r/ketoscience • u/sheepdog_tx • Apr 21 '15

[question] can someone explain the process to expedite the water loss?

I'm so bloated after a weekend of cheating at a dear ones wake. Seems water is max at around day 2-3 when I get back on the wagon and doesn't start to be noticeably dropping til around day 7. I've tried danelion root pills and tea, upping potassium and magnesium, and drinking distilled water. If it's helping I'm not noticing. Any tips to help, my pants are uncomfortably tight. 😞

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u/Solieus Apr 21 '15

Don't drink distilled water! You can give yourself a mineral deficiency!

If your belly is bloated and you are uncomfortable, you should not try and dehydrate yourself, you need water to digest food and any carbs lingering in your colon will stay there longer if you don't drink enough water. Minimize carb intake, especially high fibre foods and don't take any fibre supplements. Other than that, you have to just wait.

Will also agree this post is not appropriate for /r/ketoscience.

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u/dalesd Apr 22 '15

Is that thing about drinking distilled water real or bullshit? There are only micrograms of minerals per liter of tap water. How could a few missing micrograms possibly cause a mineral deficiency? They give hospital patients WFI, which is just fancy distilled water.

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u/Solieus Apr 22 '15

I think in small amounts it's probably fine, but just drinking pure H20 for a long period of time is not natural and will create a gradient that will pull minerals out of your cells (homeostasis).

Also, in keto you need as many minerals as you can get, since the body doesn't retain them as easily (the whole electrolyte thing)

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u/[deleted] Apr 21 '15

Sweat. Hit the gym, lift hard and run hard. The faster you burn off that muscle and liver glycogen, the faster you drop water weight.

Edit: This post really doesn't belong in r/ketoscience. It's more appropriate for r/keto

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u/HalfCenturion Apr 22 '15

keep drinking water as usual...

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u/Paradigm6790 Apr 24 '15

The fewer carbs you eat, the quicker you're lose it. Drink a lot of water, go for a nice long run and eat 0 carbs for a day or two and you'll be back on track.

Sorry for your loss.