Posts Tagged ‘weight loss’

Maybe I’m in the minority on this, but I don’t take it even remotely personally when Hubby forwards me links about weight loss. For starters, I’m the one who’s always banging on, as the Brits say, about wanting to shed a few. Plus, he knows that I’ll probably also share my newfound knowledge with my Momoverettes, so he is, in essence, providing both a public and private service.

So without further adieu, let’s get to that link, shall we? This one hails from CNN.com, and it’s based on a study recently presented at the annual meeting of an entity I’d previously never heard of: The American Chemical Society. Perhaps if I’d been brave enough to attempt chem class in high school I’d be familiar with this august governing body, but even my dear mama advised her science-challenged Wee Lass to steer clear and load up on the French and art instead.

Oops, veering off-topic…

So here’s the gist of this study, which was conducted on a mix of overweight or obese men and women, between 55 and 75, who were on low-calorie diets: Those participants who faithfully imbibed 16 ounces of aqua before breakfast, lunch and dinner lost much more than those who didn’t. Drinking water before meals was the only variable.

Okay, so you’re undoubtedly younger than these study-persons. But you’ve got something else going on in your world: baby weight. I say, give this trick a shot, and stick with it. I’m going to. In fact, as soon as hit “Publish,” I’m heading right downstairs to the kitchen for an ice-cold, pH-balancing glass of lemon water. After my morning coffee, it’s time to tip the scales back to alkalinity. (Ooh! Science-y!)