How To Lose Weight in 7 Days

This is from Jillian Michael's website:

• Get 60 ounces of distilled or pure water and...
• Add a tablespoon of sugar free cranberry juice
• Add 1 dandelion root tea bag 
• Add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
• You Drink the 60 ounces every day for 7 days
• This recipe works because it helps flush out excess water weight you have carrying around in your body and...
• You could lose more than 5 pounds in 7 days depending on how much excess water weight you're carrying around.

Keeping it off:
Water weight is the result of the body retaining extra water. Usually, excessive water retention is the result of poor diet and not enough exercising, although some medications can cause it as well.  Whatever the cause, water weight can make you feel bloated and swollen and make usually comfortable clothes too tight. To lose water weight, try out some the following strategies.

Cut down your salt intake. Salt dehydrates the body and makes it grab for any moisture it can hold onto. By switching to a lower-sodium diet, you will not only be more likely to make healthy food choices, you will also help eliminate water retention. Cutting down sugar intake will also make high insulin levels drop, which will help your body rid itself of excess sodium.

Important factors that will help you lose water weight are respiration and transpiration, which can both be increased by regular exercise. Every time you exhale, your body loses a minute amount of water. Transpiration occurs when sodium and water are sweated out of the body, usually due to activity. By maintaining a healthy exercise regimen, you can increase both respiration and transpiration to help stop water retention. This doesn’t necessarily mean killing yourself at the gym. A thirty minute brisk walk four to five days a week will most likely provided the necessary levels of movement to lose water weight.

As contradictory as it may sound, water is a key requirement to losing weight and water retention. Women in particular are at risk for water retention because of the fluctuating nature of hormone levels, especially during menstruation. By drinking the recommended six to eight glasses of water a day, you can actually help bring the body into balance. Alcohol and coffee in excess can also leading to dehydration. Drinking water before meals may also help satiate hunger and allow you to feel full, thereby encouraging you to eat smaller portions.