I need to drop some water weight in the next couple of days.

Avoid all carbs for few days and you will drop a fair bit – you go into ketosis. It is not a good thing though, when you start eating carbs again most will come back. If you drop and then only eat a small amount of carbs later you can keep the weight loss off – as long as you exercise too.

No salt, no carbs. Lots of water and veggies.

Go to an amusement park for a day. Every time I go I come back 5–7 lbs lighter. My guess is because of all the walking and heat.

Also, eat watery foods like melon, cucumbers, tomatoes, grapes, etc.

What they^^ said, and wear horizontal stripes.

Try some water pills.

I would suggest drinking plenty of water, avoiding carbonated drinks and to go light on the carbohydrates.

No salt, drink water and do something that makes you sweat

Drink water watch the carbs, and for me the best way was to run and sweat alot, even the pool helps tons.

Coffee or caffeinated tea. Like most other suggested, nix salt from your diet for the next few days. Although it may seem counterintuitive, drink plenty of water, too. Work up a sweat, and you should be fine.

I’ve certainly never skipped a workout…:)

Avoid: simple carbs, processed food, anything high in sodium (read labels – sometimes it’s in sweet food as well), ice cream, cheese, soda, alcohol, and sugary fruit drinks.

Enjoy: green peppers, carrots, brocolli, spinach, cucumbers, grapefruits, bananas, strawberries, oranges, fresh fruit juices, water, carbs high in fiber, legumes, yogurt.

And don’t forget to get enough sleep :)

I’m more concerned that you feel compelled to do this for your husband who has been gone for 2 weeks? “I have not been working out like I should”
How much could you have let yourself go in 2 weeks and what is the nature of your relationship? It sounds a little obsessive.
Maybe just adopt healthy eating habits again and don’t be so hard on yourself?

@SeventhSense I agree. The girl I was dating in the Navy nearly doubled in weight between the time I met her (~100 lbs) and the time I returned home for good (~190 pounds). I still love her even though she’s practically twice the woman she used to be. She’s a bit hard on herself too, but can’t seem to understand that I didn’t fall in love with her because she was practically a skeleton when we met.

@SeventhSense I just like looking good for my husband. I eat well, but sometimes just retain water. I guess I can be a little obsessed, but if that’s what it takes to look good, then so be it. I appreciate your concern though. :)

@bellusfemina
So if you retain water isn’t that normal? Ever see a little kid who one day looks skinny and the next day has a little belly? That’s perfectly healthy and actually vital for your health, nervous system and internal organs. Ever feel really thin but otherwise your mood is like shit? Appearance is not everything. Bodybuilders often drop dead from dehydration even though for that 10 minutes on stage they look really ripped.
@jerv
Wow. You really love her which is very sweet. But 100 pounds overweight is seriously unhealthy. You may have gone to the other extreme of acceptance.

@SeventhSense Actually, she was quite underweight when we met, so it’s closer to ~30 pounds overweight.

Ok but you know what I’m saying.

@SeventhSense I totally disagree with you. The fact that he loves her for who she is, regardless of her appearance and regardless of her state of health (say she were 100lbs overweight) doesn’t make him one extreme of acceptance or another. What if someone’s spouse falls ill? Should we love them any less because they have high blood pressure? Because they have lupus? Or asthma or COPD?

The fact that he accepts her is a good thing- It doesn’t mean that he would be happy about her being morbidly obese, just that he fell in love with her personality, her spirit… Which, I think, anyone would rather have someone fall in love with than their outward appearance.

@Taciturnu
No I think it’d beautiful that he loves her but like a drug addict, If you stand by while the person you are with falls into addiction and you take no stand in opposition then you are contributing to that person’s demise and are complicit.
Obesity kills people and takes years off of a person’s life. The one who indulges this lifestyle is self centered and is not considering their spouse and the denial of their years of life to his/her spouse or his/her children. They are not victims but rather victimizers.

@SeventhSense No kids, and she eats healthy and moderately. In fact, I eat almost twice as much as she does, and add in some unhealthy stuff that she won’t touch. It isn’t diet, and it isn’t that she’s lazy either. Lazy people don’t take Aikido or skip the bus and walk a couple of miles.
You are correct about the life expectancy, and she is about the only one in her family that does not have diabetes… though she is also over 50 pounds lighter than most of the adults in her family.
Also bear in mind that working in a warehouse builds muscle, and muscle has weight.