Running, Salt and My Fitness Pal
ColorfulWeirdo
Posts: 113 Member
I am getting ready for the Marine Corps Marathon in October (for my 5th time), and I had a question about salt tablets and logging it on here.
I am someone who needs to use salt tablets. I have talked with several nutritionists, my doctor and my physical therapist and they all agree that salt pills are what I need (I sweat, a lot. A lot a lot). I have tried other alternatives, but I do great with salt tablets.
However, whenever I try to log the salt tablets My Fitness Pal puts me so deeply into the red that I often find I am functionally unable to track my sodium throughout the rest of the day. So my question is this: for those of you that run with salt tablets- do you log them? Is there a way to get MFP to recognize that if I go for a 12 mile run, I am going to need to consume more salt and sugar and up my averages? I am a OCD about seeing myself so deeply in the red when I know that I am doing what is right for my body. Should I just get over it, should I stop logging the tablets or is there an alternative I haven't thought of?
PS- Sorry if I sound a little defensive in this post. Whenever I have posted about salt tablets before on other websites, I always get responses of "you shouldn't use salt tablets, you should use ____." or "salt tablets will kill you," etc. I'd rather avoid that here. If salt tablets don't work for you- I'm sorry and I am hopeful/glad that you find something that works for you.
I am someone who needs to use salt tablets. I have talked with several nutritionists, my doctor and my physical therapist and they all agree that salt pills are what I need (I sweat, a lot. A lot a lot). I have tried other alternatives, but I do great with salt tablets.
However, whenever I try to log the salt tablets My Fitness Pal puts me so deeply into the red that I often find I am functionally unable to track my sodium throughout the rest of the day. So my question is this: for those of you that run with salt tablets- do you log them? Is there a way to get MFP to recognize that if I go for a 12 mile run, I am going to need to consume more salt and sugar and up my averages? I am a OCD about seeing myself so deeply in the red when I know that I am doing what is right for my body. Should I just get over it, should I stop logging the tablets or is there an alternative I haven't thought of?
PS- Sorry if I sound a little defensive in this post. Whenever I have posted about salt tablets before on other websites, I always get responses of "you shouldn't use salt tablets, you should use ____." or "salt tablets will kill you," etc. I'd rather avoid that here. If salt tablets don't work for you- I'm sorry and I am hopeful/glad that you find something that works for you.
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I don't take salt tablets, but if I did I would not log them. If they're screwing with the rest of the stuff in your diary, I see no reason to log them.0
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Salt tablets are fine. Don't log them. You're replacing what is lost through exercise. If you're actually worried about sodium intake log what you're getting in through foods. There are no/negligible cals in salt tabs and MFP doesn't subtract sodium for sweat rate or what not, so don't worry about it.0
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I just took that out of my diary page. I have three columns: carbs, protein and fats. I don't worry too much about the rest. I wouldn't bother logging them unless you are tracking sodium for a specific reason.
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Thanks for the advice folks! I'll stop logging them!0
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I'm with Keith, I took sodium off my tracker.0
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I wouldn't log them either. You are just putting back what was lost by exercising.0
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I am getting ready for the Marine Corps Marathon in October (for my 5th time), and I had a question about salt tablets and logging it on here.
I am someone who needs to use salt tablets. I have talked with several nutritionists, my doctor and my physical therapist and they all agree that salt pills are what I need (I sweat, a lot. A lot a lot). I have tried other alternatives, but I do great with salt tablets.
However, whenever I try to log the salt tablets My Fitness Pal puts me so deeply into the red that I often find I am functionally unable to track my sodium throughout the rest of the day. So my question is this: for those of you that run with salt tablets- do you log them? Is there a way to get MFP to recognize that if I go for a 12 mile run, I am going to need to consume more salt and sugar and up my averages? I am a OCD about seeing myself so deeply in the red when I know that I am doing what is right for my body. Should I just get over it, should I stop logging the tablets or is there an alternative I haven't thought of?
PS- Sorry if I sound a little defensive in this post. Whenever I have posted about salt tablets before on other websites, I always get responses of "you shouldn't use salt tablets, you should use ____." or "salt tablets will kill you," etc. I'd rather avoid that here. If salt tablets don't work for you- I'm sorry and I am hopeful/glad that you find something that works for you.
I have no interest in dissuading you from using salt tablets but I'm curious - why do those folks tell you that you "need" salt tablets?0
