WEBVTT - MOTIVATIONAL MOMENT: Using water to change your mind and body 💧

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<v Speaker 1>Hi, I'm Sam Wood. This is your motivational moment. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>why water might be the missing piece to your weight

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<v Speaker 1>loss puzzle. So water with weight loss is a really

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<v Speaker 1>interesting one. And I'll go to the analogy that I

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<v Speaker 1>use the most first, because I feel I tell people

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<v Speaker 1>to drink more water, drink more water, drink more water,

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<v Speaker 1>and it falls on deaf ears until I tell them

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<v Speaker 1>it can be the reason perhaps that they do or

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<v Speaker 1>don't lose weight, and all of a sudden their is

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<v Speaker 1>prick up. They write it down and they go from

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<v Speaker 1>drinking one cup a week too much much more than that.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's funny how everyone has that little catalyst or

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<v Speaker 1>thing that prompts them to change their behavior so quickly.

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<v Speaker 1>But I always say that if food is your fuel

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<v Speaker 1>to the engine that we've got to get ticking along,

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<v Speaker 1>which is our metabolism, then water is the oil to

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<v Speaker 1>that engine. It's all very well to have a full

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<v Speaker 1>tank of petrol, but if you're out of oil, that

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<v Speaker 1>engine's not going to be running anywhere near its best.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's how we need to think of our body,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's how we need to think of our metabolism.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all very well to exercise. It's all very well

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<v Speaker 1>to eat well, but if you're dehydrated, you are not

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<v Speaker 1>giving your metabolism a fighting chance at being efficient. And

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, the interesting thing is a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>think that they don't necessarily have the most efficient metabolisms

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<v Speaker 1>and that's why they can't lose weight as quickly as.

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<v Speaker 2>That person over there or that person over there.

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<v Speaker 1>And there may be some truth in that, but we

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<v Speaker 1>also have varying degrees of metabolic efficiency. So some people

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<v Speaker 1>even mistake hunger for thirst, and that's I mean, that's

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<v Speaker 1>an interesting one. If you're eating more than you need

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<v Speaker 1>to because you actually do hydrated and it's a simple

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<v Speaker 1>fix of drinking water, which who would think is a

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<v Speaker 1>zero calorie drink, then of course you should make sure

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<v Speaker 1>you go to the hydration stakes first. I mean, it

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<v Speaker 1>also helps you eat less. I mean, if you have

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<v Speaker 1>a big glass of water twenty minutes before dinner, it's

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<v Speaker 1>amazing how often you don't need to eat as much.

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<v Speaker 2>My tip to people.

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<v Speaker 1>That have a little bit of trouble with portion sizes,

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<v Speaker 1>which is a lot of us, is to make sure

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<v Speaker 1>you have a big glass of water before you drink,

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<v Speaker 1>and then make sure you put a normal portion on

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<v Speaker 1>your plate, and wait twenty minutes before you have extra

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<v Speaker 1>to that portion, because you often mistake how you're feeling

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<v Speaker 1>for hunger, or you eat so quickly that you haven't

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<v Speaker 1>registered that you fall until you kind of overfall.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think, have the water, make.

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<v Speaker 1>Sure you're hydrated, eat a normal portion of food, and

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<v Speaker 1>then twenty minutes later, if you're really still hungry by

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<v Speaker 1>all means, go back from seconds.

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<v Speaker 2>But I bet you you never will be.

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<v Speaker 1>And then the next question is, okay, Sam, I accept that,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's motivating for me because I am trying to

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<v Speaker 1>lose weight or burn fat or whatever it might be.

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<v Speaker 1>So how much is the right amount?

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<v Speaker 2>Now there's a myriad of different formulas.

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<v Speaker 1>You can kind of drop one number off your weight,

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<v Speaker 1>so if you ate ninety kilos, you drop the zero

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<v Speaker 1>and then your harve it.

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<v Speaker 2>So that's four and a half.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's four and a half liters, and that's pretty accurate.

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<v Speaker 2>Four and a half liters.

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<v Speaker 1>I've just heard the entire audience fall on the ground going,

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<v Speaker 1>oh my god, I'm so far off that it's not

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<v Speaker 1>even funny, which it might be. Well, get to that,

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<v Speaker 1>but typically I just say three leaders, I just say

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<v Speaker 1>try and get to the three leader mark, which again,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're consuming three hundred meals, that's a big, a

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<v Speaker 1>big step up, and it's got to be gradual. So

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<v Speaker 1>don't go from trying to drink three hundred meals a

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<v Speaker 1>day to three liters a day. Increase it the same

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<v Speaker 1>way as you would increase you know you're running. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're trying to get to a three k and you

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<v Speaker 1>can only three hundred meters, you don't do three kilometers tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 1>You build it up, You build it up, you build

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<v Speaker 1>it up. It's the same with your water intake. And

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<v Speaker 1>you want to get ahead of the curve early in

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<v Speaker 1>the day. So a lot of people find that they're

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<v Speaker 1>really thirsty, and that's kind of a sign that you're

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<v Speaker 1>already dehydrated. So you want to wake up, you want

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<v Speaker 1>to have a big glass of water. You get five

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<v Speaker 1>six hundred meals in perhaps before you do anything else,

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<v Speaker 1>and all of a sudden you're ahead of the curve.

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<v Speaker 2>And then you keep drinking.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you find you don't naturally do that, send

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<v Speaker 1>an alarm on your phone. Every couple of hours, a

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<v Speaker 1>little baber goes off. It's just getting into this habit

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<v Speaker 1>of every couple of hours you're drinking water.

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<v Speaker 2>You're drinking water. You're drinking water. You'll find it hydrates you.

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<v Speaker 1>You find your perform but you find you think better,

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<v Speaker 1>you find you burn fat faster, you find you feel

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<v Speaker 1>better from a mental perspective and mental clarity perspective as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So there really is no downside apart from perhaps early

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<v Speaker 1>on in that adjustment period you're running too the bathroom

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<v Speaker 1>every thirty seconds, But you will get used to that,

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<v Speaker 1>your body will adapt to that. But the magic number

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<v Speaker 1>is three leaders. Obviously, if you're a bigger person, you're

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<v Speaker 1>exercising a lot, perhaps a little bit more than that.

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<v Speaker 1>If you drink a lot of coffee, that's a diuretic,

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<v Speaker 1>so you probably need to up it again. And if

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<v Speaker 1>you're obviously sweating, if you're doing your your hot yoga

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<v Speaker 1>or you're running fifteen kilometers, of course you need to compensate.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you're just a regular person doing regular ish

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<v Speaker 1>type of exercise and you know that you're currently not

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<v Speaker 1>drinking enough, your goal for now should be the magic

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<v Speaker 1>three letter mark. So a little task for everybody for

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<v Speaker 1>the week is get to three leaders either from tomorrow

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<v Speaker 1>and maintain it. For five days if you're already relatively

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<v Speaker 1>close to that mark, or build it up over five

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<v Speaker 1>days and get to three leaders by day five. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're one of these people that three letters feel, it's

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<v Speaker 1>like a massive mountain to climb right now, So you

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<v Speaker 1>might be adding five hundred meals a day starting at

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<v Speaker 1>five hundred meals, and by day and I'm at five,

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<v Speaker 1>you're getting too that magic three letter mark.