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Yes! FYI: I read online that if you rinse canned lentils before using them in a recipe you can reduce the sodium on the label by about 35%. Hopefully that helps for other things, like my favorite GREEN BEANS. You guys remember when I binged and ate a whole can of green beans? lol I was so stressed out that day that I wanted to eat everything in the house, but told myself I would not binge on anything that would increase my blood sugar. I was and still am proud of myself for not going on a horrible binge that day. WooHoo!
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152.4 lb
Lost so far: 49.6 lb.
Still to go: 16.4 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 07 August 2014:
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1047 kcal
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Fat: 40.49g | Prot: 54.15g | Carb: 133.13g.
Breakfast: Black Tea, Watermelon, Friendly Farms Small Curd Cottage Cheese, Black Pepper, Nuts.com Hazelnuts Raw Filberts (No Shell), Brazil Nuts, Blueberries (Unsweetened, Frozen), Red Delicious Apples, ProGrade Nutrition whey protein powder vanilla, Water, Green Tea. Lunch: Fit & Active Peach iced tea (Fit&Active), BetterBody Organic Chia Seeds, Dried Whole Sesame Seeds, Trader Joe's Roasted & Unsalted Sunflower Seeds, Wheat Montana Milled Flax Seed, Millville Old Fashioned Oats, Unsweetened Iced Tea, Southern Grove Oven Roasted Unsalted Whole Almonds. Dinner: Equate Sugar Free Fiber Therapy, Tap Water, Bella Sun Luci Sun Dried Tomatoes Halves, Baby Carrots, Celery, Kroger Iceberg Lettuce, Carrots & Red Cabbage, Sargento Natural Blends - Provolone-Mozzarella Cheese Slices, Tumaro's Low-in-Carb Wrap Multi-grain. Snacks/Other: Nestle Nips Sugar Free Hard Coffee Candy, Wrigley Extra Dessert Delights Sugarfree Gum - Peach Cobbler, Fit & Active Peach iced tea (Fit&Active), Great Value Decaffeinated Iced Tea with Peach Drink Mix, Wrigley Orbit Sugar Free Chewing Gum - White Spearmint. more...
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1708 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (slow) - 2/mph - 20 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 40 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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losing 2.8 lb a week
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 Comments
Yep.. I feel like that sometimes when I eat an entire bundle of celery. I'll tell myself 'a binge is still a binge' but compromise my self berating behavior with 'it coulda been worse, ya know..'
07 Aug 14 by member: FullaBella
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I noticed this when I was putting in bean sprouts the other day, with the water in the can the sodium was MUCH higher, without the liquid it was like non-existent...I bet that's true for most canned veggies, beans, etc...
07 Aug 14 by member: Socolova
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Deb, does the rinsing hold true for all foods? One of my splurge meals is a big bowl of jumbo or extra large shrimp. They're decent in calories but the sodium is simply obscene! Even though I know it wouldn't change what my records show here, it would be nice to know I was lowering the sodium some. I do rinse them now - I'm just wondering if it really makes a difference in the sodium.
07 Aug 14 by member: Vickie 5966
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So glad I did not eat cake or candy that day. I do not want to undo what I have been able to achieve so far. Going all the way to the goal weight, no matter how long it takes!
07 Aug 14 by member: Deb_N
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I think it's because canned things need preservatives to keep them from going bad?? Kinda like in the old days when they put salt on meat before refrigerators?? Maybe I'm way off but that's how I assume it works...
07 Aug 14 by member: Socolova
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I always rinse shrimp and pat them dry before cooking. Not sure if it helps to lower the sodium or not. I have to go for my walk and will check back here later. Thanks for your support and comments!
07 Aug 14 by member: Deb_N
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That's interesting about the sodium. I've noticed that some Goya beans have low-sodium varieties. Great job on not binging on anything unhealthy, and for your weight loss today :)
07 Aug 14 by member: ChristyLA
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Like you I rinse most of the canned veggies and beans that I use. Usually I go for dried beans and lentils that I cook in the crock pot. I soak the beans for a few hours first, rinse, cook and rinse again.
07 Aug 14 by member: kattay
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07 Aug 14 by member: Socolova
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I too LOVE green beans.. I don't care what they are in or what's on them... they are awesome
07 Aug 14 by member: kristyanne3
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GREEN! You're GREEN! I don't eat much out of cans, but always rinse when I do. I'm sure that helps lower the sodium.
07 Aug 14 by member: RobynByrd1971
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There is nothing wrong with eating a whole can of green beans, there is only about 70 calories for the whole can. Better to do that than eat a piece of bread and butter.
07 Aug 14 by member: diehard3
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I never knew lentils even came in a can. I have always used fresh.
07 Aug 14 by member: eddie1261
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Green! omg! Talking about green beans and my weight bar turned green. Love it! WooHoo!
07 Aug 14 by member: Deb_N
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Deb's a Green Bein' !! Wheeeeeeeeeeee!!!
07 Aug 14 by member: Vickie 5966
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I always use dry lentils and cook them. I know rinsing legume type beans from a can reduces the salt. I usually cook my own from dry, but I do keep canned ones on hand and se now and then. I never ever use canned bean sprouts, fresh are o good.
07 Aug 14 by member: wholefoodnut
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lol I love bein' green! I am still celebrating my green weight history, but no food celebrating. ✔ I feel like fireworks are going off in my mind. So happy today!
07 Aug 14 by member: Deb_N
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07 Aug 14 by member: dreamcatcher10
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yaaaaaaaaaaay! happy green-ness!
08 Aug 14 by member: Socolova
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Congratulations on the green! Happy dance for you! And don't it feel good!
08 Aug 14 by member: kattay
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