This Might Be The Easiest Way To Lose 10 Pounds Yet

(Photo: Getty Images)

When you want to lose a few pounds, you generally do two things: change your diet and hit the gym. But researchers have found another, easier way to slim down that doesn’t require an ounce of sweat.

Drinking two glasses of water before breakfast, lunch, and dinner can help you lose up to 10 pounds in 12 weeks, according to researchers at the University of Birmingham. 

In a recent study published in the journal Obesity, researchers split 84 obese patients into two groups, asking 41 to drink a liter (16 ounces) of tap water before every major meal and the other 43 to imagine they had a full stomach without drinking any water.

The group who pre-loaded with water lost about 9.48 pounds on average over the 12-week experiment, while those who didn’t drink water before their meals lost only 1.72 pounds.