RE: http://www.military.com/military-fitness/weight-loss/want-to-lose-weight

I think you might be advising drinking too much water in accordance with old information and standards. Reference article info below
No Health Benefit From Drinking Eight Glasses of Water a Day: Study

A new study pours cold water on the popular belief that drinking eight glasses of water a day provides a range of health benefits ranging from improving skin tone to keeping organs healthy and preventing weight gain.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia reviewed published clinical studies and found no evidence that average, healthy people need to drink that much water, United Press International reported.

The review authors did find evidence that increased water intake improves kidney function, but there was no indication of any sort of clinical benefit.

Studies on water and weight control were inconclusive and no studies have shown a link between increased water intake and clinical benefit to skin tone, UPI reported.

The findings appear in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.