LA Weight Loss - hot lemon water advice

how do you lovely ladies (and gentlemen?) get down the lemon water? I absolutely skieve lemon and I don't drink tea either. I do like the idea of something flushing away a few of the mistakes I tend to make.

anywho, someone gave me a box of candy today and I indulged. I am happy that I was able to throw the box out after a while, that's something that I usually do not do. I am going to my COD tomorrow morning, I tend to do better when I face the scale :/

Nikki - Honestly, I just don't like it, but one of my (not listed) intentions was to drink it anyway! So, I use my hot shot, 1 cup water add 2T of thawed lemon juice (= juice of one med. lemon) and I add splenda. It still gives me a sore throat so I just have it right before my morning coffee and the warm coffee seems to soothe the throat. All I know is I was having to tinkle every 30-45 minutes yesterday! (whew!)
I'm believing that the more I drink it, the less I'll despise it! For now, I look at is in the same way I look at cough syrup.
"They can put a man on the moon but they can't make a cough syrup that works and tastes GOOD!"
:)

I have a 16oz cappucino mug that I fill with water and 1/4 lemon wedge squeezed. I microwave it for 2:30 and drink up.

Pearl - Maybe your lemon water is too strong? Maybe a weaker water would give you a more pleasant taste?

I think I get the same effect when I add my lemon to my crystal lite lemonade--it's really good heated, too.

gosh am I missing something????? I never drink hot lemon water,,,,just ice cold water with lots of lemon...am I getting the same effect????? maybe I could be losing more......I am up for that..nance

The instructions from my COD said to squeeze the lemon into the water, throw the whole wedge into the water and then micro for 30 seconds. Odd, I know.

Hot or cold Nance I think it has the same affect. I learned to like the hot as it's winter here but have cold usually with meals etc.. or just suck on entire lemons after indulging in wine!

Nance-If the water is warm (not too hot!)-the lemon is absorbed by the stomach better . . .that's all. Just more efficient that way.

as anyone hear of the "new" lemon pill that LAWL is trying to sell now. I think it's about $35. they were trying to sell it to me beofre it went on sell for $29 i think it was. I think I will stick with my lemons and water..

Well, I had my first experience with lemon water this morning. That is certainly an aquired taste. :) If it helps though, I will keep drinking it.

Am I missing something? What exactly is the lemon water supposed to do?

Dan, there is a great post here somewhere on the affects of lemon water...
here is my brief (and simple) explanation - it acts as an astringent in your "pipes" to clean out the "gunk". Sort of like liquid drano... if you'll excuse the expression! :)
I know that when I drink it, I "tinkle" a LOT more.
Maybe someone here can help find that post on the benefits for you and pass on the link. (someone on DSL rather than dial up like me!)
Blessings,

P.S. I took Cassi's advice and changed the amount of lemon juice to 1 1/2 tsp per cup. Seems to be much easier for me to drink and it doesn't irritate my throat!
Thanks Cassi!

Dan-it's supposed to help get rid of excess water weight-especially due to sodium. I don't know if it pulls out the sodium and therefore the water or what. It does seem to work though. Some folks say it helps with regularity also.

Thanks gang.. I figured it was something like that... I just didn't want to start doing it without knowing for sure..

I use the bottled lemon and pour some in a mug and zap it in the microwave for about 1 1/2 minutes. If I am craving something sweet, I put about 1/2 a packet of splenda in it. I also put one of the crystal lite to go lemonade packets in my 2nd liter water bottle for the day a couple of times a week and they both help me.

I used to hate the taste of the lemon water, but now I actually like it.

hi everyone...I went on one of several large search engines and typed in "Benefits of lemon water"...wow this stuff is really also good for us..very informative...I bet all us LAWL ers may not get sick!!!!...seriously it appears to have many befeficial effects..nance

Thanks for the lemon/water recipe, I loved it!! I added 1 packet of sweetener to it and it was really great. A good alternative for me instead of wanting my coffee with half & half! I couldn't believe how much juice I got out of the lemon after I poked it with a fork, like your directions said and then microwaved it!

So, thanks all!

I saw on another site that you arent supposed to put the lemon water in the microwave.
The site wont let me copy, and this site wont let me post links yet.
but basically it says that you lose a lot of the nutrients from the lemon when you nuke it.