In the best of worlds, you are a woman who goes from one period to the next without any symptoms. You don’t have to worry about how to reduce water weight gain during your period. You don’t have cramps, irritability, insomnia, nausea or anger outbursts. But is this best of all worlds a reality or is it a figment of your imagination?
Actually, it is true that this could become your reality. And you can start it with home remedies. For example, you can reduce PMS weight gain with smart strategies shared below.
How to Reduce Weight Gain During Menstruation
1. Consider a Fast for 3 Days.
A fast is one of the easiest ways to reduce stress on the body because your body has the chance to regroup and divert 100% of its energy into healing and attending to the biggest priorities without interference from food. When you aren’t eating a whole lot of calories, as in a fast, there is no reason for you to gain weight.
The best fast is distilled water but this can be difficult if you’ve never fasted before. The second best fast is vegetable juices such as carrot, celery, and tomato juices that are made fresh in your kitchen. You can sip the juices instead of eating a meal, and stop weight gain from occurring. You still drink plenty of water with a juice fast.
The third best fast is called intermittent fasting. This is where you stop eating at 6 pm at night and then eat breakfast only when hungry, preferably at 10 or 11 am. Then you eat one more meal that day and repeat the process. Of these three methods, the best ways to relieve weight gain are going to be the ones that you can commit to.
2. Don’t Neglect the Protein.
Eat more protein, which raises your metabolic rate. Unless you are eating a minimum of 0.6 grams protein per pound body weight (60 grams protein for every 100 pounds), you are not getting enough protein. There are no excuses, as protein helps your body detoxify itself and is essential for your liver to work correctly. Without detoxification, you will, no doubt, have PMS symptoms.
3. Don’t Forget the Herbals.
Herbs were put on earth for every society of people to enjoy; yet many here in America treat them as if they were weeds. Even the Bible states that herbs may be used for medicine, and when you have PMS (weight gain or not), you will need some type of natural medicine. It’s best to use the medicine the Creator intended! Herbs contain hundreds of medicinal constituents that take care of you. Don’t be afraid of them. There are herbs that have diuretic actions, such as parsley root, Quebra pedra, corn silk, juniper, milk thistle, watercress and dandelion root.
The easiest way to make an herbal diuretic work for you is to get an herbal formula marked herbal diuretic from the health food store and take two capsules twice daily or according to the instructions on the label. Look for the herbal diuretics mentioned in the previous paragraph on the label; this is how you’ll recognize the formula as a true herbal diuretic.
Otherwise, get dandelion root teabags and add one teabag into a cup of boiling water. Drink two cups dandelion tea daily, starting a few days before your period and through your period. Your other option is to buy an Quebra pedra extract and take 20-30 drops in water two to three times daily, as stated on the label.
4. Your Body Needs Vitamins and Minerals.
When you want to lose PMS weight, always consider whether or not you have been taking your vitamins and minerals. It’s so easy to slip in a period vitamin to your mouth every day but for some people, it’s just as easy to get off track and forget to take it, too. A period vitamin helps insure you have calcium, magnesium, B vitamins and other essential vitamins, minerals and herbs you need to support your reproductive system during the difficult time of the month. Once you forget it, your nutrient status falls and you start experiencing PMS symptoms, including weight gain before your period.
Many women with PMS weight gain can benefit from 50 to 100 mg vitamin B6 once daily along with a B complex after breakfast or lunch during their period. The vitamin B6 and other B vitamins are included in the period vitamin and the extra dosage could be extremely helpful.
Another single nutrient that may be helpful is 400-500 mg magnesium, especially if you tend to get constipated during your period. All the food that stays in the body can certainly contribute to PMS weight gain. However, with the magnesium, you’ll discover that all the old waste matter starts moving out of your body as it should. Some women have an extra 10 pounds of fermenting food sitting in the colon and need regular supplementation of magnesium to remove it. So why not try taking it daily for 30 days as a health experiment to see how your body responds?
5. Start a 30-Day Plan for a Healthier Routine.
Are you doing things unknowingly that may be contributing to gaining weight during your period? Many women sneak candy bars, crackers, extra bread, corn, and extra servings of french fries or potatoes. This is a mind over matter thing and if you plan a 30-day boycott on those extra servings and the elimination of bread, corn and potatoes, you are guaranteed to see changes in weight.
If you see a candy bar, you must make a new brain neural pathway for yourself to choose the apple instead. This is a lot easier than you think; healthy choice just need repetition.
You can reduce PMS weight gain. Use any and all these methods and begin learning how to control your body. Don’t let it control you.
