To combat sodium...

MrsFarrow
MrsFarrow Posts: 326 Member
edited September 28 in Food and Nutrition
Drinking extra water? My weigh in is tomorrow, and I'm making hot dogs for the husband. If I have two, I'll be -673 for my sodium. I'll go without eating them if I have to, but I am pretty hungry and I do need to eat a decent bit of calories to get my numbers in.

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  • redhotsmacker
    redhotsmacker Posts: 227 Member
    I hear potassium counters sodium. Maybe try eating a banana?
  • MrsFarrow
    MrsFarrow Posts: 326 Member
    Worth a shot! I just don't want to be a balloon for my weigh in!!
  • Kelly_Wilson1990
    Kelly_Wilson1990 Posts: 3,245 Member
    Drink lots of water.
  • sue26
    sue26 Posts: 412
    yep, banana has lots of potasium and should help:smile:
  • bjohs
    bjohs Posts: 1,225 Member
    I find that it's the BUN that bloats me up before weigh-in day. If you have to have the hot dogs... try having them without the buns.
  • MrsFarrow
    MrsFarrow Posts: 326 Member
    Thanks bjohs, great idea! Maybe I'll just have some veggies or something.
  • ambie35
    ambie35 Posts: 853 Member
    bump
  • MrsFarrow
    MrsFarrow Posts: 326 Member
    And I found if I nix the ketchup and the bun, I get under my sodium! Score!
  • SueHerm
    SueHerm Posts: 25 Member
    I really don't know of anything that will stop the salt effect by the next day. If you drink a lot of water, it will help a little but your body is going to hold onto what it needs to dilute the excess sodium in your blood and tissues. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
  • milaxx
    milaxx Posts: 1,122 Member
    Water doesn't cancel out sodium. You still have it in your body, It may help you not get a salt headache if you are one of those people that get those.personally I'd save the hotdogs for another day and incorporate them into my menu for that day so I could eat them without going over my sodium.
  • MrsFarrow
    MrsFarrow Posts: 326 Member
    That's what I did. Better safe than sorry, and I didn't want to bloat or anything!
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