Are you frickin' kiddin' me????

jenlen65

Ok, I am doing great with all my numbers except for sodium. My 1.5 cups of cottage cheese has 1147 grams!!! WTH?? I drink more than the daily recommendation of 8 cups of water per day. So, my question is if I'm drinking plenty of water does it sort of counteract this sodium? I like soup too but it also loaded. It's depressing!!! Geessshhhh........dang sodium!

glittersoul

You can buy no sodium cottage cheese. It doesn't taste as good though but you can add stuff to it to change that.

mielikkibz

Ok, I am doing great with all my numbers except for sodium. My 1.5 cups of cottage cheese has 1147 grams!!! WTH?? I drink more than the daily recommendation of 8 cups of water per day. So, my question is if I'm drinking plenty of water does it sort of counteract this sodium? I like soup too but it also loaded. It's depressing!!! Geessshhhh........dang sodium!

I know, I absolutely LOVE Cottage cheese, until I started watching my sodium :P

spacecase76

I live in Louisiana, and have low blood pressure, I just don't track my sodium, lol

ajbeans

Sodium's a hard one. It's in almost everything unless you make all your food at home, which is an option. You can make your own soups pretty easily, using low-sodium broth and flavoring with herbs and spices rather than salt. I used to make soup in huge batches and then freeze it in baggies that held one bowl full.

Drinking more water will help keep you from retaining water weight, but as I just recently learned from someone here on the forum (and further research backed it up), sodium can cause problems with potassium absorption. You need to try to keep it under control so you're getting the potassium you need.

Diya13

You can also get lower sodium soups, it's insane how much they put in the regular stuff!

jodie1306

I have no idea about my sodium intake, I just wanted to say thanks for making me smile cause that's what I say all the time when life isn't going my way. Thank you, that was what I needed today.

Jodes
:-)

ready_for_a_change

I am on my first day of "controlling my sodium" it is insane how much sodium is in everything. I did good today. I am trying to develop my own recipes for low sodium stuff that tastes good, this is going to be a long battle. But I have high BP so I gotta do it!

BirdsofaFeather

OMG, I am with you girl!!! I just got back from Applebee's and had the Weight Watcher's Chipotle Lime Chicken. I looked it up on my phone to make sure the calories and fat were okay; and they were fine! I get home to enter it in and it's 5,250 grams of sodium!!! I weight-in on Monday mornings! All my water for today will be STORED. I looked up the other meal I almost got and it had 1,800 grams of sodium. I SUCK.

wriglucy

I had to cut soups out. I have high blood pressure, at age 25 I did. I'm of normal body weight, but had to cut out soup. I don't eat meat, and so I eat cottage cheese, and where I shop....they don't have the low sodium cottage cheese. So...I just get it every other week and try to limit it.

Good luck! I'd love to hear more responses too

ShellyMacchi

cottage cheese suggestion:
(cause i love it too but cannot handle the sodium)

The dry curd cottage cheese has so little salt.. BUT is rather like eating wadded up cardboard *L* soooo.. 'moisten' it with a lil greek yogurt!
*grins*
works like a charm, low sodium and benefit of extra protein!

yyzdnl

Low sodium, don't even look at celery.

I took in over 4K of sodium today and it all came from egg,milk, toast, and crab legs all home cooked with out added salt. I am starting to have questions about the whole evil sodium thing. Reducing sodium never helped my blood pressure and I just took my pressure and it isn't elevated.

fitnesspirateninja

I've been feeling really dehydrated even though I drink between eight and twelve glasses of water a day, so I've been cutting back on sodium. So far, I haven't had a problem with it, but I'm avoiding canned soups. I also don't eat frozen dinners like Lean Cuisine. I buy no salt added canned tomatoes. You can also buy low sodium chicken broth and soups. For me, just being aware of high sodium foods is enough - I check labels before buying stuff (usually I just focus on calories, fats, sugars, and carbs).

glittersoul

Don't even look at celery. I took in over 4K of sodium today and it all came from egg,milk, toast, and crab legs all home cooked with out added salt. I am starting to have questions about the whole evil sodium thing. Reducing sodium never helped my blood pressure and I just took my pressure and it isn't elevated.

There is a big evil thing about sodium but they are finally doing studies that show the correlation to low potassium/high sodium levels and hypertension & high blood pressure etc. because these two electrolytes should balance each other out. The info has been there for ages but the medical community is finally starting to pay attention to it. So I wouldn't worry too much unless you have medical concerns.

NikkiWork

You can do this! Sodium is now even lower not 2,500 mg its going down to 1,300 mg a DAY! Start slowly so you don't get to frustrated and work your way lower. Soup is always high in sodium you can search for low sodium recipes I use Mrs. Dash (it has 0 sodium) and I buy all the flavors and they also have marinades! For Soups you can look up "Kitchen Basics" Unsalted they have Vegetable-Beef & Chicken Stock, not sure where you live but I found that my Super Target has it and so does Kroger! Good luck!

yyzdnl

Looking in the MFP food database at caloric sodium ratios I find.

Oscar Mayer Hot Dog
calories/portion/sodium
130/1 link/540mg

Celery
calories/portion/sodium
130/9.2 cup/750mg

For the same caloric intake an Oscar Mayer Hot Dog will contribute 210 less grams of sodium than Celery.

jenlen65

Thank you all for your responses! I don't have high blood pressure or other health issues but I will really try to cut down the sodium and am looking for low sodium soup recipes.

Hotlips69

Daily intake of Sodium is 1600mg! Watch sodium intake as in many cases it could be retained water from too high Sodium intake!

NikkiWork

Just wanted to post this link to Celery benefits...http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=14

ukgirly01

I dont track sodium, and I eat a lot!!! I know this as I add salf to pretty much every thing I eat. I do however make sure that I drink loads of water and exercise, the weight then takes care of itself

BigBoneSista

You can do this! Sodium is now even lower not 2,500 mg its going down to 1,300 mg a DAY! Start slowly so you don't get to frustrated and work your way lower. Soup is always high in sodium you can search for low sodium recipes I use Mrs. Dash (it has 0 sodium) and I buy all the flavors and they also have marinades! For Soups you can look up "Kitchen Basics" Unsalted they have Vegetable-Beef & Chicken Stock, not sure where you live but I found that my Super Target has it and so does Kroger! Good luck!

I didn't know Mrs. Dash has marinades. OMG! I have to find some.I use all of the seasonings now and they are great.

I track my sodium but I don't have high blood pressure nor am I at risk. I guess I feel if I'm putting in all this work to change my lifestyle I might as well do it all the way.

Well except when I eat my steam crab legs and shrimp w/o seasoning. They are extremely high in sodium but I drink 128 oz of water a day so I should be good.

Grokette

Low sodium, don't even look at celery.

I took in over 4K of sodium today and it all came from egg,milk, toast, and crab legs all home cooked with out added salt. I am starting to have questions about the whole evil sodium thing. Reducing sodium never helped my blood pressure and I just took my pressure and it isn't elevated.

Part of the reason reducing sodium does not help to lower the blood pressure is because High Blood Pressure root cause is the body being in a constant state of dehydration. Please research it.

I got my husband off his blood pressure medication with having him to start drinking lots of water. I purchased a book called The WaterCure.

NikkiWork

Basically EVERYONE should be watching their sodium in-take....most do not and that is what leads us to problems as we get older. I use to think "I don't use much salt" until I started reading labels "#1 thing when making a life change" you would be SHOCKED at how much is in everything sure soup has a lot but look at the servings on the can...its usually 2-3 servings PER CAN so no triple that sodium #! When I did this I went through all my spices threw out old ones and ones that where loaded in sodium, I donated my canned vegetables ...and stopped buying anything in a box that is a meal lol! Its hard but it can be done! Yes, Celery has a lot of sodium (natural sodium) but no matter how you look at Celery vs. Hot dogs its much healthier for you! Does drinking a ton of water when you over do the salt ...yes, it may help but you should really try to limit that happening...Prevention mag. has a book out about sodium, little expensive but I'm sure it has a lot of information! I usually find a lot of my information online! Do your homework & READ your labels!!!

kettlewitch

This is a difficult one for me. I keep an eye on my salt but the most important thing for me at the moment is the get the weight off and to do that I have to enjoy what I am eating or I will crave rubbish. I tried the steamed fish, veg and generally eating clean thing and it would never have lasted. So now I have switched to ready meals with added veg ( I put lo salt in that) and I do eat canned soup but try and limit this. When I am no longer morbidly obese, I will start looking at the sodium element

lilRicki

I watch my sodium because my family has a history of heart disease...basically nothing prepared or pre-packaged...even the VH Steamers are loaded...no more soup for me, or regular margarine. No more boxed or instant anything. I don't make my own soup though, I tried it once and it tasted gross...i do use low sodium chicken broth instead of oil though and I found it works really well.

Shalonp

After suffering a very serious health problem 2 years ago, I had to go to a restricted sodium diet. The "average" daily amount you are supposed to have is 2500. Mine was kept as much below 1700 as possible. Often under 1000 a day. As someone who has had to learn to read every single thing (in regards to sodium), it is crazy how much is added to things. I rarely eat much prepared foods, frozen Lean Cuisine type meals are out, and eating out is rare. Your best bet is to go to Whole Foods, Fresh Market, etc. The nearest one to me is 25 miles one way. So I stock up when I go. You can get low/no sodium almost everything there. I get canned vegy's, stuff for chili, spaghetti sauce, and low sodium broths for soup, etc. Just recently I have started to find low sodium cheese, by Sargento. It tastes great too! BTW... cheese is full of sodium