water retention

[Shackamaxon]

I have read several discussion here regarding water retention. As I am on a plateau right now in spite of strict logging of food and a constant 10 - 12 K steps I would like to believe that myproblem is water retention.  I read an article that says that I should be drinking fluid ounces of water approx equal to 1/2 of my body wt in lbs.In my case this would be approx 95 oz of water daily.  I am currently drinking 62 + ounces each day.  Does this 

formuly seem accurate? are other members here drinking that much water also.  Any otherhints on losing water.  I have been stuck at this wt for 3 weeks.  I fear that I have been overdoing the calories in/calories out and have entered the starvation mode.  I am going to try eating more calories daily ( healthy ones of course). I have been in the 900 to 1300 calorie  intake daily which often gives me a 700 to 1200 calorie deficit daily.  Any comments ??

Mickey

[Dominique]

The following links were posted some time ago by @Heybales :

http://www.leangains.com/2010/01/how-to-deal-with-water-retention-part.html

http://www.leangains.com/2010/01/how-to-deal-with-water-retention-part_28.html

[Heybales]

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@Shackamaxon wrote:

I have read several discussion here regarding water retention. As I am on a plateau right now in spite of strict logging of food and a constant 10 - 12 K steps I would like to believe that myproblem is water retention.  I read an article that says that I should be drinking fluid ounces of water approx equal to 1/2 of my body wt in lbs.In my case this would be approx 95 oz of water daily.  I am currently drinking 62 + ounces each day.  Does this 

formuly seem accurate? are other members here drinking that much water also.  Any otherhints on losing water.  I have been stuck at this wt for 3 weeks.  I fear that I have been overdoing the calories in/calories out and have entered the starvation mode.  I am going to try eating more calories daily ( healthy ones of course). I have been in the 900 to 1300 calorie  intake daily which often gives me a 700 to 1200 calorie deficit daily.  Any comments ??

Mickey

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That is a myth about how much water to drink that high, came from nothing but made up advice, not based on squat.

Fact is you get water in the food you eat too.

And water retention doesn't keep going up except for having elevated cortisol, which can add up to 20 lbs of water. And drinking more ain't going to get rid of that at all.

Now, what could be causing stress and elevated cortisol?

Having a deficit way bigger than your body wants and eating only 900-1300 calories. You have over 50 lbs to lose to support that deficit daily?

If not, that's likely your problem right there.

Add to that deficit the fact Fitbit is underestimating daily burn amount, and you might not be logging non-step based calorie burn correctly, you could be really stressing yourself out with bigger deficit than you are aware.

Start eating 100 more daily for a week at a time, working your way back up to maintenance slowly.

Really unstress your body.

Then take a reasonable deficit for amount to lose, if you aren't right now.

Your problem isn't water retention where drinking more is going help. That's if you had a high sodium meal and want to flush it out in 2 days instead of 4 days. There's a max to that kind of retention, it can't mask fat loss happening forever.

How long a plateau?