In this video I talk about why you need to drink enough water to lose fat.

Hey ladies, welcome back. So fat burning action number 4 is hydration.

The recommended daily amount of water on this program is three to four liters of water per day (there are about 34 ounces in a liter).

Ideally, you will consume 1⁄2 of your body weight in ounces. So if you weigh 180 pounds, you should drink 90 ounces of water a day, which would be three-and-a-half liters of water.

Not drinking enough water can cause every function in your body to slow down.

• The body is made up of 60% water
• Blood is made up of 92% water
• Every cell in your body is 70% water

The old saying that you only need to drink eight ounces of water a day is severely outdated and is not adequate for a rapid fat-loss routine.

Water is crucial to fat loss as it helps break down and flush out fat and toxins from your system. So it is very important that you follow the recommendation above to ensure that you’re giving your body the proper amount.

The body loses between ½ a liter and one liter of water each day in the simple act of exhalation. Another one to two liters of water are lost in the urine each day, and an additional 1/3 of a liter in bowel movements. You even lose water by being sedentary. Almost ½ a liter of water is lost a day in perspiration by a non-stressed patient in a hospital bed.

But not even taking exercise or diuretics into account, the daily amount of water lost by a body just in the act of living is about three liters. So if you are not replacing three liters per day at a minimum, technically you will be dehydrated. Drinking only eight cups of water each day could severely dehydrate you.

Water also activates lipase, an enzyme that breaks down fat. One liter of water activates lipase for two hours, so this is another aspect of why constant and consistent water intake is important.

Water is also very important on a weight-loss program because when you gain one extra pound of fat, your body makes seven new miles of blood vessels. A person who is ten pounds overweight has 70 extra miles and a person who is 100 pounds overweight has 700 extra miles of blood vessels. And remember blood is made up of 92% water.

The more you weigh, the more you need to drink. If you don’t have enough water, then oxygen and nutrients won’t get distributed adequately throughout your body and you could end up with high blood pressure caused by dehydration.

So how much water should you drink? Three liters is the absolute minimum, but four liters is optimum. Or you can gauge it by body weight: ½ oz per pound. For example, 200 pounds = 100 ounces of water (three liters).

It is also important to note that when drinking this much water, you could also become depleted from mineral deficiencies. So it is vital that you are getting minerals from eating a lot of vegetables and I suggest you add 1 tsp of extra sea salt onto your food or even in your water, and supplementing with additional minerals.

Taking a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar daily will also help with loss of potassium which helps keep you hydrated (this also helps with muscle cramps. I personally put a few tablespoons of ACV with some sea salt and lemon juice into one of my liters of water and drink that everyday.

I also like to use Dr. Berg’s Electrolyte Powder which you can find on Amazon. It is a raspberry lemon flavor, gives me the potassium and electrolytes that I need daily and adds a really nice flavor to my water.

Alright, that’s all for Daily fat burning action number 4.

See you in the next video.