rhonda, the funny thing is that I was in Valencia 3 days ago (to see my granny) and never thought about buying oranges (wasn't on my list ). I'll go get some now and just wait till winter comes (oranges are good in winter, it's the season).

You gals are all doing great! Hurray for all of you!

What is it about water helping you lose weight (supposedly)? Did I miss something somewhere? I admit I haven't read Body Clutter yet, so can someone clue me in? Some of you have said you have lost lots of pounds by drinking water..... I have been a HUGE water drinker for several years and just keep getting porkier!!! I easily drink 10-15 glasses of water a day. Maybe I'm waterlogged???

Bon

I said I had lost weight not only by drinking water but by substituting sodas for water. sodas do put on a lot of weight in you, even if they are calory free (or so I read somewhere). Besides, water fills you up and you cheat the feeling of hunger a bit, so you don't nibble between meals what was also good for me was to eat 4 or 5 times a day. careful, that doesn't mean eating more; it means eating the same but in smaller portions. if I would eat 2 apples for dessert, now I eat only one and leave the other one for a snack in the middle of the afternoon. Never skip a meal. This way I have lost weight slowly (a pund or less a week, and not every single week), but of course, that worked for me, and not necessarily for everybody else. My doctor told me to lose weight very slowly, otherwise, you get tired of that way of eating and start stuffing with improper foods. then you regain the weight you lost, and some more.

by the way, drinking water does help your body, as long as the water is not only an addition to other sodas or sugared juices but THE DRINK itself. Did I make anything clear or does it really sound as babbling?

-mental note: try to sinthesize when writing and read before you click "send"-

This is just my take. All fluids are not created equally. Try putting soda in your car radiator instead of water and see how your engine, hoses, and filters like it after while.

Sodium (retains "dirty" water and inhibits detoxification) and toxins (cellular waste) deposit in your cells and water helps your body flush them out. Water is quite possibly the single most important catalyst in the metabolism of fats. Without an adequate supply of water, the kidneys can become less efficient at their job and unable to filter the blood properly, resulting in a metabolic overload on the liver. This overload inhibits one of the liver's primary functions - the oxidation of fatty acids. If the kidneys are unable to function properly due to a lack of water consumption, the liver must perform additional work. This in turn reduces the efficiency of fatty acid in the liver, thus impairing the body's ability to burn fat.

Water helps you feel full helping you eat less.

Water is crucial for cleansing the digestive system of wastes. If wastes are blocking the nutrient absorbing cells lining the intestines, the nutrients can't be absorbed. A lot of cravings are nutrient related. Your body is starving for what it isn't getting or can't absorb and you might over eat in an attempt to nourish yourself.

wonderful explanation heidi

besides all this, I read something about caffeine that I hope will be able to explain in english: they say caffein in the morning improves the secration on insuline, which inhibits the burning of fats, the same as not eating carbohidrates at all. If you don't eat carbohidrates, your body still can use stored fat, but it will also burn muscle. if you eat carbohidrates (with measure, as usual) you give enough energy to your body to build/create muscle, so your "fat" parts don't become as floppy.

I'll try to find some bibliography about that in english and post a link

about caffeine and insuline:

http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/supplementation/caffeine.htm

the part about coffe and insuline and fat is just around (especially after) the first graphic.

Thank you, Heidi and April. I tried wading (or should I say waddling?) through that article, April, but I tend to go brain-dead when confronted with anything scientific-sounding. I can live with Heidi's explanation easier.

As to caffiene, when I was the age of you guys (oops! -- ladies) I drank about 6 Diet Cokes a day. Yes, I know... but it took that and a couple of candy bars to have enough caffiene to get me through a working day, as I have a very low energy level. Since I've been with DH, he's very concerned about my 'drinking problem', so I try to hold it down to only one Diet Coke a day. I drink many glasses of water between 6 a.m. and midnight. I *never* drink coffee and very rarely tea, except maybe iced tea once a week or so. So I don't think I overdo the caffiene (I also gave up the candy bars long ago). But I'm still a porker.

I did really well drinking water today. I had three full bottles (17 ounces each)!

Good week ladies!!! Here we go to week 3

I can't believe it ,I did it . I started going to bed 5 mins earlier each day on 21 Aug.yesterday 31 Aug my bedtime was 11:40 It should have been 11:30 but I'm happy with myself and b/c I didn't beat myself up I can continue. GO ME

Great job honey!
I know I chugged down several glasses of water yesterday myself...

Rhonda

Hey, I didn't think this cheering was for me ,THOUGH I wished it was ,until I saw my name in the subject line

It's 10:30 pm now I will go to bed 15 mins earlier today b/c of this

YUP.. it was written ESPECIALLY for you! Aren't you proud now?

Hopefully you went to bed early.. and be up at the crack of dawn like me this morning.

Altho... the stupid neighbor man decided he was going to mow the yard at 8am this morning and woke ME up. (not DH .. he's still asleep) ... so Im up. Yano, Im in texas, I should be able to go out there in my nightgown and shoot him. hahah (jokejoke)
The nightshirt alone would scare him back in the house Im sure.

Whats wrong with people? hello.. its a HOLIDAY... stop mowing and go to bed... idiot.

Rhonda.. the grumpy early riser... blek.

Oh how nice of you to cheer me two days in a row (I'm still jumping since yesterday )Yes ,I did go to bed at 11:15 that's 15 mins, not 5 ,early ,thanks to you,and I woke up at 6 .Now it's 7:30 pm.

I love reading your posts ( and heidi too) I understand most of them.You got me laughing imagining you angry at your nieghbor( shooting while in night gown,real comic)But I thought that such disturbing things only happen in Egypt

I have just finished reading posts about the fly show. I totally agree with you, the older shows are much about flying .I loved the very first one , I listened to it twice before.

Sorry I got your name wrong last time.

My bedtime today will be at least 11:10 Your cheering will push me till my desired 10 pm

Good for you! You will get to the earlier bedtime soon!

As for me, I'm on vacation - but I dont wanna get my hours too bad out of wack as eventually I do have to go back to work... and with school starting recently - the traffic is always horrid.

You can do it!
Rhonda