Confused about Calories, Salt, Sugar
Xanadu2012
Posts: 14 Member
Ok so my diet says for now that I ingest 3740 calories, problem is I notice the sodium and sugar maxes are almost maxed (this is my first day) and I dont know if I should stop eating for the day even though I'm like only 1400 calories for the day or what.
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Don't stop eating, just be more careful with what else you eat. It's really not hard to eat to avoid or keep down your sugar and sodium.0
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This is your first day. Give yourself a break. Just do try to plan your future meals so you stay at your preferred nutrient levels.0
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Thats just it, everything and its mother has sodium out the butt... Only thing safe to eat is veggies, water and tears. oh wait, do tears have sodium too?!?!0
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Sodium itself isn't bad and is in the majority of all food.
If you really want to stay within a certain amount of sodium, reduce the amount of processed, packaged foods you are eating. Whole, natural foods still contain sodium but it's within reasonable levels.0 -
I would just try and keep your eye on these things. I think our macros become more important the closer and closer we get to our goal but high sugar will make weight lose slower and harder, and sodium will make you retain water making it seem like you haven't lose weight, or gained it. Now that you are on here and becoming aware of what you put in your mouth, check these things out when you're at the grocery store and start making better and better choices, one day at a time0
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I would concentrate on the calories as he main priority, and gradually work on bringing the sugar and sodium levels down. Do you cook at all from scratch? It's amazing how much sodium processed food has, and you can cut a lot of it by simply preparing the same meal yourself with fresh ingredients. Just tracking those numbers is a huge eye opener though!0
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If you cook with real ingredients it's actually pretty hard to to go over the sodium and sugar limits. It's when you're eating processed stuff that you get in trouble. They put lots of salt and sugar in to cover up the fact that they've used poor quality ingredients, nasty additives etc... In your own kitchen you don't need to do this!0
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