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A pint of water before meals is the secret to losing weight, scientists claim
The London Mirror ^ | August 26, 2015 | Jennifer Cockerell

Posted on 08/26/2015 8:19:03 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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To: SaveFerris

; )


41 posted on 08/27/2015 12:22:56 AM PDT by antceecee (Bless us Lord, forgive us our sins and bring us to everlasting life.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’ll try to remember that. Thanks!


42 posted on 08/27/2015 12:41:00 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder if it only works for “obese” people - what if one is only about 10 lbs overweight?


43 posted on 08/27/2015 4:04:16 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Knowing how sloppy this kind of research has become, it may be a simple case of subjects with more will power, willing to do something not so pleasant prior to every meal, would have lost the weight anyway due to their own discipline. Maybe not much different from walking a half mile to every meal.
However, the docs all say more water is better, so why not?


44 posted on 08/27/2015 4:09:16 AM PDT by louie2 (Simply a diversion)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Won’t work in the US. “What’s 500 ml?”


45 posted on 08/27/2015 4:10:07 AM PDT by Moltke
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To: dr_lew
You are one of the lucky.

A few years ago I was at a church event for the women. Dinner was served and Tres Leches Cake was the dessert. My very skinny friend looked at me and said ( paraphrasing),” I don't want to hurt anyone’s feelings. Do you think they would mind if I took it home.” It was plainly evident that she was very full just from the dinner. Another bite of food would have been too much.

As for me, I could have eaten my cake, her’s, and two more, as well. That is when I realized that for many it is **not** a question of will power and self-control. It is likely that for nearly everyone who struggles to maintain their weight it is a hunger hormone problem.

46 posted on 08/27/2015 6:34:14 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: Moltke

1/4 of a two liter bottle.


47 posted on 08/27/2015 6:53:26 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
How would you go about living on water alone?

Depending upon your own body makeup, people can live up to 30 days without food. I guess I should have marked it with a "sarc" note for the literals out there.

48 posted on 08/27/2015 7:07:01 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: econjack

That’s why over-eating is the hardest addiction to get over. One can go cold turkey on drugs, alcohol, tobacco and etc. but one cannot eschew food.


49 posted on 08/27/2015 7:11:44 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (TED CRUZ. You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, adding math to the mix doesn’t help at all...


50 posted on 08/27/2015 8:16:39 AM PDT by Moltke
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To: wintertime
Dinner was served and Tres Leches Cake was the dessert.

This is just the kind of thing I'm talking about: the constant presence of food, and the social pressure to partake of it. In my youth I developed the habits of an opportunistic feeder, and I recall an instance when I went 24 hours without eating without thinking too much about it. ( Only realizing this, you see, when the same diurnal opportunity recurred. ) The trouble is that when these opportunities become multiple, and even overwhelming, the old habits do not serve me well.

BTW, and FWIW, I'm about ten or fifteen lbs under my life maximum, at just under 200 lbs.

51 posted on 08/28/2015 9:44:53 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: Thorliveshere

My Doctor called it a Water Pill.
Name of the Drug is Hydrochlorothiazide

If for Swelling of the ankles.


52 posted on 09/08/2015 9:31:14 AM PDT by topspinr
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To: topspinr

Looked it up. Doesn’t sound like its what I need. Thanks anyway.


53 posted on 09/09/2015 11:28:23 AM PDT by Thorliveshere (Minnesota Survivor)
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