Hot water and lemon

[louiselouise]

Does anyone else start their day with hot water and lemon? I was recommended this by my doctor and have been drinking it for about 10 days now instead of coffee and have been amazed that I have lost weight and feel great!!!!!

[LILIA]

I can recommend hot water and lemon , have been on it for over a year lost nearly a stone, makes a good start in the morning,

[fruitsalad]

No have often thought about trying it though how does it help weight loss do you have it instead of breakfast?

[strudledoodle]

Have you changed anything else like exercise or simply just drank water and lemon?

[louiselouise]

I drink it first then about half hour later I have my usual breakfast. I have no idea how it works but it's the ONLY thing I've changed and I've lost about 4-5lbs without trying

[katdarn79]

Is it fresh lemon juice or jif lemon? sorry if im been daft?
Kathryn xx

[LILIA]

I use fresh lemon, squeeze juice and store in a screw top container in fridge

[louiselouise]

I have only used fresh lemon so not sure if jif lemon would work as well

[katdarn79]

Thanks both of you for your replies, how much lemon do you use? Xx

[wendilla]

Must be a bit like unsweetened grapefruit juice which helps to break up the fat in your body. I have graprfruit juice every morning and it helps me .

[boxtops]

I don't but I should. wendilla, I've not have GF juice since I was on statins - I must start again now I'm not.

[JoolsTwo]

Years ago I was told to take PLJ in the morning, I can't say whether it worked though. Might give it a try again as I need a kick to get me going again. I've lost 1.5 stone since beginning of January and seem to be stuck now.

[louiselouise]

i use a slice about a cm thick in each drink i make, its very refreshing as well

[excelsior-1]

wispa gold ................ droooooooolll!

[boxtops]

I know............. :-)

[excelsior-1]

sorry posted on wrong thread

[pdust]

i was discussing this with someone yesterday.... apparently its what someone already said about burning fat.... they said ginger was good for doing that too...

[Ann]

I take Lanzoprazole tablets for reducing stomach acid every morning before brekkie - would the acidy lemon/water interfere with those tablets? Also I take blood pressure - Amlodopine and Ramipril tablets ............. any advice whether its safe for me to try this method of losing weight - I certainly need to do something before my holiday!

[louiselouise]

i take blood pressure tablets and I am on a few different meds but my doctor suggested I try it as i was drinking to much coffee and was getting the shakes. I wasnt intending on loosing weight its just happended. im not sure how it would effect your stomach acid though,could check the info leaflet that comes with your tablets and see if it warns against eating lemons

[888sally888]

I read this on a Slimming World website too - maybe I will try it :)