Unable to flush water from my body
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OP, losing "water weight" is bogus in terms of actual weight loss. Water cells do not fill in for fat cells. None of what you're saying makes any kind of sense and I suspect you've been following some nonsense woo-practitioners to believe that losing water is somehow the way to lose weight.
You have to track your calories so you don't go over your allotment, workout, and rest. End of. Misuse of diuretics can cause some nasty issues like kidney stones and electrolyte imbalances along the line.10 -
also drinking a lot of water and not peeing it out can cause big issues too. something called hyponatremia can be deadly. it can happen from too much water but also not enough sodium in your body. your body is made up of a percentage of water.(cant remember the number). you are risking your health trying to do what should NOT be done1
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This is one of the strangest threads I’ve seen in a while and it’s usually pretty strange every day around here. You can’t seriously think you have lost all fat and are retaining water and that’s why you look fat?
Like others have said. Let’s hear your gender, height, age , activity level and most importantly your calorie intake that you are no doubt measuring and weighing with a food scale?
And IF and only IF your comfortable feel free to post any pictures12 -
CharlieBeansmomTracey wrote: »also drinking a lot of water and not peeing it out can cause big issues too. something called hyponatremia can be deadly. it can happen from too much water but also not enough sodium in your body. your body is made up of a percentage of water.(cant remember the number). you are risking your health trying to do what should NOT be done
60% of body is water i think - a quick Google just told me that women actually have ~55% because we always get the wrong end of the stick in everything.
So yeah.
And true about the drinking too much water thing. 3L is a fair amount of water. More than the "recommended" 2L. There is such thing as too much water.0 -
Holly kittens, your description of yourself makes you sound morbidly obese! But wait. This would require you to be 100lbs overweight! So you can't be!
And to even be obese at 73kg it would require you to be 152.4cm (5ft 0").
Water is not fat, and we're mostly made from water.
Some normal, some not so serious, and some extremely serious conditions can cause water retention and/or edema and associated potential fluffiness, swelling, and/or weight gain.
Your doctor would be the person to talk to about such issues.
They should also clearly discuss with you whether you should be trying your own remedies to change your body's water balance.
Your post concerns me a bit because it sounds as if you have some potentially unhealthy plans for yourself.
A small and persistent caloric deficit balanced between food and exercise is how people who could benefit from losing a little bit of fat can do so in a relatively safe and pleasant fashion.13 -
What I see is that I am unable to flush water from my system .... I drink more than 3 lit water some days and I dont go and pee it out as often as I should with that much water.
Please help if anyone knows what can be done.
There are medical specialists who can help you. Go to your GP and get referred to a specialist will likely send you for ultrasounds to determine how much you're retaining. If there's an issue, the specialist may refer you to a PT who specialises in retention.
One of the things the PT will get you to do for a week or so is to meticulously measure how much you are drinking and how much you are outputting. There's a measurement tool for that which the PT will give you.
You'll make a log of it all, total it all up, and see just how much you're retaining.
Then the PT will work with you to retrain your bladder so that you don't retain so much.
Things like childbirth and stress can cause these difficulties.
I'd recommend getting this specialised medical help now before it gets any worse.
Losing weight is another issue unrelated to this.
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If OP has seen a doctor and had tests done i think it extremely unlikely she has a problem with water retention.
Kidney function and cardiac or liver issues would of shown up very promptly.And have other symptoms.
If she has bladder retention the water is in the bladder not in every cell of the body - and she would be in acute abdominal pain and again be obvious to a doctor on simple examination
Also OP would have to be very short for 73 kg to be significantly obese.
overweight yes -but with only 20 to 50 lb, to lose, if that, weight loss will be slow.
far more likely there is no medical problem and OP has misunderstood the basics about weight loss and/or what the doctor said.5 -
paperpudding wrote: »
far more likely there is no medical problem and OP has misunderstood the basics about weight loss and/or what the doctor said.
Well of course.
Just pointing out to her what the words she wrote actually mean.
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I'll also add this ...I am on a ... low sodium diet .... I drink more than 3 lit water some days and I dont go and pee it out as often as I should with that much water.
Please help if anyone knows what can be done.
If you're not consuming salt and yet drinking more than 3 litres of water, you're probably slightly hyponatremic. Salt your next few meals and you should be right.
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i think you need a psychiatrist. not a detox.17
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paperpudding wrote: »
far more likely there is no medical problem and OP has misunderstood the basics about weight loss and/or what the doctor said.
Well of course.
Just pointing out to her what the words she wrote actually mean.
Not disagreeing with you - wasn't replying to your post in particular. Just to the topic in general.
OP seems to of disappeared.....
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Cahgetsfit wrote: »Oh by the way - I hardly sweat in saunas too. Takes me AGES to sweat. Especially in a dry sauna. In an infrared sauna I tend to sweat quicker but it still takes a good 15 minutes before any sweat breaks out, so don't take lack of sweat in a sauna as a water retention measurement.
This. I just don't sweat. Full stop. I don't sweat in heat. I don't sweat with exertion from hard exercise. Except for my hands and under my breasts, and it's really just barely. I don't sweat. Neither does my daughter.1 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Cahgetsfit wrote: »Oh by the way - I hardly sweat in saunas too. Takes me AGES to sweat. Especially in a dry sauna. In an infrared sauna I tend to sweat quicker but it still takes a good 15 minutes before any sweat breaks out, so don't take lack of sweat in a sauna as a water retention measurement.
This. I just don't sweat. Full stop. I don't sweat in heat. I don't sweat with exertion from hard exercise. Except for my hands and under my breasts, and it's really just barely. I don't sweat. Neither does my daughter.
Wait till you hit menopause!
I hardly produced a drop of sweat until about 2-3 years ago. Now I go about soaked half the time.1 -
paperpudding wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »
far more likely there is no medical problem and OP has misunderstood the basics about weight loss and/or what the doctor said.
Well of course.
Just pointing out to her what the words she wrote actually mean.
Not disagreeing with you - wasn't replying to your post in particular. Just to the topic in general.
OP seems to of disappeared.....
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Cahgetsfit wrote: »Oh by the way - I hardly sweat in saunas too. Takes me AGES to sweat. Especially in a dry sauna. In an infrared sauna I tend to sweat quicker but it still takes a good 15 minutes before any sweat breaks out, so don't take lack of sweat in a sauna as a water retention measurement.
This. I just don't sweat. Full stop. I don't sweat in heat. I don't sweat with exertion from hard exercise. Except for my hands and under my breasts, and it's really just barely. I don't sweat. Neither does my daughter.
Wait till you hit menopause!
I hardly produced a drop of sweat until about 2-3 years ago. Now I go about soaked half the time.
I'm 56 and that's all behind me. I never had a drop of sweat with my hot flashes or "night sweats". I just turned bright red.0 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Cahgetsfit wrote: »Oh by the way - I hardly sweat in saunas too. Takes me AGES to sweat. Especially in a dry sauna. In an infrared sauna I tend to sweat quicker but it still takes a good 15 minutes before any sweat breaks out, so don't take lack of sweat in a sauna as a water retention measurement.
This. I just don't sweat. Full stop. I don't sweat in heat. I don't sweat with exertion from hard exercise. Except for my hands and under my breasts, and it's really just barely. I don't sweat. Neither does my daughter.
Wait till you hit menopause!
I hardly produced a drop of sweat until about 2-3 years ago. Now I go about soaked half the time.
I'm 56 and that's all behind me. I never had a drop of sweat with my hot flashes or "night sweats". I just turned bright red.
No sweat would be nice ... bright red, not so much.0 -
Holly kittens, your description of yourself makes you sound morbidly obese! But wait. This would require you to be 100lbs overweight! So you can't be!
And to even be obese at 73kg it would require you to be 152.4cm (5ft 0").
Water is not fat, and we're mostly made from water.
Some normal, some not so serious, and some extremely serious conditions can cause water retention and/or edema and associated potential fluffiness, swelling, and/or weight gain.
Your doctor would be the person to talk to about such issues.
They should also clearly discuss with you whether you should be trying your own remedies to change your body's water balance.
Your post concerns me a bit because it sounds as if you have some potentially unhealthy plans for yourself.
A small and persistent caloric deficit balanced between food and exercise is how people who could benefit from losing a little bit of fat can do so in a relatively safe and pleasant fashion.
I searched a little and did see OP is 5 feet tall from a previous thread.
Just generally speaking and hopefully the OP comes back, this thread sounds like OP doesn't have a general understanding of losing weight and what happens to the body when we lose fat, or so I hope. Manipulating water as described and if being done to tip the scales sort of speaking is quite dangerous.
Hopefully OP you will come back and clarify.6 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Cahgetsfit wrote: »Oh by the way - I hardly sweat in saunas too. Takes me AGES to sweat. Especially in a dry sauna. In an infrared sauna I tend to sweat quicker but it still takes a good 15 minutes before any sweat breaks out, so don't take lack of sweat in a sauna as a water retention measurement.
This. I just don't sweat. Full stop. I don't sweat in heat. I don't sweat with exertion from hard exercise. Except for my hands and under my breasts, and it's really just barely. I don't sweat. Neither does my daughter.
Wait till you hit menopause!
I hardly produced a drop of sweat until about 2-3 years ago. Now I go about soaked half the time.
I'm 56 and that's all behind me. I never had a drop of sweat with my hot flashes or "night sweats". I just turned bright red.
Heh. 90% of my hot flashes were just burning red ears. I have short hair. I looked ridiculous.2 -
OP, if you ever come back, read this.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p12 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Cahgetsfit wrote: »Oh by the way - I hardly sweat in saunas too. Takes me AGES to sweat. Especially in a dry sauna. In an infrared sauna I tend to sweat quicker but it still takes a good 15 minutes before any sweat breaks out, so don't take lack of sweat in a sauna as a water retention measurement.
This. I just don't sweat. Full stop. I don't sweat in heat. I don't sweat with exertion from hard exercise. Except for my hands and under my breasts, and it's really just barely. I don't sweat. Neither does my daughter.
Same, on average I get a bit of a sheen but the only time I have to like wipe my face or something is if the humidity is also very high.0
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