WHOAAA I took in how much????
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reefmantis
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So I am new to the app and was shocked/amazed at what my sodium intake per day. Was anyone else shocked at their intake of anything?
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Sugar. i had no idea just how much sugar I was eating. Even in things I thought at the time were healthy there was so much sugar.0
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I was surprised at my lack of protein and fibre.0
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I was actually eating less calories than I thought before I started tracking
but I was "dieting" at the time
ETA: lots of people track fiber instead of sugar cuz nobody cares about sugar (except diabetics ofc)
ETA2: *kitten* sodium I eat tons of it and my BP just came back at 106/600 -
Sodium. Why is there so much salt in everything??0
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KrissSaysHi wrote: »draznyth, do you find you still hold onto any water from the salt? in the last 43 days i've been logging a couple times where i've had more salt then usual i hold onto a pound or two of water weight for a few days.
if you are in a constant and consistent deficit then water weight shouldn't really be an issue
but if you are concerned about water retention due to sodium intake then what you really need to do is start drinking a lot more water
the bloating in that case would be due to dehydration, not directly because of the sodium consumption
oh and don't weigh yourself every day because fluctuations are completely normal
I prefer once a week, same time of day (at night, not in the morning), wearing the same clothes0 -
Theres no reason to worry about sodium if you drink your body weight in ounces of water everyday and workout at least 5 days a week to the point of getting a good sweat going0
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I was shocked at the calories in everything. Especially "healthy" foods and juices...0
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KrissSaysHi wrote: »I guess im gonna have to start forcing myself to drink more.
To be honest since i've gotten my blood sugars under better control not having to pee every 30 min has been nice haha. Thanks tho i will take everything you said into consideration for sure!
yea I mean drinking a lot of water sucks
like *kitten*
but what are you gonna do right? lol0 -
Shocked no. But it was definitely an education seeing just how many calories are actually in things and how small some portions really are.
I think for me the real surprise was how much a tablespoon of mayo, dressing or butter really was. It turned out to be more than I thought it would be.0 -
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Theres no reason to worry about sodium if you drink your body weight in ounces of water everyday and workout at least 5 days a week to the point of getting a good sweat going
If I drank that much water I would kill someone. It's a good number if you are a healthy weight, but I am very over weight and I would never drink that much water. I work out six days a week. 30 minutes to an hour of cardio and then weights. I do pushups, situps and squats. I drink about 60 to 80 ounces of water and never feel dehydrated. Everyone's different. I have no blood pressure issues and never have.0 -
I don't even track my sodium. Sugars either. And I'm still losing. No issues with bloating also.0
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I realized my sodium intake is about 6000mg per day. Crazy0
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