I hate this crap...

2»

Replies

  • anifani4
    anifani4 Posts: 457 Member
    My opinion: Stop tracking sodium and sugar. put some other nutrients on your diary...like potassium and fiber and try to reach those numbers every day. Unless you have a medical reason for reducing sodium there is no reason to be concerned about it. And sugar...forget about that number if all your sugar is coming from real food and not from baked goods and candy.

    I looked at your diary. You would do well to concentrate on eating more fresh/frozen fruits and vegetables and more whole foods cooked at home. Kudos on the whole wheat pasta.

    If I could have 2,000 cal per day I'd be eating pasta almost every day. I can easily polish off a triple serving in no time flat.
  • carrieous
    carrieous Posts: 1,024 Member
    dont be so extreme about it. No one is going to have perfect numbers, its just not practical. That being said, figure out where your sodium is coming from and stop eating that food.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Any particular reason you're micro managing and not macro managing. If you don't have a medical condition that warrants that kind of management, then just stop..it's very difficult and cumbersome to manage your micro nutrients. Customize you macros and you will be fine. I go over on sugar all of the time and I WAS pre-diabetic...I get very little refined/added sugar in my diet and most of my sugar (still over) comes from a couple servings of fruit per day, my veg, and some whole grains and other starches...my blood work is much improved even though I'm over on sugar.

    To reduce sodium, you pretty much have to forgo anything pre-packaged or processed...and just go low sodium when you do get those things. I'm hypertensive and have to watch my sodium...I'm usually within 2,000 Mg to 2,500 Mg per day if you want to look at my diary. I can rarely get it below 2,000. For my hypertension, getting it below 2,000 never made a bit of difference...but if I go much over 2,500 I can pretty much feel my BP go up.
  • T1mH
    T1mH Posts: 568 Member
    Take a deep breath....




    Don't try to change everything at once. Start with portion control. Then make healthier choices. Slowly cut back and eliminate the things that are the worst offenders. Ignore the macro's as others have said until you get a grip on your calories. Make changes you can sustain long term. It's much easier to accept them if you ease into them then to change everything.

    Read nutrition labels. The buzz words diet, light, low fat, no fat, healthy, sugar free, nutrition rich, whole, organic, all natural, x number of grains, probiotic does not necessarily equal low calorie or healthy. Many of these things add in other stuff that's worse for you than eating the regular version of it. For a lot of things I'd rather cut my portion size by 10% than save 10% in calories to be eating things that don't taste as good and contain unknown ingredients that may be harming me. There is to much good food out there to eat things that don't taste as good as they can and be as healthy for me as they can be.

    If your serious about cutting sodium cut out the fast food and cut back on processed food. There is also a big difference in sugar if it is coming from fruits and vegetables versus candy bars and processed food.

Categories