Thread: water retention?

Originally Posted by assassin

i want to drop some water from my body .... i don't know the reason but my body stores lots of water ... i appear bloated and all scales and measurement devices tell me that i'm storing water above normal .... i stopped using creatine but still have te same problem... is the hot weather one of the reasons ??? (i'm cutting now on a low carb diet)

How much water are you drinking per day right now? Do you know? Can you keep track of that? Drink water to drop water. 2.5L is the recommended amount of water for normal individuals. If you engage in regular physical activity, and/or live in a a hotter climate, add to that. I carry around a 2.5L polycarbonate bottle similar to this one and refill it a few times a day. The material it's made of is antimicrobial and resist fungus. YOu still have to wash it but it is safer than refilling the vending-machine water bottles.

Hot weather does affect your water levels as well -- if you're not drinking enough water. That actually happened to me a few weekends ago when it hit 118 here in phoenix! gross to say the least.

Other possibilities...

Have you been watching your sodium intake?

Do you have any food allergy or suspect one? (some foods, like wheat and dairy, can cause bloating if you have an allergy)

Also, if you're taking caffeine on your cut, you NEED to drink more water. caffeine is a diuretic and if you're not drinking enough water, you will retain.

If i want to drop watter eat salt.

Originally Posted by GoLdeN M 07

If i want to drop water eat salt.

Sodium is only one part of the body's fluid and electrolyte balance equation. You can't just tell someone to start taking in salt to drop water. And you can't just advise people to load up on salt if you don't know if they have any health issues that may be aggravated by added sodium.

Originally Posted by GoalGetter

How much water are you drinking per day right now? Do you know? Can you keep track of that? Drink water to drop water. 2.5L is the recommended amount of water for normal individuals. If you engage in regular physical activity, and/or live in a a hotter climate, add to that. I carry around a 2.5L polycarbonate bottle similar to this one and refill it a few times a day. The material it's made of is antimicrobial and resist fungus. YOu still have to wash it but it is safer than refilling the vending-machine water bottles.

Hot weather does affect your water levels as well -- if you're not drinking enough water. That actually happened to me a few weekends ago when it hit 118 here in phoenix! gross to say the least.

Other possibilities...

Have you been watching your sodium intake?

Do you have any food allergy or suspect one? (some foods, like wheat and dairy, can cause bloating if you have an allergy)

Also, if you're taking caffeine on your cut, you NEED to drink more water. caffeine is a diuretic and if you're not drinking enough water, you will retain.

i drink a lot of water ....i engage in many physical activities .... and i live in a very hot weather ...... maybe i'll start increasing my water intake as you suggested and see how it goes...

No one is going to drop water by taking in more salt. You have to lower your sodium intake to lower water retention.

Originally Posted by GoLdeN M 07

If i want to drop watter eat salt.

huh

Originally Posted by P-funk

huh

my thoughts exactly.

Originally Posted by GoalGetter

my thoughts exactly.

Maybe he is talking about that loading thing.

even if he were, the guy is not doing that. if he were doing that, he'd already (hopefully) know what he is doing and would not be wondering why he's so bloated.

and even then... "loading up on sodium" is only part of the equation for that process.

For a normal person who is bloated, holding water, taking in more sodium is not necessarily the best advice.