# The SDMB Weight Loss Club Part Drei (three) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 9, 2003, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506 "2003-10-09T17:20:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 15
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/281 "2003-11-18T17:43:03Z")
> [@](#): > > **GingerOfTheNorth** said: Diet by Weight Watchers, Exercise by Curves for Women. That sort of reminds me of something my friends and I used to say about a hot but dumb guy we knew: “Body by Nautilus, brains by Mattel.” (I’m sure your brains are fine, **Ginger**. It’s just the syntax that reminded me.) Hey, has anyone noticed a difference when they do/don’t drink a lot of **water** during the day? I’m still trying to track down the reasons for my pathetic one-pound weight loss last week. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/282 "2003-11-18T17:48:24Z")
I drink at least 6 glasses of water a day, and usually more like three litres. I don’t lose unless I drink, as a matter of fact. ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/283 "2003-11-18T18:46:20Z")
Okay. I hardly drank any water all last week. Maybe that was what stymied my weight loss. I’m doing better this week. {takes a sip} I wonder how drinking water correlates to losing weight. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/284 "2003-11-18T19:12:36Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by skeptic\_ev_ > I wonder how drinking water correlates to losing weight. The way I understand it is that reduced calories and increased exercise breaks down fat cells. Water actually helps “flush” it out of the body. Then again, I could be wrong. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/285 "2003-11-18T19:49:26Z")
I think you’re right, **norinew** ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/286 "2003-11-18T20:59:53Z")
Okay, I’ve done a bit of Internet research and found this basic information repeated on several sites, [one of which](http://www.bodytrends.com/articles/weight_loss/water.htm) I’ve partially quoted here: > [@](#): > > Without sufficient water for the kidneys, the kidneys cannot work adequately and so this effects some of the water going to the liver. One of the primary functions of the liver is metabolize fat into energy for the body. If the liver needs to do some of the work of the kidneys, the liver can not work as it should to metabolize fat and so more fat is stored in the body increasing weight and not using the fat as energy. Also, I found several references to the flushing you are talking about. So considering I pretty much drank only pop last week–bad, I know–I think I can safely hypothesize that that really contributed to my losing only a pound. I will experiment and report the results. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/287 "2003-11-18T22:08:02Z")
**skeptic** : if you’re still on the Atkins program, you MUST MUST MUST drink a minimum of 64 oz of water daily. I can’t tell you how incredibly important that is. Plus, if you’re drinking diet soda containing aspartame (Nutrasweet), give that stuff the boot. Aspartame is notorious for stalling out weightloss. ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/288 "2003-11-18T22:23:29Z")
Yes, I know. Bad skeptic\_ev, bad! However, the pop (AKA soda) has mostly been Diet Rite–there are several flavors now–which is sweetened with sucralose (Splenda). Out of curiosity, though, why do you specifically mention the Atkins diet? Is it because of the whole protein/kidneys thing? Or because of the relatively rapid weight loss desired? Inquiring minds want to know. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/289 "2003-11-18T23:12:40Z")
I read about a study several years ago that showed that many people can’t always tell if they’re hungry or thirsty. The study focused specifically on latenight snacking, and found that for a large percentage (I can’t remember now), a glass of water was as satisfying as a snack. After that I stopped eating after dinner snacks - just drank water - and lost about 20 lbs. in short order. So that might have something to do with the need for water too. ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/290 "2003-11-20T14:34:20Z")
Well, I’ve been dutifully drinking my water. Still no weight change, though. I can’t figure this out. Surely I have not hit a plateau this early in the process. Sigh … ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/291 "2003-11-21T01:31:11Z")
_Happy days are here again, The skies above are clear again. So let’s sing a song of cheer again. Happy days are here again!_ By that I mean that I think the water may have been it. Just for kicks I got on the scale after I got home from work this evening, and I weigh a pound less than I did this morning! (I think I may have retained extra water last week, since I wasn’t drinking any.) ---
**Author:** ![fizzestothetop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@fizzestothetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizzestothetop)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/292 "2003-11-21T02:25:54Z")
Weigh in update. I lost 2.2lbs this week. That’s a total of 17.4 gone and 4.6 more to go for my 10%. Looks like I’m on a direct route to Onerland. Yay. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/293 "2003-11-21T03:06:55Z")
I have weigh-in tomorrow morning. After spending the past two days in New York, I think I’ll be up. Damn it. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/294 "2003-11-21T06:36:48Z")
Haven’t been following the thread, but I was surfing the forums and found it, so I just thought I’d stick my head in and say… Woohooo! I’ve lost ten pounds! I have nothing else to report. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/295 "2003-11-21T13:40:14Z")
Weigh-in, and not up. Not down, either. I’m about ready to lop off my toes or something. ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/296 "2003-11-21T14:11:48Z")
Since you thought you’d be up, and you’re not, that’s a good thing, right? Who knows, maybe you did gain some in New York but then lost it again. How much more do you have to go, if you don’t mind my asking? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/297 "2003-11-21T15:01:07Z")
194/173/172. Almost there - hoping to lose that last pound before heading for FL Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/298 "2003-11-21T15:04:12Z")
**Gingy** , I’ve got one thought: perhaps shifting to another type of diet might help get you unstuck. You’re on WW, IIRC; maybe try South Beach for a few weeks, and see if your body responds favorably to a different approach. ---
**Author:** ![tanookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@tanookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanookie)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/299 "2003-11-21T17:25:57Z")
Is it too late to join the crew? I need to lose some baby weight and started back on my Weight Watcher’s points plan two weeks ago. I started WW in 1999 and dropped 76 pounds over about 15 months. The week I hit lifetime I discovered I was pregnant with my daughter. I had her and then got back to work with losing baby weight. I finally lost all but the last 10 pounds and ended up pregnant with my son. Now I need to lose 40 pounds and while I know I can do it - it is hard sometimes to stay on track especially with the holidays coming up. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506/300 "2003-11-21T19:57:33Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by tanookie_ > I started WW in 1999 and dropped 76 pounds over about 15 months. The week I hit lifetime I discovered I was pregnant with my daughter. I had her and then got back to work with losing baby weight. I finally lost all but the last 10 pounds and ended up pregnant with my son. > > Now I need to lose 40 pounds and while I know I can do it - it is hard sometimes to stay on track especially with the holidays coming up. What? You want to have **another** baby??😃 Oh, yeah, welcome to the SDMB Weight Loss thread! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506.md?page=14) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-weight-loss-club-part-drei-three/206506.md?page=16)