Quote from: Refugee on November 18, 2006, 11:03:05 AM
Quote from: Rei Ayanami on November 17, 2006, 09:49:40 PM
Did you Try the Lemon water regime It's like a 2 day fast on only water with Lemon or another citric acid in it? Think I drank almost 7 imperial Gallons of water in 2 days(8 lemons)You would be surprised how much extra weight and waist/abdomine size change after you do it I lost almost an inch off my waist when I did it. Every one is a bit different but if you've been eating a lot of processed foods you probably have some "build up".
For anyone that's interested I started the lemon water diet this morning.
Weight: 205
Waist: 38
Better late then never, I can tell you I lost a pound on the above regimen. Yeah a pound. I don't know if it was worth it for me, chances are I would have lost the pound on my own anways. There's a couple reasons why I think it didn't work. First off I'm already careful about the things I eat, some might call this dieting. Its normal to drop the first 5 to 10 lbs rapidly anytime you drastically change your eating habits. So I don't think my body had much more to give. Second, I hadn't eaten much in the week leading up to the "water diet", and I'd lost 8 lbs already. As an interesting aside, I gained back a couple lbs the following week when I started eating normally again. Again, I don't think my body had much to give.
I had the means, so I made the most of the opportunity to check my blood sugar also. It was 77 by the second night of the diet. Had I been a patient of mine, it would have been just enough to warrant treating for low blood sugar. As it were as the night wore on I grew incredibly hungry and gave up about 3 AM or so - I was working at the time - and ate so maybe that flawed the results. In any case, I wouldn't reccomend this approach for anyone with any pre-existing medical problems.
I could find no legitimate basis for adding the lemon. There is evidence it will help your complexion, but that's by putting it on your skin, not in your body. There was no reliable evidence that it either helps or hinders weight loss. It did seem to make the water tastier and easier to drink, but I think that's a personal preference more then anything else.
On a more positive note, the water was effecting in creating a sense of being full, without adding calories. Always a good idea when dieting. As it is, most people are borderline dehydrated most of the time anyways. Based on data from the Mayo Clinic, most people should be drinking a gallon of water a day. The easiest way to do this is fill a gallon container and drink from it throughout the day - so there's no guess work about what is and what isn't a gallon. You'll find you actually have to make an effort to drink the entire gallon. Especially now that I'm back to solid food, even I'm not there yet.
