Water retention

Soon2BeMrsSherriff

So I live in SC and it is over 100 every day. I know that I am retaining a lot of water. I am a restaurant manager and am constantly moving. I cannot drink glass after glass of water at work. I don't have the time. But when I get home I am constantly drinking, without urinating that much. Besides drinking water does anyone have any ideas on how to get this water off? I was thinking about a diuretic, but not sure which one to buy.

GSD_Mama

Coffee? Can you have a bottled water in your hands at work? Just a thought

sweetteadrinker2

Swimming for long periods, just floating, will suck enough water out of me to be dehydrated.

CoconuttyMummy

GSD_Mama wrote: »

Coffee? Can you have a bottled water in your hands at work? Just a thought

I second the coffee. Or tea for evening time. Nettle tea has diuretic properties, as do several other herbal teas. Fei Yan tea (a chinese herbal slimming tea i recommend) also has great diuretic and cleansing properties.

Im prone to water retention but ive found since going keto and drinking a ton of coffee/tea im pee-peeing every 20-30 minutes and all the excess fluid is getting nicely flushed through.

Sabine_Stroehm

Epsom salt bath?

randiewilliams72

I am also having issues right now with water retention. I can't drink tea or coffee after 4 or I'm up all night from the caffeine.

KnitOrMiss

randiewilliams72 wrote: »

I am also having issues right now with water retention. I can't drink tea or coffee after 4 or I'm up all night from the caffeine.

There are decaf versions of most of these suggestions above, but caffeine helps the diuretic effect. That being said, if you're using a tea back, most of the caffeine is released in the first 30 seconds of steeping. You can take the tea bag, steep for 30 seconds, dump it, then steep the tea bag for as long as you like, as this ditches like 85% of the caffeine, even in decaf version (which aren't usually 0 caffeine, they are normally like 3-6 mg versus 50-90+, as I discovered when my ex's aunt developed an allergy to caffeine...). I don't know if this would help.

Soon2BeMrsSherriff wrote: »

So I live in SC and it is over 100 every day. I know that I am retaining a lot of water. I am a restaurant manager and am constantly moving. I cannot drink glass after glass of water at work. I don't have the time. But when I get home I am constantly drinking, without urinating that much. Besides drinking water does anyone have any ideas on how to get this water off? I was thinking about a diuretic, but not sure which one to buy.

I find that adding a bunch of salt and drinking extra water is what helps me drop the most water retention. I know this seems counter intuitive, but when my electrolytes are back in balance, I don't retain.

Also, is the reason you say you can't be constantly drinking because you can't afford the constant time in the bathroom? I find that my bathroom trips, while more frequent, are far less time consuming than previously, because I'm in and out, wash my hands and back at it in less than a minute. I know that can seem inconvenient, but I've worked restaurant management before, and these little 30 second mini-breaks can provide a lot of stress relief and mental clarity actually increasing job performance.

I can see not drinking much during the 1-2 hour meal time rushes, but anything more than not stopping and drinking a quick 8 oz. every few hours is a damaging health choice. So it's up to you. Also, I find that many men's work socks have a lot of built in support and compression that aren't as expensive or as uncomfortable as diabetic socks and help me keep great circulation when I have to be on my feet for extended periods - so I retain less water there.