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Sodium Intake

paigeswashko
paigeswashko Posts: 9 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello, I believe this is the correct place to ask this question. Almost daily, my sodium intake is higher than what it should be (Not always by much, but always over) however I do go to the gym or work out almost daily as well and I sweat quite a lot, I burn from 2,500 to 3,500 calories and almost always walk 10,000 steps (Or run or sprint or what ever i do at the gym) or more. My question is, should I be more careful with my sodium intake, or should I allow myself a little extra because of my high level of activity and amount of sweating?

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  • ncboiler89
    ncboiler89 Posts: 2,408 Member
    LOOL @ sodium macro. I don't know if I have met the suggested level. If you are in weight loss mode concentrate on calories in vs calories out.
  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited July 2015
    Do you have a medical issue and have to avoid salt?
    Yes than it could be a problem ( that problem can be solved by cooking your own food without salt..that makes a huge difference)

    When not dont worry about it.

  • Orphia
    Orphia Posts: 7,097 Member
    paigeswashko wrote: »
    Hello, I believe this is the correct place to ask this question. Almost daily, my sodium intake is higher than what it should be (Not always by much, but always over) however I do go to the gym or work out almost daily as well and I sweat quite a lot, I burn from 2,500 to 3,500 calories and almost always walk 10,000 steps (Or run or sprint or what ever i do at the gym) or more. My question is, should I be more careful with my sodium intake, or should I allow myself a little extra because of my high level of activity and amount of sweating?

    What TheOwlhouseDesigns said.

    But I must ask... what exercise are you doing to burn 2,500 to 3,500 calories?!

    Are you sure you don't mean kilojoules?
  • paigeswashko
    paigeswashko Posts: 9 Member
    Orphia wrote: »
    paigeswashko wrote: »
    Hello, I believe this is the correct place to ask this question. Almost daily, my sodium intake is higher than what it should be (Not always by much, but always over) however I do go to the gym or work out almost daily as well and I sweat quite a lot, I burn from 2,500 to 3,500 calories and almost always walk 10,000 steps (Or run or sprint or what ever i do at the gym) or more. My question is, should I be more careful with my sodium intake, or should I allow myself a little extra because of my high level of activity and amount of sweating?

    What TheOwlhouseDesigns said.

    But I must ask... what exercise are you doing to burn 2,500 to 3,500 calories?!

    Are you sure you don't mean kilojoules?

    Sorry, I think I confused you, my fitbit takes my basic metabolic rate and then adds the calories I burn so when I say I burn that daily I mean on top of my metabolism. So exercise wise I burn about 800-1200 calories a day
  • paigeswashko
    paigeswashko Posts: 9 Member
    TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »
    Do you have a medical issue and have to avoid salt?
    Yes than it could be a problem ( that problem can be solved by cooking your own food without salt..that makes a huge difference)

    When not dont worry about it.

    Okay thank you
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Lots of great sodium info here: http://sodiumbreakup.heart.org/sodium-411/
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Unless you have a medical condition where you should be avoiding sodium, I wouldn't worry too much about it. I will caution, that for myself, too much sodium causes water retention. Means the scale bites!
  • paigeswashko
    paigeswashko Posts: 9 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Unless you have a medical condition where you should be avoiding sodium, I wouldn't worry too much about it. I will caution, that for myself, too much sodium causes water retention. Means the scale bites!

    Yeah, I Get some pretty significant water retention from high sodium, which is one of the reasons why I don't think the sodium is a problem cause I haven't experienced any water retention recently. Thanks for your answer
  • taraskylit
    taraskylit Posts: 48 Member
    Increase potassium and water intake. Should be fine unless you have a medical issue.
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