Drink Water and Lose Weight!

Most of us know the importance of drinking water.  Apart from keeping you hydrated and flushing the toxins from your system, amongst other things, I have found drinking water  to be the single most beneficial  aid to weight loss. 
Now I don't know why, but I found that drinking water was the most difficult of habits to practise.  I had read an article on how water can help you lose weight and it made so much sense.  The article said that often times when your body is saying 'Im hungry' what it is really saying is 'Im thirsty'!  We are dehydrated, some times to the point of  damaging our health dramatically.  So, armed with this knowledge I consumed more water, and sure enough I started to lose weight.  The problem I had, as I have mentioned, was forming the habit!  It was a little hit and miss.  The way round this problem for me was to purchase a water dispenser, I measured out my daily intake every morning and made sure that I had consumed my amount by bed time. (The recommended amount of water to be taken per day is at least 8 pints)  Once I had formed the habit it was easy.  I feel  at least a 100 times better, and it is definitely the best tip out there to lose weight.