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drinking 8 glasses of water a day, really make a difference in weight loss? And if so why? If I add a packet of one of those Crystal light on the go things to my water bottle, is that considered cheating, or does it still count as one of your 8 oz. of water? I have only just now after years of sitting on my butt, gotten back to excersing. I have gone from doing no physical activity whatsoever to walking 3 miles a day. Today was only my third day of walking and I know that may not sound like much, but for me getting started is the hardest part. I have a very all or nothing type of personality. I have done nothing for years, but for me starting walking again was the hard part. I now have a walking partner and am very confident that I will be walking 3 miles a day, 5 times a week. I am really trying to change my eating habits but just out of curiosity, if I did not change my eating habits at all, how much weight could I expect to lose from going to being completely lethargic, to walking 15 miles a week. How soon can I expect to see results?
My worst area is my stomach. I am trying to do sit ups each night but the most I can do at a time is 11. I am hoping that if I do as many as I can each night, the number of situps I can do will greatly increase. Other than sit ups, can you recommend any good excericses for the stomach/ab area?
Please do not leave any rude comments. It is not the easiest thing to admit publically that you are overweight and unphysically fit, but I am honestly trying to change my ways. Tonight I ordered a Domino’s pizza for my son (extremely UNDER weight, so do not worry about me making him fat also) but I did not even eat one slice. I had soup instead. 
A first for me. So please, no judging, and positive and helpful comments only please.
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Ok I’m going to answer your question but there is a lot you need to know first. I’m not judging or trying to be negative here but I’m afraid you don’t have enough information and I would like to fill in those gaps so you can move on and start losing weight.
First let me define calories so you get the idea what they are then we can move on. I promise I’ll answer your questions after this short explanation.
The body needs energy to function. That energy comes from what we consume(eat) in foods and drinks. That energy is measured in a unit called “calories”. You might have learned in high school physics that energy is measured in “joules” and calorie is basically the same thing.
Now when you consume more calories than your body can expend(burn) in a day those excess calories usually end up causing weight gain. – This is called being in a “caloric surplus”
What about adipose tissue(fat tissue)? Well fat is “stored energy” in the body. When the body needs energy and there is no food present it will take those calories from fat. One pound of fat has about 3,500 calories.
Now when one is dieting to loss weight they will have to create a “caloric deficit” and force their body to resort to burning fat for energy. This is done when the body can’t get enough calories from food so it goes to body fat usually for this fuel.
So that is how dieting works. – If you want more on fat cells you can check this answer here http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;… It contains some typos cause I was tired and it was 2am when I wrote it. But hey! I still got best answer lol
Anyways to answer your questions
1)Do you really need 8 glasses of water a day? – Drinking water can help cause what is called “satiety” which is the feeling of being full and can aid in weight loss in this area. There was a study a while back that said also a small TEF(thermal energy of food) effect by drinking cold water but it doesn’t amount to much. Besides consuming too much water can throw off mineral balances and cause other issues in the body.
2)Is adding Chystal Light cheating? Short answer = No. You are still getting water. Long Answer = The Crystal Light I have here contains 5 calories so that means it can mess up your diet if you can possible consume a ton it. Quite frankly 5 calories is hard screw up a calorie deficit when calories allowance is at 1,500+ calories.
3) There is nothing wrong with your personality and you will get results like this. But please one failure(say eating a pizza) doesn’t amount to much in the big scheme of things. If you are are in deficit of 500 calories a day and you screw up and eat a piece of pizza that is only 200 calories then you really didn’t mess up your caloric deficit. Cause 500-200 = 300. So you still have a 300 deficit. It’s when you feel guilty and eat the whole box of pizza that you rack up calories. People seem to eat out of guilt and this is what I want to make sure you watch out for and not do the same.
4)If I didn’t change my eating habits would I get results? Unless you increase your energy expenditure in physical activity and burn off those calories that you are eating you can’t expect results. You gained weight by eating so much over time and one calorie after the other added up. If you go back to Your old eating habits you can expect a repeat the cycle. So really you will have to change both activity and eating habits.
The good news is healthy food becomes easy after you break your addiction to sweats and when your body become less reliant on carbohydrates and high fat foods.
5) How much an I expect to lose? – Please see my other answer for this question – http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;…
6) My worst area is my stomach – Please understand that spot reduction doesn’t work(please see my post on fat cells I linked first). Also working once muscle without working the opposite(antagonist) will cause muscle imbalances. So doing a million setups will probably create a pulling on the lower back and result in lower back pain. Muscles need to be balanced
It’s very good that you are trying to lose weight. If you want any help in your process than send me a email and I’ll try to help.
Take care and good luck.