If you’ve ever tried to lose weight, you know what I mean when I say there’s a TON of information out there that either…

A) Makes it seem like all you need is a magic quick fix and POOF, your problems are over, OR…

B) Complicates the heck out of it, to the point you get frustrated and say “Heck with it!”

After being in the weight loss and fitness industries for 30 years, and coaching tens of thousands of people from all over the world, I can tell you this with absolute certainty:

Healthy, sustainable weight loss is SIMPLE.

No, it’s not a magical gimmick…

But it’s not as complicated as most programs make it.

A great example of this is drinking water. 

Mention that you drink a gallon of WATER a day, people in your life will come flying out of the woodwork to tell you how “unsafe” that much water is…

Even if you drank a gallon of coffee or soda or alcohol a day (which they never said a WORD about, did they)?

Plus, Google various search terms about how much water to drink, and you’ll find conflicting information up the wazoo, along with plenty of articles about how “dangerous” drinking water is, and that drinking too much can kill you.

Listen, it’s true that there’s an amount of water you can drink that may harm, or even kill you.

But it’s incredibly unlikely that will ever happen, because you’d have to FORCE yourself to gag down a bunch of water in a short amount of time, and do it without throwing it all back up.

In other words, you’d make yourself sick even trying, and do so LONG before you got to an amount that would hurt or kill you.

The only people in danger of drinking enough water to kill themselves are those with certain mental disorders that affect their ability to “hear” their body’s “enough” signal.

If you have heart or kidney problems, be sure and talk to your doctor about your water volume.

Otherwise, all you need to do is NOT do something crazy like try to guzzle a gallon in 30 minutes.

Space it out over a few hours and you’ll be fine.

As for whether drinking a lot of water has side effects, for people on a nutrition plan like the Code Red Lifestyle™, where you limit carbohydrate intake, you may experience an electrolyte imbalance.

What happens is, on Code Red (and similar low-carbohydrate plans), you’re not eating foods that hang on to water or salt, so salt and other electrolytes get flushed out.

As a result, some people (not everyone, but some) experience symptoms of low electrolytes, which can include cramps, dizziness, and feeling tired.

Replenishing your electrolytes is simple and inexpensive. And the detriments of dehydration FAR outweigh any minor “concerns” about electrolyte replenishment.

The bottom line with water is: Don’t let yourself get bogged down in all the complicated sludge about stuff like your urine color, or how drinking “too much” water is gonna give you brain damage.

Your body NEEDS water to function properly, as well as to lose weight. It’s DESIGNED to thrive on water (not on the energy drinks, soda, booze, and other stuff you may be guzzling).

Sleep and water are the #1 and #2 rules in weight loss, respectively. If you wanna lose your weight and keep it off, they’ve GOT to become and stay priorities in your life. Period.

If you’d like to add something to your water to make it easier to drink, I HIGHLY recommend you check out Unmatched’s Electrashred supplement at www.coderedlifestyle.com/unmatched. You’ll find it under PRODUCTS ==> Hydration. Use the promo code, CODERED, at checkout for 10% off your order (one-off purchases only – does not discount subscriptions).