Sodium/inacurate logging questions

ElizIvory
ElizIvory Posts: 141 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Okay, I think I made my diary open, if not please state so and I will attempt to fix it again.

Okay, I have a question about sodium and my logging. Here is my dilemma.

My husband is a chef at a private facility here in town and we get the bulk of our groceries as brought home food from his job.

He isn't really aware of the caloric intake, or the nutrients (It's all hand made etc and he knows the ingredients but doesn't always remember measurements.)

So my question here is that I log what I think is closest to the food. So take the six inch itallian subs he brought home, I log as a publix sub of the same make up. But I noticed that by logging this way the Salt seems high on most things. :S

I just kinda need suggestions/ideas on how to more accurately log or should I shrug it off? I haven't seen an effect on my weight loss ( still lose about 1-3lbs a week) and I'm not as worried about the calories as I am the sodium intake.

Sorry if this is confusing and long!!

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  • blukitten
    blukitten Posts: 922 Member
    in for the answers/replies-- sodium is my last macros nemisis-- but i think the calculations on some of the mfp entries are inaccurate - even the usda ones.

    Do eggs naturally have sodium?? I wouldnt think so but the entry - every one of them says they do?
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,902 Member
    in for the answers/replies-- sodium is my last macros nemisis-- but i think the calculations on some of the mfp entries are inaccurate - even the usda ones.

    Do eggs naturally have sodium?? I wouldnt think so but the entry - every one of them says they do?

    Pretty much everything naturally contains varying amounts of sodium, even raw fruits and vegetables, dairy, coffee grounds, etc...
  • FredDoyle
    FredDoyle Posts: 2,272 Member
    in for the answers/replies-- sodium is my last macros nemisis-- but i think the calculations on some of the mfp entries are inaccurate - even the usda ones.

    Do eggs naturally have sodium?? I wouldnt think so but the entry - every one of them says they do?
    Animals need sodium, hence why it's in the yolk sack for the chick.
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
    sodium is fine in your diet.....
    It is needed.

    The only thing you need to be aware of with sodium is that swings in it will cause water retention.

    Your body tries to maintain homeostasis with sodium....so when you do swings in sodium intake, your will prolly retain water a few days later, as the body works to re-establish its balance......

    Just drink a lot of water. :wink:
  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    You'll find the processed foods have the most amount of sodium. I try my best to watch my sodium because I have high blood pressure. Those days, and there are many, that I have a high amount I do like MityMax says and drink a ton of water to help flush it out.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I just kinda need suggestions/ideas on how to more accurately log or should I shrug it off? I haven't seen an effect on my weight loss ( still lose about 1-3lbs a week) and I'm not as worried about the calories as I am the sodium intake.

    I'd either try to estimate from the ingredients and how much it seems the food includes (that's what I mostly do with restaurant meals and the other restaurants probably aren't going to be that close, depending on the kind of restaurant your husband works at), or else if that's too much of a hassle (which I understand) I'd stop logging the sodium. If you mostly don't eat processed food and have no health issues that make sodium an issue your levels won't be high and it doesn't really matter anyway.

    You can choose lots of options to log instead of sodium. Or you can keep it but ignore it, since it's not going to be analogous, probably, depending on what ingredients are used in the food you are eating, etc.

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