Avoid Bloating During Thanksgiving

If you're like most people, you tend to become bloated after Thanksgiving. Water weight can increase when you eat too much salt, don't drink enough water, or do both. It feels uncomfortable and makes you self conscious, especially if you are someone who watches their weight. There are a few things you can do to prevent and eliminate bloating that may occur during Thanksgiving.

Prepare. Before Thanksgiving even comes, you should get your body used to consuming more water. You should be drinking at least a few tall glasses of water per day. At first you will use the restroom more often and you will feel like the water is just running through you and not doing any good at all. In fact, it is doing you good and eventually your body will get used to it and you won't have the urge to go to the restroom every hour.

Diuretic herbs. If drinking more water isn't enough to keep the bloat off during Thanksgiving, get some help form diuretic herbs. Diuretic herbs help your body let go of extra water, which will get rid of bloating.

If you don't have time to wait for this to come in the mail, you can head out to walmart and get some herbal water pills in the vitamins and herbs section.

Potassium. When you are staring at your Thanksgiving feast, try to pick foods which have potassium. This will help keep your body water balanced. Pick foods like banana pudding, baby spinach salad, nuts, and anything with tomatoes. If no one is cooking foods with potassium, try bringing a dish you make.

Resist soda. If you can resist soda just for the holiday, it can help reduce your bloating.

Probiotics. Begin taking probiotics. It gets your digestive tract back in order so that you are less bloated and heavy feeling.

Fiber. Start taking a fiber supplement like psyllium. After just a few days, you will probably see a difference in your stomach. It helps to get rid of backed-up waste and keeps things moving along.

You may have as much as 15 lbs of excess water right now. Don't let it get to you during Thanksgiving. Give these ideas a try and you will notice a difference.