I've gone on a diet and my body is now retaining water. How can I loose more?

[Anonymous]

I've lost about 20 pounds but now my body won't loose anymore it seems. I started a pretty strict diet but I've heard that my body is retaining water. How can i loose more? I just want to lose 9-10 lbs more. Any ideas?

[GymBumGuy]

so their are a few reason you might be retaining water 1 you are eating to much salt 2 you are eating to many carbs 3 i herd women retaining more water then men naturally also note that when you eat carbs your body will save it as glycogen which is energy that your body stores in your muscles and liver which can add about 4 pounds to your over all wight and if you are not getting enough daily calories your body can go into starvation mode which will make you keep all the food you eat as wight and you may even gain wight so keep a daily caloric in take of about 1200 or more also read up on something call a reefeed day to keep your metabolism high cause every person has a certain wight they are supposed to be this is based on your height as you get closed to this wight your body's metabolism will slow down

[Asker]

I skip breakfast and lunch. I eat an okay dinner. I have drinks (juice, water, etc .) but I am cutting back more and more. And all of a sudden, I stop loosing weight and its very annoying.

[GymBumGuy]

do you do intermittent fasting? if not read about it also does not matter when you eat as long as you get at lest 1200 cals a day i only have 2 hrs out of the day i eat atm about 1500 cals a day if i were u i would restrict my carbs and try to work out on a empty stomach so u can go right to burning fat so you don't have to burn threw your glycogen to get to your fat storage also don't drink fruit juice its bad eat the whole fruit much better

[Rahdle]

What kind of diet are you currently on?

[Asker]

I only eat dinner if I can.

[Rahdle]

Well if you can eat little bits throughout the day, it'll keep your metabolism going and you can loose more. And try and not eat any late dinners (right before bed) because you have no time to burn any of it off