Glug Glug: How Much Water Should You Drink on the Plan Z Diet?
By: Zola
Chief Dieter
Plan Z Diet
Let’s talk water on the Plan Z Diet.
Most diets will instruct you to drink water. They will tell you that if you get hungry just drink water to stave off the hunger pangs. I might agree with that to a very small extent but that’s really a very short term “fix.” On Plan Z dieters don’t report that they are hungry so that’s not the big issue.
I tell people on the Plan Z Diet to drink water for another very important reason.
I want the water to flush the fat.
On the Plan Z Diet we recommend that you drink at least 70-90 oz of water per day. That would be the minimum. If you can drink more than that go ahead and do it.
Now I have very good reason to believe that drinking even more is beneficial to weight loss.
I read a study not long ago about water and weight loss. The gist of the readout was this: When the body is ready to give up fat it needs a vehicle or mechanism to flush the fat out of your system. Otherwise it might just stay there. The vehicle is water. If there is a ready supply of water circulating through your system and your body releases fat from the fat cells it literally needs something to flush it.
So water it is.
Around the same time I read that study I was doing a BETA test for an improvement to the Plan Z Diet. I had a BETA test group and was tracking several elements of their weight loss and one of the things I tracked was how much water they drank each day.
The final result was pretty startling, and I say that in a good way.
Those who drank 100 oz of water or more per day (ranging from 100 oz to 150 oz) lost 30% more weight than those who drank less. Those who drank less than 70 oz per day lost a full 30% less weight and those in the middle lost an average that landed in-between. 30% difference in weight loss is a pretty remarkable difference. And I didn’t just track this for a few days. I tracked it for over a month.
So I’ll be making adjustments to my recommendations going forward. I’ll be recommending 100 oz or more of water per day on the Plan Z Diet.
In the beginning it’s a bit tricky for most folks to drink that much water. Reason is they end up in the potty a lot more. At night they have to get up more often. I tell them now that if they are cursing me during that time just keep in mind they are flushing fat. That makes them happy. They see the results on the scale each day. Their body gets used to it too. I can easily drink 100 oz water per day now without an excessive number of trips to the bathroom. Other dieters report the same.
Even if you’re not on the Plan Z Diet but working to regulate your weight, try drinking more water. Your body will thank you and you just might get a little skinnier in the process.
Drink up!
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