Yesterday, I ate poorly. My calories were in check, but I managed to eat over 5000mg of sodium! I was high in sodium all day (had a fry craving!), but I wrapped my day up at 1163 calories. Then, hunger struck at 10pm. I needed something that wouldnt put me over 1200 calories (or at least not far over). I settled on a pot of broth.
30 calories...1700!!!! Mg of sodium.
Today, I'm up a pound. I'm so frustrated because I'd really hoped to be down 5 pounds by Wednesday's trip, and I'm instead up 1 after 1.5 weeks at 1200 calories.
My day started healthy enough...
Greek yogurt with nuts and dried fruit
A chicken caprese salad with balsamic vinegar on the side (and a fork dipped in)
Then I was hungry so I had samples at the store and some alexia fries at home.
Could the high sodium cause the weight gain here?
Yes! Drink lots of water for the next few days (and keep you sodium intake in check) and it will be gone soon.
Could also be the food choices you make are not giving you adequate nutrition. That's more than 3x the recommended daily sodium for a healthy adult. It was lowere to 1500 last year.
Thanks for the feedback! I was getting concerned! My usual sodium intake is around 1500-2000 - not ideal, but not awful. I'm hoping that maybe I'll have seen a little weight loss by Wednesday if I up the water and cut the salt.
Is it safe to take a water pill to help beat the bloating?
It probably is the salt, but it's important to remember that fluctuations can have a lot of different causes, and trying to link today's number on the scale to yesterday's eating can lead you to a lot of false conclusions (salt is one of the few exceptions for many people).
It can take days and even weeks for the results of behavior (on-plan or off-plan) to show up on the scale. So if you expect today's weight to be entirely due to yesterday's eating, you occasionally may be dead-on accurate, but you can also end up jumping to some bizarre conclusions.
I was raised in a family that didn't use a lot of salt. I still don't have much of a salt-tooth. However, when I do crave salt, it's usually right before my period. I have learned that even if I avoid the salt, I will still gain some weight with TOM, but not nearly as much as if I indulge the salt craving. If I'm eating the extra salt, there's no way to see how much of the water weight is due to the salt and how much is due to the period.
Either way, it doesn't matter that much, because as long as I'm not overeating (which can be hard during TOM as well, because I'm far hungrier than usual) the water weight will disappear within a week - a little sooner if I drink more water, and eat a little lower-carb than usual.
Hmmm, that's possible too... I'm close-ish to TOM I think. Maybe I should weigh in more often than once a week to see if I'm really getting results?
