Where do you retain water?

firstsip
firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So, I'm frustrated. Just finished my period yesterday (although it could still be today... in case it's one of those lingerers...).

Got on the scale. No change. Measurements? Lost .5 inches off my neck... and gained a FULL inch in my waist.

Does anyone seem to expand with water in certain areas? Is it always the stomach?

For women: do you notice when, exactly, your TOM water retention comes and goes?

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  • christimw
    christimw Posts: 183 Member
    mine is all in my stomach and face. it never fails, a few days before it starts, i bloat and can gain up to 5 lbs. as soon as its over that bloat and weight gain goes away. its like that every single cycle. i don't get too worked up over the weight gain because i know WHY it's there and that it will go away in a week.
  • shewdog
    shewdog Posts: 34
    With me it's my legs, they just swell right up, and my arms. I take a herbal supplement that counterbalances it now though, seems to be working so far.
  • jo_marnes
    jo_marnes Posts: 1,601 Member
    Stomach
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    With me it's my legs, they just swell right up, and my arms. I take a herbal supplement that counterbalances it now though, seems to be working so far.

    What supplement do you take?
  • christimw
    christimw Posts: 183 Member
    With me it's my legs, they just swell right up, and my arms. I take a herbal supplement that counterbalances it now though, seems to be working so far.

    What supplement do you take?

    in the past i've taken chasteberry/skullcap tinture that really helps. i'm just too lazy to remember to take it every day. i've also used evening primrose oil, but i found it didn't work as well.
  • phillieschic
    phillieschic Posts: 615
    My ankles become cankles for a week every month...well, they used to. Then I started drinking lemon water every day first thing on an empty stomach and it has aleviated the problem completely.

    Plus, my liver and kidneys are so clean now, that the whites of my eyes sparkle! LOL! I swear by lemon water! :drinker:
  • cathymarie75
    cathymarie75 Posts: 222 Member
    What supplements do you take?

    With me it's my legs, they just swell right up, and my arms. I take a herbal supplement that counterbalances it now though, seems to be working so far.
  • shewdog
    shewdog Posts: 34
    The supplement is called "Aqualette" it's active ingredients are Horsetail herb and Dandelion root. I have tried many herbal supplements to help including evening primrose oil. Other brands I have tried are HRH, Aquaban and Holland and Barretts own brand stuff. This is the only thing that works.

    You have to drink your 8 glasses of water a day though and you will be up and down for the loo, but that shows it works! I get them from Holland and Barrett in the UK.
  • shewdog
    shewdog Posts: 34
    My ankles become cankles for a week every month...well, they used to. Then I started drinking lemon water every day first thing on an empty stomach and it has aleviated the problem completely.

    Plus, my liver and kidneys are so clean now, that the whites of my eyes sparkle! LOL! I swear by lemon water! :drinker:

    ^^^ And do this!! I do this to every day without fail, but around TOM I take the supplement to. Lemon water literally cleans your insides and does wonders for your liver :)
  • firstsip
    firstsip Posts: 8,399 Member
    I routinely drink 8+ glasses of water a day, plus watch my sodium--I'm going to try the lemon bit and see if it helps!
  • avrobin03
    avrobin03 Posts: 135 Member
    My ankles become cankles for a week every month...well, they used to. Then I started drinking lemon water every day first thing on an empty stomach and it has aleviated the problem completely.

    Plus, my liver and kidneys are so clean now, that the whites of my eyes sparkle! LOL! I swear by lemon water! :drinker:


    Just put lemon slices in water? How much do you drink?? Like 8oz? Sorry silly question..
  • shewdog
    shewdog Posts: 34
    My ankles become cankles for a week every month...well, they used to. Then I started drinking lemon water every day first thing on an empty stomach and it has aleviated the problem completely.

    Plus, my liver and kidneys are so clean now, that the whites of my eyes sparkle! LOL! I swear by lemon water! :drinker:


    Just put lemon slices in water? How much do you drink?? Like 8oz? Sorry silly question..

    I have a whole lemon squeezed in a mug of hot water, a slice just wont have the same impact. It's bitter but refreshing, add a little honey to sweeten it. But seriously it does work if you do it every day :)
  • avrobin03
    avrobin03 Posts: 135 Member
    My ankles become cankles for a week every month...well, they used to. Then I started drinking lemon water every day first thing on an empty stomach and it has aleviated the problem completely.

    Plus, my liver and kidneys are so clean now, that the whites of my eyes sparkle! LOL! I swear by lemon water! :drinker:


    Just put lemon slices in water? How much do you drink?? Like 8oz? Sorry silly question..


    Thanks! I'm definatly going to :)

    I have a whole lemon squeezed in a mug of hot water, a slice just wont have the same impact. It's bitter but refreshing, add a little honey to sweeten it. But seriously it does work if you do it every day :)
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