Need Help Please!!!!

TerraGirl17
TerraGirl17 Posts: 275 Member
edited September 26 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi everyone!! I am going to have my measurements and body fat calculated tomorrow, I have been waiting to get this appointment for a very long time and now that it's here I am having a huge problem with water retention :-( I am retaining so much water it's not funny, my hands and feet are swollen, my hands so bad I can barely move my rings, and I am bloated. Does anyone have any tips on how I can try to get rid of some of this water before tomorrow morning? Thanks a bunch!!

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  • OSUalum
    OSUalum Posts: 449 Member
    Hi There! Don't panic. The extra water won't effect the body fat, just measurements.
    Although it sounds counter-intuitive, drink plenty of water today. You want to flush it through and not have your body thinking it needs to horde it. And definitely watch your sodium intake. You probably had a bit too much the last couple days and it bloated you.
    Stay moving today. If you sit too long it will sit too. It'll all flush through and you'll get back to normal.
    :)
  • Vicky14174
    Vicky14174 Posts: 715 Member
    lose the salt in your diet. drink lots of water between now and tomorrow to try and flush the sodium out of your body.
  • OSUalum
    OSUalum Posts: 449 Member
    And lemon in water... natural diuretic!
  • chnkydnknmomma
    chnkydnknmomma Posts: 258
    I've always been told just to drink more water...I have a problem with water retention also.

    I don't know what kind of scale they will be using to measure your body fat, but at my gym, they use a Tanita scale, and it also measures body water, so it's taken into account.

    good luck!
  • mabear74
    mabear74 Posts: 248
    And lemon in water... natural diuretic!


    ITA......drink lots of water, the lemon will help to naturally flush out retained water!
  • get2100
    get2100 Posts: 1
    All good advice! Also, try to get in as much potassium as possible. Eat a couple of bananas and oranges, or even try a potassium supplement. Something about this counteracts the sodium. Good luck, and I would love to see how you do with ridding the retention. Please reply back and let us know! Best of luck and that is great that you are getting the measurements done. Wish I could do that as well.

    Hot Nanna
  • peytjalmom
    peytjalmom Posts: 76
    To add to all of the above, get a good sweaty exercise in morning and evening. Always helps me.
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