Posted: 7/11/2011 1:42:04 PM EDT
So I've been tracking what I have eaten pretty closely for about 2 month now, using fitnesspal.com. It seems to work pretty well. Most of my days were about the same, and I weighed slightly less at 5 weeks than what they projected...dropped about 12 lbs. in all. I recently figured out how to customize their menus and one of the things that you can track is the amount of sodium you take in. I have no problem meeting calories, carbs, fat or protein goals, but I am having a mighty tough time keeping it under 2500 mg of sodium each day. ANY kind of sauce or prepared meat and cheese seems to be loaded up. Won't even mention soups. I've cut way back on all, but I sure miss my ham and mushroom soup.  Any better options out there? What do you all do to keep tabs on and limit the sodium intake?
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Quoted: So I've been tracking what I have eaten pretty closely for about 2 month now, using fitnesspal.com. It seems to work pretty well. Most of my days were about the same, and I weighed slightly less at 5 weeks than what they projected...dropped about 12 lbs. in all. I recently figured out how to customize their menus and one of the things that you can track is the amount of sodium you take in. I have no problem meeting calories, carbs, fat or protein goals, but I am having a mighty tough time keeping it under 2500 mg of sodium each day. ANY kind of sauce or prepared meat and cheese seems to be loaded up. Won't even mention soups. I've cut way back on all, but I sure miss my ham and mushroom soup. Any better options out there? What do you all do to keep tabs on and limit the sodium intake?-matt Make your own. Salt is a preservative and you find it by the truckload in processed foods. That's part of why your soup is nothing but salt. Meat has 0 salt if it's not prepackaged. Buying non processed costs more, but you should have 0 carbs and 0 salt in non processed meats. Honestly, cook it yourself or buy stuff that's made daily from an local restaurant, Whole Foods, Central Market, My Fit Foods, etc. Or buy a crock pot and make your own cheaply and freeze it. You can use low sodium salt if you so choose. |
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So I've been tracking what I have eaten pretty closely for about 2 month now, using fitnesspal.com. It seems to work pretty well. Most of my days were about the same, and I weighed slightly less at 5 weeks than what they projected...dropped about 12 lbs. in all. I recently figured out how to customize their menus and one of the things that you can track is the amount of sodium you take in. I have no problem meeting calories, carbs, fat or protein goals, but I am having a mighty tough time keeping it under 2500 mg of sodium each day. ANY kind of sauce or prepared meat and cheese seems to be loaded up. Won't even mention soups. I've cut way back on all, but I sure miss my ham and mushroom soup. Any better options out there? What do you all do to keep tabs on and limit the sodium intake?
-matt Make your own. Salt is a preservative and you find it by the truckload in processed foods. That's part of why your soup is nothing but salt. Meat has 0 salt if it's not prepackaged. Buying non processed costs more, but you should have 0 carbs and 0 salt in non processed meats. Honestly, cook it yourself or buy stuff that's made daily from an local restaurant, Whole Foods, Central Market, My Fit Foods, etc. Or buy a crock pot and make your own cheaply and freeze it. You can use low sodium salt if you so choose. Not sure how you can have low sodium salt  Salt = NaCl
Salt alternatives maybe but not low sodium salt |
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Quoted: Quoted: Quoted: So I've been tracking what I have eaten pretty closely for about 2 month now, using fitnesspal.com. It seems to work pretty well. Most of my days were about the same, and I weighed slightly less at 5 weeks than what they projected...dropped about 12 lbs. in all. I recently figured out how to customize their menus and one of the things that you can track is the amount of sodium you take in. I have no problem meeting calories, carbs, fat or protein goals, but I am having a mighty tough time keeping it under 2500 mg of sodium each day. ANY kind of sauce or prepared meat and cheese seems to be loaded up. Won't even mention soups. I've cut way back on all, but I sure miss my ham and mushroom soup. Any better options out there? What do you all do to keep tabs on and limit the sodium intake?-matt Make your own. Salt is a preservative and you find it by the truckload in processed foods. That's part of why your soup is nothing but salt. Meat has 0 salt if it's not prepackaged. Buying non processed costs more, but you should have 0 carbs and 0 salt in non processed meats. Honestly, cook it yourself or buy stuff that's made daily from an local restaurant, Whole Foods, Central Market, My Fit Foods, etc. Or buy a crock pot and make your own cheaply and freeze it. You can use low sodium salt if you so choose. Not sure how you can have low sodium salt Salt = NaClSalt alternatives maybe but not low sodium salt Well, you have Google just like anyone else. There are just under 6.5 million results for you to ponder. I'd start with search terms like "lite salt" and "low sodium salt" to start you off so you don't have to use that particular smiley again. You not understanding branding or a term =/= make it illogical. When the rest of the country functions just find with the term of Lite salt or Low sodium salt, then the problem is probably more local than you suspect.  |
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So I've been tracking what I have eaten pretty closely for about 2 month now, using fitnesspal.com. It seems to work pretty well. Most of my days were about the same, and I weighed slightly less at 5 weeks than what they projected...dropped about 12 lbs. in all. I recently figured out how to customize their menus and one of the things that you can track is the amount of sodium you take in. I have no problem meeting calories, carbs, fat or protein goals, but I am having a mighty tough time keeping it under 2500 mg of sodium each day. ANY kind of sauce or prepared meat and cheese seems to be loaded up. Won't even mention soups. I've cut way back on all, but I sure miss my ham and mushroom soup. Any better options out there? What do you all do to keep tabs on and limit the sodium intake?
-matt Make your own. Salt is a preservative and you find it by the truckload in processed foods. That's part of why your soup is nothing but salt. Meat has 0 salt if it's not prepackaged. Buying non processed costs more, but you should have 0 carbs and 0 salt in non processed meats. Honestly, cook it yourself or buy stuff that's made daily from an local restaurant, Whole Foods, Central Market, My Fit Foods, etc. Or buy a crock pot and make your own cheaply and freeze it. You can use low sodium salt if you so choose. Not sure how you can have low sodium salt Salt = NaCl
Salt alternatives maybe but not low sodium salt Its a fancy term/branding for a salt alternative. Youre correct though, no such thing as no salt salt. 
Most who fall for it are the ones that fall for oxygenated water, and that stupid balance bracelet... |