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jwbrock

Joined January 2010

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Start Weight

284.0 lb

Lost so far: 94.0 lb

Current Weight

190.0 lb
Performance: losing 0.0 lb a week

Goal Weight

154.0 lb

Still to go: 36.0 lb

I am 54 and don't feel like I am over a half century old. Married for 34 years to my wonderful wife. There are three grown children, two boys and one girl, Wes,Jerard, and Olean. I love my family. I work in Elementary Education. Love working with kids they bring much joy and energy to my life. I love God!

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Taking off WW points...This makes no sense...I may just go to sparkpeople.com totally.

posted 30 Apr 2010, 07:59

Drinking Water
Drinking water may be the most important piece to the weight loss puzzle. Water contains no calories, fat, or cholesterol and is low in sodium. It is nature's appetite suppressant, and it helps the body to metabolize fat. Current research shows that low water intakes yield an increase in fat deposits. Conversely, high water intake reduces the amount of fat deposits. Without enough water, the kidneys cannot function properly. As a result, some of their workload is pushed off onto the liver, in turn preventing the liver from operating at peak levels.

How does all this tie into weight loss? Because metabolizing fat is a primary function of the liver, and because the liver can't function at peak levels when taking on the added workload from the kidneys, less body fat is metabolized and more is stored. This leads to either weight gain or reaching a plateau of weight loss. To increase your ability to metabolize fat and lose weight, you should drink plenty of clean water to improve your kidney and liver functions.

How much to drink

Body Weight (In Pounds) divided by two = number of ounces of water recommended per day.
Resouces: http://www.freedrinkingwater.com/water_health/health1/1-the-role-of-water-dieting.htm

posted 17 Apr 2010, 19:56

Should I Count Calories or Carbs?
Thanks...I added that to my favorites links...

posted 13 Feb 2010, 10:54

Looking for those that need to lose100 Pounds.
I have a lot to lose and I am looking for those that are in the same boat...Lets take this journey together...I could use the encouragement and would like to be an encoragement to others as well....

posted 28 Jan 2010, 04:57

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