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WOW!! Who would have thought?

mfrano
mfrano Posts: 16
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Earlier today I posted a personal vent to the fact that I thought i did an excellent job yesterday with the treadmill and food intake..however I woke up to a gain of 1.5 pounds and was very hard on myself as I was hoping to hit a new milestone today! Looking back on what I ate yesterday Even though my sodium was on the high side I saw nothing else wrong UNTIL...I looked up Alka Seltzer Cold Tablets..I took 2 doses of it yesterday for a sinus infection only to find out today that those 2 doses equaled up 640 grams of sodium! I WAS SHOCKED!!!

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  • 30tips
    30tips Posts: 132
    Oh... yes, they definitely have a lot of sodium.... Other biggies are soups, soy sauce, chili sauces... Pickles...Just a teaspoon of sauce contains a lot of sodium...
  • Setof2Keys
    Setof2Keys Posts: 681 Member
    WOW...well weigh again in a couple of days it was prob pure water...
  • lareyna124
    lareyna124 Posts: 54
    DON"T FOCUS so much on the scale. You could be losing Fat but gaining muscle. Focus on how your clothes fitting instead. Are you weight training? Or just doing cardio?
  • joybell32
    joybell32 Posts: 252 Member
    Earlier today I posted a personal vent to the fact that I thought i did an excellent job yesterday with the treadmill and food intake..however I woke up to a gain of 1.5 pounds and was very hard on myself as I was hoping to hit a new milestone today! Looking back on what I ate yesterday Even though my sodium was on the high side I saw nothing else wrong UNTIL...I looked up Alka Seltzer Cold Tablets..I took 2 doses of it yesterday for a sinus infection only to find out today that those 2 doses equaled up 640 grams of sodium! I WAS SHOCKED!!!

    I don't ever think to log my medications!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this something i should be doing?
  • mfrano
    mfrano Posts: 16
    I am doing strictly cardio
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    Earlier today I posted a personal vent to the fact that I thought i did an excellent job yesterday with the treadmill and food intake..however I woke up to a gain of 1.5 pounds and was very hard on myself as I was hoping to hit a new milestone today! Looking back on what I ate yesterday Even though my sodium was on the high side I saw nothing else wrong UNTIL...I looked up Alka Seltzer Cold Tablets..I took 2 doses of it yesterday for a sinus infection only to find out today that those 2 doses equaled up 640 grams of sodium! I WAS SHOCKED!!!

    I don't ever think to log my medications!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this something i should be doing?

    I'd say it depends on the medication. I've heard a few folks mention random discoveries like this for stuff they've taken. And I know that a dose of NyQuil has almost 100 calories in it. So it's probably better to be safe than sorry.
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