Drinking plenty of water but why is my body still holding on to it?

[LisaAC]

I'm waking up puffy & sore which is usually due to water weight. I am drinking loads of water, usually well over 128oz, yet I'm waking up with water weight.
It's been this way also during the last of induction, which ended on Monday, yet I'm still retaining water. And I'm not budging an inch on the scales, or in the tape measure either.

The philly steak I've been eating, usually 2 pieces, only has like 35g of sodium. And usually drinking all this water flushes out all the salt. And I'm not eating a lot of processed salted food.

Any clue why my body is refusing to let go of all this fluid?
And TOM just left last week, so it's not near that visit.

[Laurenfra]

Lisa I can wait to hear what other people offer on this. I am up 2 lbs this am but my fingers are so puffy its hard to bend them

[LisaAC]

Originally Posted by Laurenfra

Lisa I can wait to hear what other people offer on this. I am up 2 lbs this am but my fingers are so puffy its hard to bend them

Laurenfra,

This is driving me nuts. Usually when I'm on Atkins fluid build up just doesn't usually exist. I'm waking up several times a night to go to the bathroom, but still wakingup feeling like the Stay Puff Marshmallow man. lol.
(ok a slight blast from the past if anyone remembers the old movie Ghost Busters)

[pgmr_64804]

I retain water from sugar. Salt is not a problem for me.

Last week I was so happy got down to 141.2 then went out to eat and had onions, and the next day the scale was up to 142. Then that night due to my husbands whinning and complaining about having to eat plain meat and veggies I fixed chilli with hamburger meat, can tomatoes, can rotel, salt, pepper & chilli powder...the next mornign I was up to 143.

I checked the canned tomatoes and rotel and I that was 7 grams of sugar...I knew that was it and watched my veggies and it finally went down a little.

Yesterday I was back to 141.2 but today it is 141.6 so not sure what I ate that my body did not like.

Good Luck figureing it out. Every time I think I have this weight loss thing figured out I gain a little.

Cindy

[LisaAC]

Originally Posted by pgmr_64804

I retain water from sugar. Salt is not a problem for me.

Thanks for the heads up. Never thought that sugar could make us retain water.
I'll have to look into that one.

[Atkid]

Originally Posted by LisaAC

Thanks for the heads up. Never thought that sugar could make us retain water.
I'll have to look into that one.

I thought that was the whole reasoning behind Atkins, we are controlling the sugars, so if taking in sugar would cause a water weight gain.

[LisaAC]

Originally Posted by Atkid

I thought that was the whole reasoning behind Atkins, we are controlling the sugars, so if taking in sugar would cause a water weight gain.

Actually, yep, controlling the blood sugar spike is the reason behind Atkins, but I've never heard of sugar causing anyone to retain water. That's a new one to me.

[MaggieBE]

In DANDR(in nutritional supplements section he recommends(for fluid retention) 50 to 100mg of pyridoxal, plus 1,500 to 3,000mg taurine daily. Asparagus pills are also effective.

[julirama723]

One night I drank over a gallon of water and I drank most of it the couple hours before bed...UGH the next am I was waterlogged, and was certainly holding on to all that water. My body just couldn't get rid of it as fast as I put it in. I would have been better off drinking LESS water. Perhaps you're drinking too much water in a short period of time, or too close to bedtime? Just a thought...?

[LisaAC]

Originally Posted by MaggieBE

In DANDR(in nutritional supplements section he recommends(for fluid retention) 50 to 100mg of pyridoxal, plus 1,500 to 3,000mg taurine daily. Asparagus pills are also effective.

Thanks, so are alfalfa pills, now that I remember. I do believe I have some.