Does anyone else retain water in their feet?!?!

ShannaB83185

I really have to FORCE myself to drink my 8 glasses of water a day and it's not cause I don't like water I am just not a drinker! I used to drink Coke like it was going out of style but have quit that since I joined MFP in July. When ever I do drink my 8 glasses or more of water for the day I notice my feet swell, specifically one foot...I know weird! I can't say that it's only from the water but yesterday I had 8 glasses and last night and still this morning my foot is swollen. Am I retiaing water there? Does this happen to anyone else? This is why I don't want to drink so much water... it also seems like it takes DAYS before my foot is back to normal. I don't do great on my sodium levels but it's in the food not that I add salt to anything and I am usually not over by that much. I don't even think I was yesterday! Comments, advice, thoughts..anything will be helpful

DestinyDarbi

That used to be me!! My feet would swell so bad it looked like I was preggo. It turned out to be my birth control causing me to retain water. Once I stopped taking that particular kind, they went back to normal. Best of luck!

HMonsterX

Why are you drinking 8 glasses of water a day?!

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/13/myth-eight-glasses-water-day

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/07/wellness-water-8x8-myth.html

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/12/08/the-myth-behind-drinking-8-glasses-of-water-a-day/

ShannaB83185

Why are you drinking 8 glasses of water a day?!

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/13/myth-eight-glasses-water-day

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/07/wellness-water-8x8-myth.html

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/12/08/the-myth-behind-drinking-8-glasses-of-water-a-day/

Thanks for the info! Why the heck does everyone say you should drink a minimum of 8 glasses a day then?! lol what the heck!!! Oh and Destiny.. I am not on birth control or pregoo!!

HMonsterX

Why are you drinking 8 glasses of water a day?!

http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2011/jul/13/myth-eight-glasses-water-day

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2008/07/wellness-water-8x8-myth.html

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2010/12/08/the-myth-behind-drinking-8-glasses-of-water-a-day/

Thanks for the info! Why the heck does everyone say you should drink a minimum of 8 glasses a day then?! lol what the heck!!!

Me and many of my MFP friends have been wondering the same thing for months and months...I'm expecting to get a horses head on my pillow from Evian sometime soon...