Question:
I've read a lot of posts that have said to drink lots of water to prevent water retention. Can someone explain to me how this works? Seems to me that if you're retaining water and keep drinking a lot, eventually you'd burst like an overfilled water balloon

Answer: I have chronic swollen ankles. When I take my socks off at the end of the day, it looks as if I'm still wearing them from the indentation on my feet and ankles! I've even been tested for congestive heart failure, since this can be a symptom -- tests were negative, thank goodness. I already take a diuretic (Maxzide) for high blood pressure. I've only had this problem for the past three or four years since I gained a lot of weight, and have been hoping that it will go away as I gradually lose. But so far, no dice.

I'd be willing to give the drinking tons of water a try if I really believed it would help, even though I hate drinking lots of H2O. It's a habit that has to be acquired I guess. So why does it work? How does drinking even more water get rid of water

The body adjusts to different levels of food and water, when you severly limit either food or water the body responds with saving what itґs getting. Upping your uptake of water to 2 liters a day will send your body the signal that it will get all the water it needs and it doesnґt need to retain it, put it in itґs reserves.