Tips to get rid of water retention page 2

[BestBetter]

I agree that if your water retention is being caused by medication, ultimately lasting relief will likely only come from stopping the medication, and anything else you do will be a short-term fix.

However, I do want to suggest one thing that may or may not help. I've been taking cold showers/ice baths/spot icing with ice packs, and I've experienced a noticeable reduction in inflammation (and also water retention, I think.) I remember reading in a book years ago that when the body is faced with cold temperatures, it reacts by trying to dispell as much water as possible, to avoid potential cellualr damage. This is why it's common that many people often have to pee shortly after going outside during winter. If you don't know anything cold thermogenesis, I'd recommend reading through the long "COLD WATER' thread here on MDA, and maybe googling 'water retention' and 'cold showers' or 'cold thermogenesis'.

[j3nn]

Get a home foldable sauna and sweat it out. They are inexpensive and can be effective.

[Neckhammer]

Get a home foldable sauna and sweat it out. They are inexpensive and can be effective.

Do those things work for you? I like the feel of a "real" sauna with coals and all. The low level heat Infrared just never struck me as something that I could replace throwing some water on hot coals and pouring sweat with.

[gopintos]

I have a nice steam shower and I have never used it. I was thinking maybe in conjunction with CT? But I am just not big on showers.

[codered5]

Hello MDA
As I'm treated for my hypogonadism with Testosterone enanthate 250 mg every 3 weeks, I experience a lot of water retention and it's very very disappointing.
As a part of my recovery is to regain some weight, it is very hard to do so while waking up some days with a disgusting body, very very blurry and squishy abdominal area and swollen love handles zone.

Do you have some nutritional tips to get ride of as much water retention as I can ?

Thanks

Daydreamer, there is nothing nutritionally that is going to help w this protocol for test. Taking that much t once every 3 weeks is going to cause way too much estrogen conversion, which is giving you the swollen feeling. You should be injecting weekly to minimize side effects, still may need an anti estrogen. Your doc is not helping you here.

[codered5]

To clarify, reduce dosage and administer weekly. Most peeps do 100 mg a week.

[ChocoTaco369]

Very interesting answer, thanks for the input man.
I think my treatment makes me more sensitive to water retention and the causes it can have from my diet.
Because when I fast for a longer period, say 24h, it's absolutely better.
I'll try some days without any sodium based sweeteners (What am I saying ? I'll ditch them forever ), will drink more water, and see how it goes

That's probably just your body deflating from caloric restriction. You would have a similar effect by doing depletion workouts. Think:

6X15 benchpress at light weight
6X15 shoulder press at light weight
6X15 leg press at light weight
6X15 lateral raise at light weight
6X15 leg extension at light weight
6X15 seated leg curls at light weight
6X15 curls at light weight

Eat 1,000 calories that day with <50g carbs, then repeat the next day the exercises and calories.

You'll drop around 8-10 lbs.

I used to do it all the time and change my weight ~12 lbs in 3-4 days doing that crap. If it burns like hell, it's burning glycogen, and if you're keeping fat AND carbs very low with a massive calorie deficit, you'll burn through tons of water weight. But it is MISERABLE.

[Daydreamer]

To clarify, reduce dosage and administer weekly. Most peeps do 100 mg a week.

I live in France and here Testosterone has to be prescribed by a doctor and can't be self injected.

The bloat I'm experiencing, do you think it's sudden belly fat gain or water retention ?

[mom5booklover]

Drink more water, tons of it. Water = Nature's Diuretic.

Drink distilled water only for a few days. You could also try drinking something with natural electolites like coconut water which is higher in potassium and magnesium as well as calcium. That might help to get rid of salt retention. Stay away from the artificial sweeteners. They are toxic to you.

[Kelmar]

You can try drinking 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar in 8oz of water 2X day. If you can stand the taste (I like it, think it tastes like limeade) then it's worth a try!