X post combating water weight...how do you do it??
I know that as women we have that wonderful water weight issue. Unfortunately mine is all of the time. On any given day I can be up and around doing my thing and the tops of my feet will jiggle like jell-o.
Before WLS I was on water pills. My Dr. told me he wanted me to take them to help me with my blood pressure as the BP meds were not enough by themselves. I didn't have issues with the Jell-O feet then. But since I've been off my water pills over the past six months and especially in the summer months (even though we have air condition in the house) I have the Jello-O feet again.
Is there something other then taking a water pill for this?? I do drink my water faithfully everyday. Some days I even get in more then 64oz.
My Dr. (assistant in the office to my surgeon) does not want me to take my water pills again. I understand his point of view and I won't take them without permission. My BAP is wonderful and I don't need those melds anymore.
I exercise and take my vitamins...so I don't think that's an issue.
It's not unusual for me to have 5-7 pounds of water weight....I think that's an awful lot of water...LIL!!
So, how do you combat the water weight???????
TIA,
Chrissy
Before WLS I was on water pills. My Dr. told me he wanted me to take them to help me with my blood pressure as the BP meds were not enough by themselves. I didn't have issues with the Jell-O feet then. But since I've been off my water pills over the past six months and especially in the summer months (even though we have air condition in the house) I have the Jello-O feet again.
Is there something other then taking a water pill for this?? I do drink my water faithfully everyday. Some days I even get in more then 64oz.
My Dr. (assistant in the office to my surgeon) does not want me to take my water pills again. I understand his point of view and I won't take them without permission. My BAP is wonderful and I don't need those melds anymore.
I exercise and take my vitamins...so I don't think that's an issue.
It's not unusual for me to have 5-7 pounds of water weight....I think that's an awful lot of water...LIL!!
So, how do you combat the water weight???????
TIA,
Chrissy
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Chrissy,
Eventually you may need to go on a low dose of the water pill if this continues to be an ongoing problem.
That being said - the more water your drink the better it is as long as you have no conditions which could cause a problem (such as water in the lungs, chf, heart failure, etc) Also, adding lemon seems to help some people.
A friend of mine who is very much into hollistic healing once told me there is a list of foods, natural, that you can eat that will help with that. The only two I can remember off the top of head is watermelon and asparagus. I'm not sure how much of it you would have to eat and I'm sure if you do a search for "natural water weight reducing foods" you could probably pull up a whole list.
Good luck - and they do say "every diet needs a little wiggle room" per the jell-o commercial!! hee hee!!
Pam
Eventually you may need to go on a low dose of the water pill if this continues to be an ongoing problem.
That being said - the more water your drink the better it is as long as you have no conditions which could cause a problem (such as water in the lungs, chf, heart failure, etc) Also, adding lemon seems to help some people.
A friend of mine who is very much into hollistic healing once told me there is a list of foods, natural, that you can eat that will help with that. The only two I can remember off the top of head is watermelon and asparagus. I'm not sure how much of it you would have to eat and I'm sure if you do a search for "natural water weight reducing foods" you could probably pull up a whole list.
Good luck - and they do say "every diet needs a little wiggle room" per the jell-o commercial!! hee hee!!
Pam
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