Time for a body update post...
With three weeks left of my challenge, time to give you a little bit of an update...
Weight - down by 2.3kg
Chest - Down by 6cm
Waist - down by 6cm
Hips - down by 8cm
Thighs - Down by 4cm
So.. HAPPY with this so far...
Over the past week I have been involved with a little self-imposed experiment that I am going to call "Project Sodium"....
Over the past week or so I have weighed each day (I don't normally do this) and with Calorie King, I have tracked my sodium intake and firstly discovered a LOT of sodium hidden in so many foods and drinks... (usually processed foods - perfect example is corn flakes, they use salt to process the corn which results in a serving of 30 grams of these have 246mg of sodium!!! FFS and more sodium than the same size serving of potato chips - 138mg sodium!!)
Anyway... my weight chart pretty much followed the sodium intake chart... when I had high sodium in my diet, my weight the next day was higher!
Fluid retention sucks... I have reviewed my diet and found where most of the hidden sodium lies (coke zero was one) and reduced my intake further! Project sodium will continue... just from personal interest point of view.. interesting how the body works hey!
Anyway... harvest is going well! I am a Little tired today. Jack came in last at about 9.30pm, earliest he has been in all week, and heads to bed early! Great.. a little catch up!! But no... he heads back out to the header at 2am!!!!!! Got home a little after 7 to find all three of his kids riding bikes int he drive way while their mother is still asleep !
have a great day!
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
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That is interesting - what would be a reasonable amount of sodium in a serving of food?
That's very interesting. I haven't actually tracked the amount of sodium in food before, but know that with my current eating plan, I am not even putting salt on the food I normally would. I think because when you eat 'normally' your body actually craves the salt and needs more. I know when I have been careful with food intake before and then have eaten a Tim Tam or drank some Jarrah latte chocolate drink...........the salty taste was revolting. It's in everything. Your figures are interesting and indeed very encouraging.
Your dh works very hard indeed. Mine works hard too, it's great to have such a good work ethic, but hard too when they don't seem to be around much.
Yeah I totally agree, salt is hidden in abolutely everything. Have a cup a soup and that has more salt in it then is recommended in a whole days eating!! I have always tried to stay away from anything processed, the amount of crap in those foods is just ridiculous! Good luck with project sodium :P
You know, this is SO sensible!!
Just after starting Cohens I did something similar and my scales actualyl measures the water vs fat vs muscle in my body so I could litterally see that in one day my water percentage changed drastically with a higher salt intake.
More women need to read this. Especially those who think it was a result of eating one tim tam wrong in a week of healthy eating that made them gain when it could have been their rice crackers.
REALLY great post Kirsty.
Sounds like you're getting great results and very much deserved.
I am glad to hear that the harvest is going well for you, it's about time!
WOW you are doing fantastically with your challenge, those are amazing results!
And the sodium thing is very interesting, makes sense that your weight fluctuates with it.
Fantastic post YM. Very interesting, I have a very bad problem with fluid retention so I need take a closer look at where the hidden sodium is. Thanks for this post, love the photo of the fire in the sunset. You should do photography.
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