Water weight help

pray4mesixx

I was curious if anybody knows of any natural ways to get rid of water weight

rybo

Why is this a concern?

cathipa

Reduce sodium and drink more water.

HeidiCooksSupper

Keep your sodium consumption low. Stay hydrated. Accept that water weight variation is normal.

Do not take any "natural diuretic" supplements without talking to your doctor. They can be dangerous and your body needs water. It will also hold more water after strenuous exercise to heal any worn muscles. Hormonal changes, weather, and all sorts of other things affect water weight. Check with your doctor if you think you are holding too much. Your kidneys are nothing to play with.

janejellyroll

Your body weight is naturally going to fluctuate due to water weight. Unless you have a medical condition, it's nothing to worry about. Since a huge percentage of our bodies are actually water, I would question your assumption that you need to get rid of any of it.

beckyhamlett1

I occasionally have the same problem when I have inadvertently increased my sodium intake. I can retain 2-4 additional lbs of water easily. When this happens I increase the amount of high water content fruits and vegetables in my diet for a couple of days, watch my sodium more carefully, and TRY to drink more water (better than I used to be, but still not optimal). My understanding is the fruits and vegetables act as a gentle natural diuretic. HeidiCooks is absolutely right, never take supplements without your Dr.'s direction. If this is more than occasional, explainable water retention, you should see your Dr.

76Crane76

I put lemon and/or cucumber in my water. Watch sodium in foods...if you exercise your hormones may make your muscles retain water temporarily...

Muscleflex79

pray4mesixx wrote: »

I was curious if anybody knows of any natural ways to get rid of water weight

are you needing to cut for some sort of competition or fight??? aside from that, I can't see why cutting water weight would be a goal..as janejellyroll said above - a huge part of us is water and fluctuations are normal!

kimny72

Water weight will come and go every day, month, and year of your life. Especially as a woman, hormones will affect water weight as well. Just stay properly hydrated and let your body do what it needs to do. If you find yourself uncomfortably bloated for more than a day or seem to be visibly holding water in an unusual part of your body, see a doctor.

gorham04

This has been my exact issue all day today. I ate a ton of pickles yesterday, and today I was up 3 pounds... Ive been drinking a lot of water to help it flush. .

Sunna_W

This website has a lot of great ideas, that I hadn't thought of and are not mentioned here:

http://www.healthline.com/nutrition/13-ways-to-lose-water-weight#section6

kimny72

Sunna_W wrote: »

This website has a lot of great ideas, that I hadn't thought of and are not mentioned here:

http://www.healthline.com/nutrition/13-ways-to-lose-water-weight#section6

And completely unnecessary. Holding onto and then releasing extra water is a basic and necessary function of the body. Messing with it to try to make the scale move in the right direction is majoring in the minors and potentially dangerous if relied on too often or taken to extremes. Sure, exercise regularly, get more sleep, and don't overdo the salt - not because of water weight, but because they are generally healthy habits. Taking supplements to try to alter the natural workings of the body is bad news, IMHO.

Silentpadna

kimny72 wrote: »

Sunna_W wrote: »

This website has a lot of great ideas, that I hadn't thought of and are not mentioned here:

http://www.healthline.com/nutrition/13-ways-to-lose-water-weight#section6

And completely unnecessary. Holding onto and then releasing extra water is a basic and necessary function of the body. Messing with it to try to make the scale move in the right direction is majoring in the minors and potentially dangerous if relied on too often or taken to extremes. Sure, exercise regularly, get more sleep, and don't overdo the salt - not because of water weight, but because they are generally healthy habits. Taking supplements to try to alter the natural workings of the body is bad news, IMHO.

Love this post ^^^^^ , but it's discouraging at the same time.

I fail to understand why this is so hard for folks to understand. Even when people read a thread like this that comes up almost every day along with good answers as to why it's nothing to worry about in most cases, other posters come in and talk about the same "problem" in the same thread.

It's not a "problem"! I understand the need to want it (water) to be constant so you can see your fat loss, but that simply is not possible. Since the body in most cases regulates water according to its valid needs, why in the world would you want it gone????

If you are new and learning about water weight, don't sweat it. Well, do sweat it - literally - if you want to exert during exercise. But, don't worry about it when it's doing what it's supposed to do.

Fat loss =/= weight loss, but we use these terms interchangeably to the point of making wrong decisions. Don't make decisions based on frustration (feeling) versus fact (normal fluctuation).

jemhh

Silentpadna wrote: »

kimny72 wrote: »

Sunna_W wrote: »

This website has a lot of great ideas, that I hadn't thought of and are not mentioned here:

http://www.healthline.com/nutrition/13-ways-to-lose-water-weight#section6

And completely unnecessary. Holding onto and then releasing extra water is a basic and necessary function of the body. Messing with it to try to make the scale move in the right direction is majoring in the minors and potentially dangerous if relied on too often or taken to extremes. Sure, exercise regularly, get more sleep, and don't overdo the salt - not because of water weight, but because they are generally healthy habits. Taking supplements to try to alter the natural workings of the body is bad news, IMHO.

Love this post ^^^^^ , but it's discouraging at the same time.

I fail to understand why this is so hard for folks to understand. Even when people read a thread like this that comes up almost every day along with good answers as to why it's nothing to worry about in most cases, other posters come in and talk about the same "problem" in the same thread.

It's not a "problem"! I understand the need to want it (water) to be constant so you can see your fat loss, but that simply is not possible. Since the body in most cases regulates water according to its valid needs, why in the world would you want it gone????

If you are new and learning about water weight, don't sweat it. Well, do sweat it - literally - if you want to exert during exercise. But, don't worry about it when it's doing what it's supposed to do.

Fat loss =/= weight loss, but we use these terms interchangeably to the point of making wrong decisions. Don't make decisions based on frustration (feeling) versus fact (normal fluctuation).

Good posts.

I'm also going to point out that it is normal for 55-60% of our bodyweight to be water, making it a significant portion of our lean mass (LBM.) It's a healthy and very necessary part of us. Obviously if there's a medical issue involved it's a problem but otherwise, it's best to go with the flow and not stress over water weight.