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Yesterday I received a message from my armband pedometer website: You are eating foods high in sodium. Today you ate 1,835mg of sodium so far, and the daily recommended maximum is 1,500mg. The USDA says that foods with less than 140 mg sodium per serving can be labeled as low sodium foods. Claims such as "low in sodium" or "very low in sodium" on the front of the food label can help you identify foods that contain less salt (or sodium). Tips from U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
My weight gain must have been the salty chicken salad. I was also high in fat yesterday due to the boiled eggs and mayonnaise in the chicken salad. I thought that homemade chicken salad would be more healthy than store bought one. If I had eaten only 1/2 a cup instead of a whole cup I might have done better. Or just say no to chicken salad. Still thinking this over. :)
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152.8 lb
Lost so far: 49.2 lb.
Still to go: 16.8 lb.
Diet followed reasonably well.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 06 August 2014:
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1086 kcal
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Fat: 39.92g | Prot: 54.54g | Carb: 151.54g.
Breakfast: Green Tea, Water, ProGrade Nutrition whey protein powder vanilla, Red Delicious Apples, Blueberries (Unsweetened, Frozen), Brazil Nuts, Nuts.com Hazelnuts Raw Filberts (No Shell), Black Pepper, Friendly Farms Small Curd Cottage Cheese. Lunch: Southern Grove Oven Roasted Unsalted Whole Almonds, Unsweetened Iced Tea, Millville Old Fashioned Oats, Wheat Montana Milled Flax Seed, Trader Joe's Roasted & Unsalted Sunflower Seeds, Dried Whole Sesame Seeds, BetterBody Organic Chia Seeds, Fit & Active Peach iced tea (Fit&Active). Dinner: Tap Water, Equate Sugar Free Fiber Therapy, Happy Farms Provolone Cheese Deli Sliced, Tumaro's Low-in-Carb Wrap Multi-grain, Kroger Iceberg Lettuce, Carrots & Red Cabbage, Celery, Baby Carrots, Bella Sun Luci Sun Dried Tomatoes Halves. Snacks/Other: Wrigley Orbit Sugar Free Chewing Gum - White Spearmint, Great Value Decaffeinated Iced Tea with Peach Drink Mix, Brach's Cinnamon Hard Candy Sugar Free, Fit & Active Peach iced tea (Fit&Active), Wrigley Extra Dessert Delights Sugarfree Gum - Peach Cobbler. more...
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1713 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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gaining 1.4 lb a week
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I hope I didn't jinx you! We both know that you'll go back down. After your kind of sustained success, isn't it nice to have that assurance that you CAN do it? It's just a matter of time before you're in the green and then the blue. {{{hugs}}}
06 Aug 14 by member: RobynByrd1971
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No, no jinx! ♥ It's my own doing. I also had walnuts for the first time yesterday and that pushed my fat over my 35%. I did only have half a serving of walnuts, though. Went back to almonds today. ;)
06 Aug 14 by member: Deb_N
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Probably the mayo - I replaced it with nonfat yogurt in everything and now I can't even stand a drop of it, feels too heavy...
06 Aug 14 by member: AilaOne
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I know, I started doing my diet and journaling it the day before , then if it goes over, I cut in in half and sometimes in fourth, so that means I am constantly measuring my food, so I stay in my limits, but then there are days I go over a little and days I go under.
06 Aug 14 by member: karenromiaih2002
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Its trial and error, lol, almost scientific, but I love it that we know.
06 Aug 14 by member: karenromiaih2002
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Wow, that armband is great. Just double check your sodium on your food intake log, as you input so you can adjust it accordingly.
06 Aug 14 by member: toppy24564
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On some days I hit all my targets for fat, carbs, fiber, sugar, protein and calories, even my sodium. Once in a while, my fat or sodium is too high. I really need to log my dinner before I eat it, and see if it is good for me or I need to eat a smaller portion. Or eat something else.
06 Aug 14 by member: Deb_N
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What i've noticed on fs is that if you log (cooked) vegetables it automatically adds sodium to your food diary. I need add any salt to vegetables so I enter them as raw.
06 Aug 14 by member: njashka8
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Thanks for the tip about using yogurt instead of mayo, AilaOne. After all our kids and house guests leave, it will just be the two of us emptynesters here. I am thinking to buy a small yogurt maker. Soon I won't need to make yogurt by the gallon any more.
06 Aug 14 by member: Deb_N
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I made the mistake of eating 3 pickles from a minimart (packageed up) and it had so much sodium that I think I had chest pain! (That was on top of a day with other hi sodium content items. I'm refocusing on sodium intake as well.
06 Aug 14 by member: David Glen
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I gave up pickles and olives as snacks. The chicken salad had chopped pickles, canned peas and salt, along with the salt in the mayo. My daughter also added salt to the chicken when she cooked it. If only I had not eaten cottage cheese the same day [390 mg of sodium], I would have been under my 1500 mg sodium target.
06 Aug 14 by member: Deb_N
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Deb, try this recipe for "banting mayo":
1 whole egg
2 egg yolks
1 tbsp dijon mustard;
juice of 1 lemon
1/2 cup coconut oil;
1/2 cup olive oil (NOTextra virgin as it is too strong in taste)
1 tbsp double thick Greek yoghurt
some vinegar to your taste
salt & pepper or another seasoning to your taste
Mix the eggs, mustard & lemon juice in a food processor.
Melt the coconut oil (don't heat too much or the eggs will curdle).
Turn the food processor to fast speed & slowly pour in the coconut oil & olive oil into the egg mixture.
Once the mayo has emulsified, add the yoghurt, vinegar & seasoning.
I'm a mayo addict but this is growing on me fast.
06 Aug 14 by member: Pixipi
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Hellman's Light Mayo is really good and doesn't have too much "junk" in it (in my opinion). I normally steer away from light products, but this tastes really good and I like how it enables me to make chicken salad that is still moist without having lots of oil.
06 Aug 14 by member: DianaBanana
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P.S. I think the light mayo and yogurt in a ratio of 1:1 would taste really yummy. I have a recipe that does something like this...need to try it again.
06 Aug 14 by member: DianaBanana
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Pixipi, your recipe sounds yummy!
06 Aug 14 by member: DianaBanana
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I have read several articles about pickles, sauerkraut, fermented foods, etc. On one hand not recommended because of being salt bombs, another article saying they have good probiotics for the gut. Mayo gets written about a lot, "avoid it completely, its like squirting fat directly into your body" and use mayo with olive oil to get at least some healthy fats. I have tried to change out mayo for nonfat Greek yogurt or avocado slice. Works on most things, but not my tuna fish salad, so I compromise with mayo with olive oil. Depends on what you really like, cut out, or willing to compromise to achieve the results you want. Have never been able to eat chicken, turkey, or egg salad so I have nothing to say about them :)
06 Aug 14 by member: kattay
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Lots of good information , I enjoyed reading all of the posts.
06 Aug 14 by member: karenromiaih2002
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06 Aug 14 by member: dreamcatcher10
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how much mayo did you use. I barely use enough to wet it - just to give it a hint of flavor. I add a little pepper for flavor and a TINY bit of relish - I mean like 1/4 tsp in the whole batch - it has enough flavor that it goes throughout... maybe just put half a boiled egg for your particular sandwich?? theres a way to eat that it wont be as high - you just have to fine what works... but chicken salad is def a fav of mine too!
07 Aug 14 by member: kristyanne3
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Chicken salad is scrumptious no matter what you do to it! Hard to pass it up.
07 Aug 14 by member: David Glen
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