Does anyone retain A LOT of water??

I retain water like mad. Something I just learned, that I didn't know, is that beets are great for flushing out water weight! I just bought some today. HATE beets but I have a smoothie recipe and you can't taste the beets so all the benefit without the taste. lol

I retain water like mad. Something I just learned, that I didn't know, is that beets are great for flushing out water weight! I just bought some today. HATE beets but I have a smoothie recipe and you can't taste the beets so all the benefit without the taste. lol

ooh can i get that recipe? i actually love beets, but im always looking for new ways to use them!

I'm the same way!! Thank goodness I'm not alone on that one it's so terrible. I feel like a big bloated whale all the time. really takes down my self confidence level sometimes

I'm having the same issue. I hate feeling like a cow when I know it's not food just water that's weighing me down.
It's a struggle to drink so much water everyday when I'm already feeling bloated.

I use to retain a lot of water. Then I started researching it to find out the possible cause. Here's what I came up with. One: estrogen and progesterone ratios. I think the ideal ratio is 1:4 estro-proges. if you have it reversed you will retain more water. Solution: DIM plus supplements or eating tons of cabbage, broccoli, spinach. I can't recall the other types of greens. I just take the pills that is a combination of the above greens in slightly higher doses. these help break down estrogen in the body so it is excreted instead of stored in the liver. Also go on a estrogen free or low estrogen diet. the best way to follow this is to research it. I have cut out soy from my diet because after becoming a vegetarian I ate predominately soy which we all know is good to some extent. The second culprit is magnesium, potassium, sodium, calcium imbalance. By taking a supplement of making sure I get magnesium, and calcium on a daily basis it helps. I notice the day I take calcium magnesium supp, I wake up a pound lighter. basic biology; water follow salt by taking in other that aren't hydrophilic you lose some of that salt with the water. the third culprit: inflammatory response from exercise. perfect example is I occasionally will work out 6 days a week. that week I feel soooo heavy! and the next day is worse I feel like I have gained 5 lbs and when I step on the scale sure enough there it is. I started taking a natural anti-inflammatory;turmeric daily or when i remember. I cut down my workout to allow more rest so 2 on 1 off, 3 on and 1 off. this allows for repair of the micro tears in my muscles that is causing the inflammation. finally I also drink the amount of water needed for my body. So at least half my weight in water in ounces. Not drinking enough water causes your body to hold on to water. the rational is that the body doesn't know if you are the desert and low on water resource, but when you put water in it will let a lot more water go. kinda like how the body reacts to low food intake. basically the body is a HOARDER! but is willing to let go as long as you give it more. Lastly high carb intake will also cause water retention; as the chemical compound of carbohydrate has H2O thus carbs stores glycogen + H2O. If you ever do a carb cycling or calorie cycling plan, on your high day you will gain at least 3 lbs because you are like to take in more carbs during those days. And I'd like to mention not everything has be taking in supplements. if you decide to try this you can take in the foods mentioned above and as far as turmeric goes, just use the spice to cook something yummy; it's really good for the liver too.