8lbs for the win!

354 pounds. Looks like I am on my way! (^_^) Not too bad if I do say so myself. Today I decided to switch it up a bit and eat a veterinarian style dinner. You see earlier I had been pondering about how to change up my diet. You have some people who recommend cutting out all carbs while others suggest removing meat from my daily diet. I even spoke with one individual, who upon hearing that I ate like everyone else in my family but was the only one who was plus-sized, recommended I became a vegan all together. I don't know if I am ready for quite such a commitment. *chuckles* Right now I am discovering what my body likes and doesn't like. I also realized something else about my eating habits. Even though I didn't eat very often, once or twice a day, I still managed to take in a lot of sodium. I read somewhere that the daily intake of sodium should not exceed over 1500mg. I one the other hand have been eating in excess of over 2400mg! I believe this may be the reason why, along with me not consuming enough water, I would swell and retain water weight. I have been looking at the labels more closely and it seems just about everything pre-packaged has over 550mg of sodium per serving. I was absolutely at a loss when I decided that I would give canned soups a try. I'm not the biggest soup fan but I figured it would be a light meal that I could easily heat up in the microwave. I even made the effort to go for the "lite" soups. Well, first of all the medium sized cans are actually for two servings so I would have to remind myself to place half of the can in a container for later. What if I wasn't home? Am I suppose to just throw the other half away? I'm sorry but to me that is a waste of money. The companies should just give us the one serving and cut the prices in half so we don't have to worry about this sort of thing. Secondly, I found that some of the original soups actually had less sodium per serving. Are we now at a place where we have to trade calories for sodium? I guess I will be starting on my own soup recipes. *laughs* Until next time.

-SKBarnes