6 tips to shedding off water
- DRINK MORE WATER
- Reduce intake on high salt diets
- Go lower carb
- Stay moving
- Eat more foods like asparagus
- Drink more caffeine
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There you have it. If you utilize these 6 methods to your advantage I ensure that you will lose a significant amount of unwanted water. However, make sure to take everything with caution.
***Note: I highly recommend you take everything with caution as severe water lost or for prolonged periods of water loss can cause dehydration and worst cases kidney damage. Especially if you live in hot areas with tropical like climates or high heat.
Have you eaten something the night before that wasn’t the best thing for you? The Next thing you know you wake up, look in the mirror and say “ did I gain 10lbs of weight over night? I’m sure we all done something like this. The truth is, you might have gained some weight, but not much. That weight you gained is WATER. It‘s water retention in the subcutaneous layer of the skin.
Another scenario is this “I do so much cardio, and my diet and training is on point, yet I still have this layer of fat covering my abs!” If you’re under 10% body fat (for men) and 15% (for women) the chances are slim that that layer of skin of your abdominal region isn’t fat. It’s most likely water!!!
To help you out I’ve included 5 tricks I’ve done in the past to eliminate any water.
- Drink more water.
Believe it or not, you may be retaining water because you haven’t been drinking enough of it in the first place. Lack of water affects your kidneys, which in turn affects your liver, which stops doing its job of burning fat. Not only that, your body doesn’t have the fluid it needs to flush out waste, so it holds on to what water it has, causing you to feel fat and bloated. Drinking more water can bring the body’s functions back to equilibrium and help your body rid problems of water retention. Water enhances metabolism to some degree. When you drink water (especially cold water) the thermogentic effect that it has on your system plus the increased efficiency of a well-hydrated body will let your metabolic processes operate optimally and can add to weight loss. The best way to take water is to drink small amounts continuously throughout the day. Chugging a gallon of water doesn’t provide your body with the water it needs because that “flood” of fluid gets passed on to your bladder and only a slight amount is absorbed by your body.
- Reduce high salt intake diets
This is one of the most important steps in reducing bloat because it has an immediate effect on the way that your kidneys control the water balance in your body. Too much salt causes the body to retain water leading to bloating and swelling, particularly in the limbs. Avoid obviously salty foods. Stay away from chips, pretzels and other crunchy, salted snacks. Watch condiments such as soy sauce, ketchup and relish and vegetable juices and soups.
- Go lower carb- For a few days. A low-carbohydrate diet leads to water loss in the body and quicker weight loss than a large reduction in calories would indicate. Try eating 3/4g per pound of body weight.
- Stay moving Exercise can help eliminate water weight through perspiration. You lose excess water as well as the sodium that causes you to retain the fluid.
Exercise helps to widen blood vessels. That means more fluid can get to and go through the kidneys to be excreted.
- Eat your fruits and vegetables. Fruits and veggies not only contain a lot of water, they’re also high in bioflavonoids and Vitamin C, two substances that strengthen tissue and reduce the tendency of capillaries to leak fluid into surrounding tissue spaces. Fruits that have the most bioflavonoids are those that are brightly or darkly colored orange, yellow, red, purple, blue or dark green.
- Drink Caffeine, tea, or take dandelion root – Drinking caffeine in moderation can cause a significant lost in water, but it can also cause an increased chance of dehydration. Also the natural herb dandelion root is great for losing water weight in the subcutaneous layer of the skin.
There you have it. If you utilize these 5 methods to your advantage I ensure that you will lose a significant amount of unwanted water. However, make sure to take everything with caution.
***Note: I highly recommend you take everything with caution as severe water lost or for prolonged periods of water loss can cause dehydration and worst cases kidney damage. Especially if you live in hot areas with tropical like climates or high heat.