LADIES: What is a good way to get rid of water weight?

Drink water. Seems counter intuitive, but it helps.

Review your salt intake.

Also make sure you get plenty of protein.

Detox tea from Yogi works WONDERS, as does green tea. But man that Detox till will make you pee like a rainstorm. I'm soo bloated right now...my period ended a couple of days ago but I'm still up 2 pounds on the scale. But, I have eaten a lot of sodium this week. Drank two cups of the tea already today :-)

I know this is going to sound crazy, but in order to get rid of period bloat you must drink water -- every day. Yes, you will be a pee monster for a while until your body gets used to it. Yes, it will be hard at first. Yes, it will suck because most of us would rather drink something else. But this is the only thing that has helped me. Once I started drinking eight to ten full glasses of water a day, I stopped having that five to seven pound period bloat. Sometimes I will take an Advil to help with the cramps and excessive feeling of 'omg, really?' Water has really become the key for my mitigating the monthly blahs. Becoming a personal camel and cutting out everything else except my one cup a coffee in the morning literally changed how I feel and look each day. Please don't hurt yourself by taking harmful dieuretics that mess with your electrolytes and internal balance. It is a temporary solution. I read once that the human body is something like 80% water. Anway.... that's what helps me. It's in the way I eat, breath, and move each day. I excercise during my periods, too. Sorry, but just because it's that time of the month doesn't give me carte blanche to not exercise. What I do is change my level of intensity -- I just take it down a few notches those few days. Basically, I've changed my lifestyle. Was it easy? No. But once I read that 85% of all disease is lifestyle related... well, that spoke volumes to me. And I had to get real with myself. So drink up. Add some lemon. Add some lime. Find ways for it to taste yummy. It's so refreshing and good for you! All-in-all, I promise you will feel better as time marches onward once your'e drinking your wonderful 8-10 glasses. That's my two cents today on period bloat 101. I hope you are feeling better soon, friend. Take care.

I can't seem to lose the last bit of water weight I gained after my last period.. it has been 5 days. I want to stay away from water pills at all costs if possible. Any one know foods that are natural diuretics?

Drink lots of water, avoid too much sodium and white flour or gluten, and dandelion root extract is a natural diuretic as is coffee.

Based on my experience,
1) As others have stated, drink your water.
2) Asparagus, cabbage, cucumbers, oatmeal are some natural diuretics in my experience.
3) Eat some potassium-rich foods, such as avocados, bananas, or coconut water (unsweetened). This encourages cells to release sodium, and the excess water goes with it.

I just started drinking Jillian Michael's detox water. Its actually not too bad. You can find the recipe here. I just used a detox tea from Wal-mart since I couldn't find the dandillion. I am on day two and hoping to drop a few pounds by next Monday!

Good luck! http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1821630

The more water I drink in a day, the less my body holds on to. I make sure to get in lots of water after a high sodium day.

Be forewarned though... be prepared to be running back and forth to the bathroom every 15 min or so. lol Not so great if you have a job where you're on the road a lot!!

this ^^^^

Lots of water, and watching sodium intake. Im gonna try the lemon juice with my water today also

I know it sounds odd, but the more water your drink the less water weight you have. I say drink more water. : )

You can also try Swetz Vests. If you wear one while exercising or even house chores it causes you sweat out more water.:happy:

drinking more water is the best way, but most of the time you just have to wait it out.