Dehydration to Lose Weight

For some reason people think that sweat is a sign of fat melting off of their body. I don't know exactly what people are thinking. Do they look inside their oven at a Holiday Ham, see the juice forming as the fat liquefies, and think that's what human sweat is? Well it's not.

Sweat is made from your body's water and it's used to cool your body temperature so you don't over heat. Sweat is not melted body fat. There is no reason to try to make yourself sweat more to lose fat. In fact it's dangerous. Think about it, your body is trying to keep itself from overheating and here you are wearing seven layers of clothing doing jumping jacks in the sauna.

Wrestlers and boxers will use sweating to lose WATER weight not FAT. The difference here is that when a wrestler or a boxer is trying to lose weight it's only for the scales because they want to be able to make weight for a fight. Wrestlers and boxers want to have as much body mass as possible while still making weight, so the only way to lose weight without making your body any smaller is by taking out the water. Once they have made weight a boxer or a wrestler will immediately start to rehydrate their body so no damage is done.

You may make yourself sweat and notice that you weigh less but you are still just as fat as you were when you started. If you like what the scale says and try to walk around dehydrated you could die. Water has weight, and if you fill a bucket full of water and lift it you will see what I mean. Dump the water out and you will notice the bucket is much lighter but does not look any different as it did before because the water was inside the bucket and could not be noticed. The same goes for your body. Being dehydrated will not make you look any better. In fact dehydration will make your skin look horrible. Think about it, why do so many skin products offer moisturizing and hydration? Take my advice; stay cool, stay hydrated, and stay healthy.