the hyper link.

What ever you are doing this week ensure you keep yourself hydrated properly.  We should all be drinking at least 2 litres of water per day minimum, and remember if you are working out you will need more.

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