Question from my gf

back2basics · 05-25-2001, 07:46 AM

Normally I'm posting on the anabolic discussion board. I have a question concerning my girlfriend, so I thought this board is the best place to go to..
My girlfriend has restarted bodyboulding for about a jear. Her stats are 127 lbs, I estimate her bf at 22%. She doesn't use as.
At the moment her goal is to loose fat. I've made her a diet an a workout program and she's doing great on it.
The problem is the following; During her period she's got, in my eyes, extreme water retention. Her weight is, as mentioned, normally 127 lbs, during her period her weight goes up to 136.4 lbs!! She never had this problem untill roughly 1.5 years ago. Of course this is very frustrating for her because it looks like she gained on fat, while she's working her ass of in the gym...
My girlfriend and I suspect this problem has something to do with the pill she's taking (mercillon), she never had any problems with it before, but she's switched and re-switched from pills.
My question is if you've got any idea what could be causing this problem if there's anything she can do about it..

Kind regards,

B2B

blueyedkowgrl · 05-25-2001, 08:29 AM

i can totally understand her frustration. i also gain any where from 6-10 lbs of water before my period. i haven't really found a way to completly stop it. I know when it is coming and i then increase my water intake alot and try to cut out as much sodium as possible. i also found that watching my carb intake also helped. no oatmeal, pot. etc. after 12 pm i'll eat them in the morning instead. just eat lots of greens to replace it. i also will take dandelion root.it seems to help a little. i'm sorry i couldn't give you any answers that would make it go away all together. hopefully others will be able to help more.

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05-25-2001, 08:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
blueyedkowgrl Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 234 Rep Power: 5963	i can totally understand her frustration. i also gain any where from 6-10 lbs of water before my period. i haven't really found a way to completly stop it. I know when it is coming and i then increase my water intake alot and try to cut out as much sodium as possible. i also found that watching my carb intake also helped. no oatmeal, pot. etc. after 12 pm i'll eat them in the morning instead. just eat lots of greens to replace it. i also will take dandelion root.it seems to help a little. i'm sorry i couldn't give you any answers that would make it go away all together. hopefully others will be able to help more.