How much weight gain do you get if you eat sodium high foods?

Allthingsglitter

And is this weight gain permanent?

jjpptt2

Impossible to say.

No, it's not. Weight gain from water retention is part of life. Accept it and move on. Weight gain from fat gain is what most people should be paying attention to.

caroldavison332

you limit sodium to lower the blood pressure on your veins and arteries so they last as long as possible and you live to a healthy old age.

GauchoMark

I retain water fairly significantly. If I go eat Mexican or Chinese, I can easily gain 5 lbs overnight. Everyone is different, though. The weight is simply water weight and you can get rid of it by flushing your system with... more water. Just drink a lot of water for a couple of days afterwards and your weight will go back to the original weight.

jdb3388

Unless you are wrestling/fighting/whatever where you have to "make weight" you should never worry about anything within a 10lb window for guys or a 5lb window for girls.

estherdragonbat

I consistently go way over my sodium markers and lose weight. Most likely, I've always eaten this way, so my body is sort of used to it (i.e. when I started my weight-loss, I didn't 'up' my sodium. It might even have lowered with my calories).

ETA: My blood pressure has gone down from 130/90 to 125/85 in the last six months and I haven't been medically advised to watch my salt, so for now it's not a concern. In case of plateau, it's something I'm aware of and might need to address, along with the fact that I still use measuring cups for dry ingredients in recipes and entries like "1 medium onion", etc.

GauchoMark

estherdragonbat wrote: »

I consistently go way over my sodium markers and lose weight. Most likely, I've always eaten this way, so my body is sort of used to it (i.e. when I started my weight-loss, I didn't 'up' my sodium. It might even have lowered with my calories).

Just like all the other RDA's the sodium limit is just a generalization. If you sweat a lot, you lose salt and have to eat more to replenish it. Contrary to popular belief, salt isn't evil, in fact it is necessary for cell transport. TOO MUCH salt is bad, but how much an individual needs is not going to be accurate by looking at the RDA unless you just so happen to be average!

mattdhall

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Tacklewasher

GauchoMark wrote: »

I retain water fairly significantly. If I go eat Mexican or Chinese, I can easily gain 5 lbs overnight. Everyone is different, though. The weight is simply water weight and you can get rid of it by flushing your system with... more water. Just drink a lot of water for a couple of days afterwards and your weight will go back to the original weight.

Same for me. I've seen ~ 5 lb gain from pizza followed by Chinese (over 2 days). It's all water (I was ~ maintenance for calories) and took ~ 4 days to really go away.

jdb3388

Tacklewasher wrote: »

GauchoMark wrote: »

I retain water fairly significantly. If I go eat Mexican or Chinese, I can easily gain 5 lbs overnight. Everyone is different, though. The weight is simply water weight and you can get rid of it by flushing your system with... more water. Just drink a lot of water for a couple of days afterwards and your weight will go back to the original weight.

Same for me. I've seen ~ 5 lb gain from pizza followed by Chinese (over 2 days). It's all water (I was ~ maintenance for calories) and took ~ 4 days to really go away.

Or do your cardio in a trash bag. That'll knock it out in 2 days, maybe one if its hot or you're outside in the sun.

Tacklewasher

jdb3388 wrote: »

Tacklewasher wrote: »

GauchoMark wrote: »

I retain water fairly significantly. If I go eat Mexican or Chinese, I can easily gain 5 lbs overnight. Everyone is different, though. The weight is simply water weight and you can get rid of it by flushing your system with... more water. Just drink a lot of water for a couple of days afterwards and your weight will go back to the original weight.

Same for me. I've seen ~ 5 lb gain from pizza followed by Chinese (over 2 days). It's all water (I was ~ maintenance for calories) and took ~ 4 days to really go away.

Or do your cardio in a trash bag. That'll knock it out in 2 days, maybe one if its hot or you're outside in the sun.

I know you are joking, but to me this is the benefit of weighing daily and using Trendweight. I know why my weight went up, I know it wasn't fat, I know the water will go away in it's own time and my trendline is going down nicely despite some hiccups. There is no need to stress about it or do something dumb to move the scale, I can just accept that my weight went up because of water and get on with my day.

snickerscharlie

Water weight gain =/= fat weight gain.

donjtomasco

High sodium is a scale killer but not a weight killer. I never knew sautéed spinach was such a sodium bomb, or that lentil soup was a sodium nuclear explosion, same for frittatas. I now pre-log what I am going to eat to see what evils are lurking in what I thought would be healthy food and scale friendly. Unless my wife is cooking dinner.....then I eat whatever she cooked and don't complain or be a calorie wonk.

DietPrada

None. I'm low carb and I eat about half a teaspoon of salt a day on my food. It does not cause weight gain.

Christine_72

I usually go up 2-3lbs after a high sodium day. It typically drops off within a couple of days, i make sure and drink plenty of water to hurry it out a bit quicker.


ETA: No need to overdo it and drink Gallons and gallons of water. I stick between 3-3.5L

tinkerbellang83

I can go up as much as 2kg from a higher sodium day or when I drink alcohol, but it tends to clear in a day or two. If I increase my water intake the same day, there is far less scale damage.

l911jnt

mine is always high but I drink lots and lots of water and it helps. I do not panic if my weight goes up because I know thats what it is and its gone in a few days usually. Hasnt affected my losing at all.

inertiastrength

I can see 2-3lbs depending on the meal even if I was under calories and no it's not permanent unless you count that you will always have natural fluctuations