Having Trouble

ajohn252

Okay, so recently I started tracking my sodium because I know too
much can cause you to hold on to water weight (and no one wants that)
but even though I'm eating healthy foods I'm having problems keeping
my sodium intake in check.
I just wanted to know what you all do (what you eat and try to avoid) to
help keep this number in the green.

I also would love to hear any suggestions for some healthy high
calorie foods because I'm not getting enough daily but I'm full after each meal.

gpstrucker

If you eat out a lot or eat a lot of processed foods you're going to get a lot of sodium. That's one I am trying to get under control.

If you cook for yourself you need to read labels carefully. Well, you need to read labels either way really.

spammyanna

If I eat too much sodium, I drink more water.

And if you are physically active, you can afford to have a little more sodium, especially if you sweat a lot.

ajohn252

I'm a big water drinker and home cooker so that makes
me feel a little better! Thanks

C00lCountry

I hear you on the sodium. I still trying to work mine out as well. I find it harder when you need food but no microwave, refridgerator, and such.

Coyla

I don't pay much attention to my sodium. I did a low sodium thing in the past, and it didn't make a lick of difference in how I felt, looked, and how much I weighed.

Most likely you'll only retain water if you eat more sodium than your body is used to. Just try to be consistent with the sodium, but don't obsess over how much you get. Sodium (like fat and carbohydrates) could be bad in higher numbers or it could have no significant effect. We still don't know. No reason to eat bland, no-taste food while waiting for the answer.

P.S. Fat is good, and carbs aren't all that bad. I have a feeling sodium is going to turn out to be okay, too.

mbajrami

I don't pay much attention to my sodium, I actually just added it to my watched macros in my settings and saw that I've been under by A LOT this whole week, mainly because I've been making my own food. Any days I had processed food or food I didn't prepare myself I went over. Sometimes a lot, sometimes a little.

Feel free to add me to look at my diary if you like. Some of my friends get ideas from my stuff and I've even messaged out easy recipes. :-)

I drink TONS of water too (at least a gallon per day) so sodium doesn't matter too much to me.

hiker282

Ditch the processed foods and anything with ingredients that don't sound like they were grown or raised as livestock. If it can't go bad, don't eat it; if it can, eat it to your heart's content.

cmriverside

Actually if it has a label, it's liable to have too much sodium.

chicpeach

I don't pay much attention to my sodium. I did a low sodium thing in the past, and it didn't make a lick of difference in how I felt, looked, and how much I weighed.

Most likely you'll only retain water if you eat more sodium than your body is used to. Just try to be consistent with the sodium, but don't obsess over how much you get. Sodium (like fat and carbohydrates) could be bad in higher numbers or it could have no significant effect. We still don't know. No reason to eat bland, no-taste food while waiting for the answer.

P.S. Fat is good, and carbs aren't all that bad. I have a feeling sodium is going to turn out to be okay, too.

Please don't take the above as gospel. Please do your own research at sites you respect as knowledgeable on the subject. The Mayo Clinic's site, your hospital's website, ask your doctor about it or your nutritionist. Even young folks are encouraged by the medical establishment to keep their sodium levels at or below 2500mg. If you have high blood pressure, regardless of age, the recommendation is to keep it at or below 1500mg.

As for learning what foods to eat and what to avoid, I suggest reading the food diaries of your friends that care to share and track sodium. That's what I did and it was very informative.

slrrese

I don't track sodium, but I am one of those weird people who does not like salty foods, so I mostly make my own food to intentionally avoid it. A food I use to get good calories with very littlr salt is almonds, plain raw ones (no processing, no salt). But you might have to not like salt to like them??

ajohn252

I'm no salt junkie so the almonds I think would be a
good item for me to use more. Usually the fat would scare
me away from them to a certain extent but I've been doing okay in that
department lately so I can make room for them.