Woohoo...not gonna be a SHW afterall

[MsBeverlyHills]

alieve for allergies??? why arent you taking Claritan, Allergra or Zyrtec or Nasonex???

you should prob not take OTC stuff if your rrealy sensitive meds.

 

[spatts]

I'll be bulking soon. Maybe I could be a SHW!

As long as it's mostly muscle, more power to you. Mine's a lot of water and fat. You're going to bulk for a year, right?

 

[spatts]

alieve for allergies??? why arent you taking Claritan, Allergra or Zyrtec or Nasonex???

you should prob not take OTC stuff if your rrealy sensitive meds.

Because it's Alieve Sinus and I was having sinus problems. I was on vacation, and I was probably having the problems because I was on vacation (different climate, different plants, poor air circulation in a truck for 18 hours). It's very rare for me to take a med of any kind (other than performance enhancing), so it's usually not a concern.

FWIW, it worked really well. Just had too many sides.

 

[bigguns15]

I know what you mean about holding water. I could flunctuate between 8 and 10 pounds a day depending on what I eat. Kinda sucks sometimes.

 

[pwr_machine]

As long as it's mostly muscle, more power to you. Mine's a lot of water and fat. You're going to bulk for a year, right?

I'll be cranking up the calories in about 3 weeks and will continue bulking until early next spring. I'd like to diet down for a show next summer.

 

[edgecrusher]

Almost any carb translates to about 5 pounds of water...per serving. Someone suggested that I had an electrolyte imbalance. I don't know about that.

I ahve the same issue, but I'm also insulin resistant.

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

Exactly! If I put anything foreign in me (get your mind out of the gutter) like Tylenol, IbP, otc meds, scrip meds, slef-prescribed meds , etc...I just blow up. Same with foods. Almost any carb translates to about 5 pounds of water...per serving. Someone suggested that I had an electrolyte imbalance. I don't know about that. I know that at competition time, my joints are pretty glad I'm part camel.

ive always enjoyed looking like the stay-puff marshmallow man after retaining a lotta water

 

[sk*]

Wow...glad it's not just me. Have you guys noticed that it's not always just Sub-Q? Sometimes it's just IM bloat that you can't get off? Like people that use creatine? I cut the carbs, took a water pill, and dropped the Alieve to get back to 198, and I'm still holding a lot, it's just not on the surface.

Ok, some is...

I took some pics today, and I still look pretty puffy. Not that it much matters for powerlifting. lol

Yea, water everywhere. It's really hard to get rid of it too. I made a thread on a similar topic a few days ago. It actually gives some benefits in PL IMO, but can suck if you want to bulk and look decent.

Unless I cut carbs to absolute zero, I get this problem. If I eat a carb meal of 50-100carbs and wait an hour or two, have some water, and go on the scale I will have added 5lbs.

-sk

 

[jerkbox]

i'm holding water like a hippo at the moment....being that I have been eating anything and everything i feel like ...
especially on my legs, which are big enough as it is.

i tend to shed it rather quickly by cleaning up the diet and sweating a bit.

 

[MULE1]

Exactly! If I put anything foreign in me (get your mind out of the gutter) like Tylenol, IbP, otc meds, scrip meds, slef-prescribed meds , etc...I just blow up. Same with foods. Almost any carb translates to about 5 pounds of water...per serving. Someone suggested that I had an electrolyte imbalance. I don't know about that. I know that at competition time, my joints are pretty glad I'm part camel.

cold medicine can react with other supplements and can be bad for you be carefull, it can also render ALS inactive...


I have the same issue I weighed in for a meet at 410 and was 423 by the end of the day