Sweating too much! Help!

AllieBug25
AllieBug25 Posts: 61
in Fitness and Exercise
When I first started working out and getting in shape, I didn't sweat too much. I've noticed that the more weight I lose, the more I sweat when I work out. It's almost excessive sweating, and it's kind of embarrassing. It's like someone turned on my internal faucet. Is there any food I can eat or anything else I can do to lessen the sweat? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
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  • scottb81
    scottb81 Posts: 2,538 Member
    That's normal and is a sign your body is getting fit and more efficient at cooling itself. There is nothing you can do about it.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    stop working out as hard or get used to it
  • magerum
    magerum Posts: 12,589 Member
    If you're working out you're trying to sweat...no? I drop 5 lbs after a good cardio session, all sweat.
  • kbd388
    kbd388 Posts: 125 Member
    it is gross, but I don't mind all of the sweat, it makes me feel as though I really accomplished something.
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,327 Member
    I love to workout in a pool....very little sweating. :)
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    I love to workout in a pool....very little sweating. :)
    you're just swimming around in your sweat and everyone else's :laugh:
  • DreadRunner
    DreadRunner Posts: 19
    Its just something that happens. I sweat what would seem an inhuman amount. I just bought a Halo Headband and kept on running. I may look like a nut but I don't workout to look good during the workouts.
  • MalissaDC
    MalissaDC Posts: 123
    I am sweating like crazy when I work out now too but it's really a good sign. It means your body is starting to do what it's supposed to do:).
  • joconnor09
    joconnor09 Posts: 124
    I was talking to my mom about a similar problem- it seems like all of a sudden, I'm peeing all the time!! She said that initially, when you start to work out your muscles retain water, but that after a while, it releases that water. It could just be that you're at the point where your muscles are releasing that water and you're excreting it in the form of sweat. It could also be that you're just really really hot when you work out. Are you doing your workouts outside, or in an air conditioned space?
  • cavewoman15
    cavewoman15 Posts: 278 Member
    sweat is the new black. i'm sweating just reading this post about you sweating. i'm sweaty mcsweatington.

    carry a towel/hankie and call it a day. wearing handkerchiefs when i work out outside seems to help a tiny bit. i have a friend who changes his shirt half way through a workout. at least mine isn't that bad!
  • wackyfunster
    wackyfunster Posts: 944 Member
    That's a sign that your metabolism has picked up, which is positive for weight loss (core temperature is the best indicator of metabolic rate relative to body mass, and also the largest determinant of when/how much you sweat). If you want to lower your metabolic rate, then eat less, or expose yourself to high temperatures on a regular basis. Otherwise, grab a towel :)
  • Lisseth03
    Lisseth03 Posts: 518 Member
    haha I made a post like this a couple weeks back. same thing happened to me, learn to love the sweat!
  • jasonthekidd
    jasonthekidd Posts: 60
    This is why they make work out towels...push yourself to exhaustion...sweat is fine as long as you have a towel. On a more serious note, there isn't anything you can do. :-)
  • sthrnchick
    sthrnchick Posts: 771
    Personally... I love when I work out hard.. lift weights...and my hair is soaking wet. It lets me know that I pushed myself. Bring a towel and enjoy the workout!
  • missym357
    missym357 Posts: 210 Member
    I have reached a new level of sweatiness in the past few months! I have always had no problem sweating, but lately I am drenched after a workout- I look like I walked through a shower. It is pretty amazing. I look around my classes and I am clearly the sweatiest one in the room- bleh....it's a good thing though in terms of your body doing it's thing and is supposed to be a sign of having a healthy cooling system.
  • Akious
    Akious Posts: 71
    If you aren't willing to sweat during a workout you shouldn't be working out. On my weight lifting days, I break a sweat. On my cardio days, My shirt looks like I went swimming with it on.
  • MernyMac
    MernyMac Posts: 37 Member
    Someone posted on here......Sweat is your Fat crying, because it's meltinggggggg...........

    I sweat profusely when it's hot and I'm not doing anything.!!...It's gross , gives me that "not so fresh feeling".....lol....and makes me feel anything but ladylike.....It's our bodies way of cooling us off, so not much we can do about it really..........Have a towel with you when you excersise, so you can dry those tears your fat is crying, and just imagine how good you are going to look in the end !!.

    Good luck on your jounery....Merny
  • iWaffle
    iWaffle Posts: 2,208 Member
    Is there any food I can eat or anything else I can do to lessen the sweat? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
    I sweat tons when I do cardio. Your best bet is to buy some clothing that wicks the sweat off your body and dries quickly. I use some type of polyester shirt that Nike makes. If I wear cotton I look like someone turned a water hose on me. With these shirts however I don't even look that sweaty when I'm done. They're fantastic and way less restrictive than cotton anyway.
  • bathsheba_c
    bathsheba_c Posts: 1,873 Member
    See #4: http://www.cracked.com/article_19186_the-5-most-terrifying-side-effects-exercise.html
  • Crochetluvr
    Crochetluvr Posts: 3,327 Member
    I love to workout in a pool....very little sweating. :)
    you're just swimming around in your sweat and everyone else's :laugh:

    At least I am getting a good workout. No worse than the sweat at a gym, that's for sure. At least there is chlorine to keep the bacteria down. No one washes gym equipment. ;)
  • knittingbandmom
    knittingbandmom Posts: 190 Member
    I don't workout to look good during the workouts.

    Thank you for reminding me of this. I take an aerobics class and swear sometimes I am the only one dripping on the floor!
  • echandle12
    echandle12 Posts: 82
    I lose 4 pounds a workout in sweat (sure its a bunch more when outside in summer) Sweat is good, you are hydrated, your body is cooling itself, you should be happy that your body is working correctly, sweat your *kitten* off. Just don't sweat on the person next to you on the stairmaster like I did. OOOPS!
  • taahine01
    taahine01 Posts: 120 Member
    yes, nothing you can do really except carry around a towel and don't care about what you think others are thinking!! :wink:
  • Lyerin
    Lyerin Posts: 818 Member
    I sweat like crazy (like soaked through my shirt, hair totally dripping wet sweating). I totally don't care at all. I wear deodorant and shower after working out. No one is going to care that I'm sweaty and stinky right after I exercise. LOL
  • DawnVanSlim
    DawnVanSlim Posts: 10,468 Member
    When I first started working out I never sweat, my face just turned beat red. Now I don't turn that red anymore, but I sweat like a beast. It's unbelieveable how I changed. Now I call a good workout my "wet towel workouts"
  • subcult
    subcult Posts: 262 Member
    I think its more likely that now you're in better shape you're so smoking hot your setting off the gyms sprinkler directly above you.
  • BSchoberg
    BSchoberg Posts: 712 Member
    sweat is the new black. i'm sweating just reading this post about you sweating. i'm sweaty mcsweatington.

    ^^^ THIS

    My headband only keeps my bangs from transporting the sweat directly into my eyes --- and (swear to God) after a heavy spin class, I can actually ring it out. I've stopped wearing shorts that show too much sweat, cuz that's just yukky - let's face facts. But I am seriously considering taking my shirt (a day I wear a gray one) and snapping a picture of it, front & back, just so I can show people. LMAO (or should I say LMSAO?)

    My face still turns red, though - and always will. People have finally stopped asking if I'm ok... apparently, I look like I may just DFO right there in the middle of the gym.
  • yourenotmine
    yourenotmine Posts: 645 Member
    I'm a mess when I workout, and I'm fairly sweaty whenever it's hot. But you know, that's to be kept hush hush because we Southern women don't perspire, we glow. ;)

    On a side note, we have a delivery man at work who is just dripping all the time, no matter the temp or how big or small the load he's carrying. He said he was doing something for it the last time he was in, and I could tell because he still had sweat droplets on his face, but his shirt wasn't wet. Poor guy - I really feel for him (and his fiancee).
  • yourenotmine
    yourenotmine Posts: 645 Member
    I think its more likely that now you're in better shape you're so smoking hot your setting off the gyms sprinkler directly above you.

    subcult, I like you. :)
  • ashlafer
    ashlafer Posts: 42 Member
    I'm not sure there's really anything you can do about it to get rid of it naturally. Maybe talk to your doctor about getting some prescription. But I feel like you should just let your body do its thing and trust it to be doing its job :)

    OR. Go to one session of hot yoga. Where you will sweat so much that you won't have a single dry piece of clothing to wipe anything off on. After that experience, everything else will seem like nothing ;D

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