Are you frickin' kiddin' me????

Ok, I am doing great with all my numbers except for sodium. My 1.5 cups of cottage cheese has 1147 grams!!! WTH?? I drink more than the daily recommendation of 8 cups of water per day. So, my question is if I'm drinking plenty of water does it sort of counteract this sodium? I like soup too but it also loaded. It's depressing!!! Geessshhhh........dang sodium!

I know, I absolutely LOVE Cottage cheese, until I started watching my sodium :P

Sodium's a hard one. It's in almost everything unless you make all your food at home, which is an option. You can make your own soups pretty easily, using low-sodium broth and flavoring with herbs and spices rather than salt. I used to make soup in huge batches and then freeze it in baggies that held one bowl full.

Drinking more water will help keep you from retaining water weight, but as I just recently learned from someone here on the forum (and further research backed it up), sodium can cause problems with potassium absorption. You need to try to keep it under control so you're getting the potassium you need.

I have no idea about my sodium intake, I just wanted to say thanks for making me smile cause that's what I say all the time when life isn't going my way. Thank you, that was what I needed today.

Jodes
:-)

OMG, I am with you girl!!! I just got back from Applebee's and had the Weight Watcher's Chipotle Lime Chicken. I looked it up on my phone to make sure the calories and fat were okay; and they were fine! I get home to enter it in and it's 5,250 grams of sodium!!! I weight-in on Monday mornings! All my water for today will be STORED. I looked up the other meal I almost got and it had 1,800 grams of sodium. I SUCK.

cottage cheese suggestion:
(cause i love it too but cannot handle the sodium)

The dry curd cottage cheese has so little salt.. BUT is rather like eating wadded up cardboard *L* soooo.. 'moisten' it with a lil greek yogurt!
*grins*
works like a charm, low sodium and benefit of extra protein!

I've been feeling really dehydrated even though I drink between eight and twelve glasses of water a day, so I've been cutting back on sodium. So far, I haven't had a problem with it, but I'm avoiding canned soups. I also don't eat frozen dinners like Lean Cuisine. I buy no salt added canned tomatoes. You can also buy low sodium chicken broth and soups. For me, just being aware of high sodium foods is enough - I check labels before buying stuff (usually I just focus on calories, fats, sugars, and carbs).

You can do this! Sodium is now even lower not 2,500 mg its going down to 1,300 mg a DAY! Start slowly so you don't get to frustrated and work your way lower. Soup is always high in sodium you can search for low sodium recipes I use Mrs. Dash (it has 0 sodium) and I buy all the flavors and they also have marinades! For Soups you can look up "Kitchen Basics" Unsalted they have Vegetable-Beef & Chicken Stock, not sure where you live but I found that my Super Target has it and so does Kroger! Good luck!

Just wanted to post this link to Celery benefits...http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=14

You can do this! Sodium is now even lower not 2,500 mg its going down to 1,300 mg a DAY! Start slowly so you don't get to frustrated and work your way lower. Soup is always high in sodium you can search for low sodium recipes I use Mrs. Dash (it has 0 sodium) and I buy all the flavors and they also have marinades! For Soups you can look up "Kitchen Basics" Unsalted they have Vegetable-Beef & Chicken Stock, not sure where you live but I found that my Super Target has it and so does Kroger! Good luck!

I didn't know Mrs. Dash has marinades. OMG! I have to find some.I use all of the seasonings now and they are great.

I track my sodium but I don't have high blood pressure nor am I at risk. I guess I feel if I'm putting in all this work to change my lifestyle I might as well do it all the way.

Well except when I eat my steam crab legs and shrimp w/o seasoning. They are extremely high in sodium but I drink 128 oz of water a day so I should be good.

Basically EVERYONE should be watching their sodium in-take....most do not and that is what leads us to problems as we get older. I use to think "I don't use much salt" until I started reading labels "#1 thing when making a life change" you would be SHOCKED at how much is in everything sure soup has a lot but look at the servings on the can...its usually 2-3 servings PER CAN so no triple that sodium #! When I did this I went through all my spices threw out old ones and ones that where loaded in sodium, I donated my canned vegetables ...and stopped buying anything in a box that is a meal lol! Its hard but it can be done! Yes, Celery has a lot of sodium (natural sodium) but no matter how you look at Celery vs. Hot dogs its much healthier for you! Does drinking a ton of water when you over do the salt ...yes, it may help but you should really try to limit that happening...Prevention mag. has a book out about sodium, little expensive but I'm sure it has a lot of information! I usually find a lot of my information online! Do your homework & READ your labels!!!

I watch my sodium because my family has a history of heart disease...basically nothing prepared or pre-packaged...even the VH Steamers are loaded...no more soup for me, or regular margarine. No more boxed or instant anything. I don't make my own soup though, I tried it once and it tasted gross...i do use low sodium chicken broth instead of oil though and I found it works really well.