Cold Water Treading - a Secret to Faster Weight Loss

Cold water, warm water, hot water, ice, and steam all get different reactions from your skin and internal organs. Everyone knows there is an effect from these things. It's blatantly obvious.

It's obvious they're doing something to the body, but what. For the purposes of this article, I'm going to focus on cold water and how it helps you to lose weight.

Cold water is considered "alive" water... as compared to hot water, which is considered "dead" water. Cold water, energizes, invigorates, and fortifies the body. Cold water creates improved circulation and overcomes sluggishness that is formed from blocked-up energy circuits within the body.

One reason why cold water gets such great results when applied to the body is because it stimulates the body by producing an action. The body then is forced to react to regain balance.

Think of it like this. When you are cold, you shiver. The shivering is your body's natural reaction to cold. The shivering increases your body's internal temperature, thus warming you up.

Here's how you can use cold water treading to stimulate weight loss.

Take your normal shower. After you're done, plug up the bathtub and fill it with 4 inches of cold water... really cold water. Now, all you do is walk in place (tread) in that cold water for 2-3 minutes. After that get out of the tub and dry yourself off. That's it.

What this cold water treading does is it creates an environment where you are tricking your body. Your body thinks this external stimuli will lower it's core temperature. It doesn't want that. So the body automatically decides to internally heat itself up.

This is great news since the body is more efficient at burning fat when it has a slightly elevated temperature. (Ever wonder why you lose weight during a fever... that's the reason.) The higher your internal core temperate is, the easier it is to burn off fat.

So if you can trick the body into slightly warming itself up by using cold water, you greatly improve your fat burning.

For the best results, I suggest you do this twice a day for 2-3 minutes each time. Once in the morning and once before you go to bed at night. You don't need to take the shower beforehand. That is only a suggestion to make the cold water treading practical.

One more tip before I go. An even better way to use cold water for weight loss is to take a cold shower. Since the water isn't limited to your feet and lower legs, you get a more aggressive reaction from the body. You can simply take your normal shower and then at the end you turn the water to very cold and let it run over your body for 15 seconds.

Trust me, 15 seconds is all you will need. You'll have a hard time breathing because it's such a shock to the body. But since most people can't handle a cold shower for even 15 seconds, the next best thing is cold water treading.

You'll notice a dramatic increase in your energy levels with cold showers and cold water treading. You should also notice some weight loss after 5-8 days. So take this weight loss "trick" and prove it to yourself.