Tony and I decided a couple months ago that I wasn’t going to be that concerned with my salt intake since when I workout, I sweat A LOT.  I still was a little conscious of how much I was eating and trying not to consume too much.  Since using myfooddiary.com I was able to track everyday.  Well over the last couple weeks I have (not so much) not been worried about it at all.  Seriously I was eating about 5000+ mg of sodium a day.  That is A LOT!!!  Well I am wondering if that is why I feel so bloated over the last week, why I have a 3 pound gain.  Maybe I am retaining a good deal of water.  

I have been watching old episodes of Biggest Loser and I heard one of the trainers tell a contestant not to consume more than 1200 mg of sodium a day.  WHAT??  Are you kidding me???  

I would have to only consume 1/5 of what I was.  That is going to be hard.  I told myself I would try over the next few days to eat less sodium.  So I was looking in my cabinets and pantry and tried to find low sodium foods and well…….it was hard.  I thought I could eat (just for a couple days) more oatmeal and some cottage cheese and then dinner will have the most sodium.  

Cottage cheese, I was disappointed to read that it contains 400 mg of sodium per serving (1/2 cup).  That is not good.  At least for what I am trying to accomplish over the next couple days.  No cottage cheese for me.  Chicken and tuna even has a good deal of sodium.  How ever am I going to only consume 1200 mg?   Unless my fridge is packed with fruits and veggies and financially that is just not possible.  Fruits and veggies down here is really expensive. 

I need to see if my weight dilemma right now is water related.  If it is not then it is either muscle gain or that I am destine to be overweight. 

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