How to Control Water Weight Gain From Stress

Humans contain a hidden three pounds in water weight alone. Water retention can be caused by large amounts of sodium, mineral deficiencies, stress levels, and poor nutrition. Reducing stress levels reduces the excess water retained in the body, thus reducing your waistline. Weight gain from water retention is not uncommon, but often overlooked. With a few simple tips you can reduce the amount of water retained per week and drop several pounds in a short amount of time.

Things You'll Need

• Multivitamin
• Garlic
• Knife
• Glass
• Water
• Cranberry juice
• Three pillows
• Couch

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Instructions

Eat, Drink, and Kick Back

• 1

  Consume a multivitamin daily. Choose a vitamin that contains vitamin B and vitamin C. These particular vitamins reduce fluid retention and will help filter the excess water.

• 2

  Purchase raw garlic. Peel clove of garlic and cut into four sectionals. Consume one sectional two times a day followed by drinking an eight oz. glass of water. Garlic detoxifies the system naturally, and results in a feeling of cleanliness throughout the body.

• 3

  Drink three eight oz. glasses of cranberry juice daily. Cranberry juice is proven to clean out the urinary tract and to filter liquid and toxins that flow through the body. Water retention may be induced by the liquid not filtering through the kidneys properly; cranberry juice will assist the kidneys and filter excess liquid.

• 4

  Do not consume foods and beverages that contain high amounts of sodium. Processed foods, fast foods, and alcohol are common foods and beverages that contain high levels of sodium. Large amounts of sodium can enable the body to hoard liquids in the system and cause water retention.

• 5

  Lie on the couch and relax elevation style. Elevate the legs by placing three pillows beneath the feet. Make sure to elevate the legs high; The legs should be higher than the chest level. Elevation can reduce swelling, and cause fluid to drain from certain areas of the body.