Eating on a sodium deficit

fluffychicken7

Hi everybody, first full day here and already I hit a bump on the road... I started this day innocuously plugging in food equivalence on the food journal and then found myself at -3000mg of sodium and couldn't figure out how this is so as I only ate a ham, egg and cheese hero for breakfast?

Well anyway, it doesn't matter to me at this point now because tomorrow I'll just make sure to make better food choices. But what does confuse me however, is I conservatively burned 1500 calories in 3 hours of cardio today and this exercise calculator doesn't take into account that you lose salt from dripping sweat as you work.. And now I have 1950 calories that I'm allowed to eat but no salt allotment? So what do I do now? Everything have salt in it even if you don't add any yourself. Do I just go to sleep hungry? What should I do?

Thanks in advance.

Xiaolongbao

Ignore the sodium.

Anything processed (I assume that thing you mention for breakfast is processed) will have loads of sodium. But sodium isn't really a big deal in terms of weight loss for the long term. Yes, it will make you retain water. Yes, processed food and too much sodium is not a good thing but it's not going to make you actually fatter.

So don't worry about it, focus on your calories for today and if you want to focus on sodium (I ignore it totally) then start fresh tomorrow.

DopeItUp

If you don't have any blood pressure problems or haven't been instructed by a doctor to avoid sodium, I wouldn't sweat it (no pun intended). It will cause some water retention but that's not a big deal either. Most days I'm at 3000+, sometimes 5000+. My blood pressure is 116/66. Meh.

fluffychicken7

Thank you for the quick responses. No, no, never had a blood pressure problem and I work out daily. (Also a fitness instructor). And that's a load off my shoulders!

Justkeepswimmin

Blood pressure OR diabetes OR a heart condition (all can be aggravated by sodium).

Personally IF I feel bloated I feel icki and get cranky and it's harder for me to put on my gym stuff and feel confident and go work out. That's a mental game though.

The great sodium debate is a constant one at my house and I'm on burn out from it. I think we've come to this mutual agreement: We will TRY to stay realistically low...not doctor recommended low (ie 1300 a DAY for hubby and 1800/day for me) We will even go over the 'daily recommended government allowance' to a point with 2000-3000 a day being our average and 5000-6000 on a go out to eat day. However, if I do closer to 3000 daily I get cranky for the above reasons.

Edited to say that EVEN my hubby's cardiologist said to hubby (diabetic with a heart condition so both of the above) that he definitely can have more sodium when he's working out hard like one of our big hikes. I don't think he would consider a brisk walk or jog enough to allow more sodium. I do wish there was a calculator adjustment for when you work out as to what is appropriate for both normal people and people on a reduced allowance.