Posted by PoohBear on February 26, 2004, at 9:52:45
In reply to Re: topomax » Herspirit, posted by headachequeen on February 25, 2004, at 23:58:26
Kat:
I spoke with my Weight Watchers lecturer about the water vs coffee issue, because WW is big on water as well. She said that for those people that are used to drinking A LOT of coffee each day, it doesn't have as much of a diuretic effect as for someone who rarely drinks it. By the way, this rule goes for any caffinated beverage, i.e., tea, Coke, etc, not just coffee.
Lots of water is supposed to help your system metabolize the fat better and take off the pounds.
I have heard that you should drink half your body weight in ounces of water each day. For me that would be 100 ounces or just a little over 3 quarts. That's a stretch, but I do try to get in about 5 12 oz. glasses of water plus 16-32 oz. of coffee each day. That would top out at 92 oz., not bad...
Does that help?
Tony
> Oh, dear... if one drinks the water, does it really hurt to have the coffee as well???
> I hate the thought of giving up my coffee...
> want my cake and eat it to syndrome...
> kat
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