What seems like an oxymoron for me is my doctor said limit my salt to 1500 mg. or less a day, put me on a diuretic, and told me to drink a lot of water. A diuretic to get rid of excess water only to drink "a lot" more. LOL!! I understand, it just sounds funny.
I always considered myself to eat fairly healthy but I found I was not eating too healthy at all. My biggest problem area was sodas. However, when I started keeping track of my salt intake, I started to realize how much salt is in our foods. It seems like such a small thing, but it's huge! In 4 weeks I have completely overhauled my diet. I significantly cut my sodas back to just one a day (and working to get rid of that one), eat lean meat, raw vegetables, and fruits. I was addicted to carbohydrates, and cut out white potatoes, white bread, sugar, and chips! However, the one thing I struggle to give up is chips and salsa! So, I made my own salt free salsa with all raw vegetables and froze it. In the organic section of our grocery store, I found some low salt all natural corn chips which have one third the amount of salt per serving, and their serving size was twice as much as a name brand bag of chips, so it completey satisfies my cravings with just one portion.
So, in 4 weeks I have lost 6lbs. I am not significantly overweight, but I could lose 20-25 lbs to be on target. I am sure it is mostly water but I do feel a lot better eating this way. Next step however is to amp up the exercise and get moving.
Last evening I took the dogs on a walk. Mylee is on restricted exercise, so I carried her. She was my "free" weight and boy did I feel it by the time I got home. LOL.
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