*SWEATINGhelped
By ingrid
@ridingbet (66854)
Philippines
June 7, 2018 9:47pm CST
It is once again a sunny Friday morning on this side of the planet, my friends, and a weather disturbance is expected to make its landfall in the northernmost town of my province. My kid brother who is there for a 3-day seminar of his office posted picture of the ‘flying umbrellas’ in the hotel where he and his companions are billetted.
Sweating really helped. In my previous discussion, I mentioned about my left foot getting the edema or fluid accumulation. When I drove the car this morning with my sister for some errands, I had profuse sweating because it is already hot at 33 degrees Celsius. I always have a bottle of cold water to drink so I kept on drinking to avoid dehydration.
When we arrived home, I felt lightness in my left leg. I immediately pressed my index finger on my left ankle and the fluid accumulation is gone.
Aside from my driving activity (I would push the brakes of the car with my left foot), the sweating helped. Insensible loss in the form of sweat removes the salt off our system.
Do you like to sweat?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Jun 18
really? do you prefer to wipe your sweat off, or stay near the AC or fan so you won't sweat at all?
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Jun 18
@YrNemo but do you fan yourself then if you are walking outside? maybe wearing a hat will help reduce the hotness on the top of our head.
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@YrNemo (20254)
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8 Jun 18
@ridingbet I changed my top completely the moment I could, it was awful! (only happened when I was walking in the heat.)
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
8 Jun 18
Good morning po. Yes, I do because it is one way of losing weight and releasing toxins in the body.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Jun 18
yes hija, and it is also better if we drink after a sweating activity like the exercises.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Jun 18
@mlgen1037 remind your husband to remind you to bring water when you have your exercise hija. 
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@mlgen1037 (29882)
• Manila, Philippines
8 Jun 18
@ridingbet I will po. Sometimes I forget to bring water when I do exercise.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
8 Jun 18
Yes, especially after a good solid workout.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
9 Jun 18
@ridingbet true. Keeping hydrated is the key.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Jun 18
it can make us more refreshed with the removal of salts, but at the same time, we have to replace it by drinking fluids
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Jun 18
of course too much sweating is never good if we do not replace the lost electrolytes that go with the insensible loss. potassium and sodium electrolytes most especially are excreted via the sweat. that is why a piece of banana and liberal amount of fluids to replace these electrolytes are necessary.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
8 Jun 18
@ridingbet I almost never sweat, when I do it's very little, my mom and daddy were like me.
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@sw8sincere (6032)
• Philippines
8 Jun 18
Sweating helps me feel energetic and lively. I guess maybe because toxins from our body are coming out because of perspiration.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Jun 18
that is true. my sweating this morning eventually reduced the left pedal edema that i had. the salt in my system was out with the sweat
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@Starmaiden (9308)
• Canada
8 Jun 18
I don't like to sweat, although on an extremely hot day sweating does help cool me down if there is a slight breeze. 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Jun 18
it is a relief if we feel the cool breeze after a hot sweaty day. sometimes here in my place, after that very sweltering day, the skies get gloomy then the cool wind blows. the sweat may dry up.
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@Starmaiden (9308)
• Canada
8 Jun 18
@ridingbet I keep a towel beside me and it's usually soaked by the time the sun goes down.
I have to drink lots of water or gatorade.
I have to drink lots of water or gatorade.1 person likes this
@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
9 Jun 18
@Starmaiden for me, i have this franella or the old diapers of my son that i use to wipe off the sweat. i even made a discussion about this.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
8 Jun 18
yes, sweating while exercising is nice because the force exerted in our muscles may produce the sweat. sweat in a hot weather is also needed because the excess salt in our body will be eliminated.
in such case, do you prefer staying near your AC or near your fan to avoid sweating?
