Salt!

{ November 23, 2010 @ 6:42 am } · { Uncategorized }

Alina: I think you should stop eating salt

Lisa: What! Are you crazy?

Alina: I think you should try, just for like 3 months, and see how much weight you lose

Lisa: What! I will die!!! 3 months is a LONG time

Alina: But salt makes you retain water, I think you should just see what happens

Lisa: I will DIE!

Tonight this was the dialogue between my sister and I as we sat at In-n-Out; me munching on some salty fries! I am a sucker for salt, and in a BIG way. I have to put salt on EVERYTHING! I even salt food seasoned with salt. I know, salt is so bad for me. I do not know why, but I crave it. I wake up and feel like I NEED it. I salt my tacos, sandwiches, salad, banana, hot cereal, and every dinner. To top it off, I eat fast food every day and drink a ton of soda.

I do not eat a LOT of fast food a day, but I eat it a lot during the week. If I was to stop consuming ALL salt, then that would mean I need to also stop eating out. I know that fast food is full of sodium. If I cut out the fast food, then the weight I lose after 3 months would not be completely dependent on the lack of salt, but instead the combination of no salt, fried or fatty foods. I  KNOW I would lose weight, no doubt at all. The question is: Can I do it?

If I have to give up salt and my precious soda, it would be like a heroin addict giving up heroin, a smoker giving up nicotine, a gambler giving up gambling! I have an addiction. I need help. Maybe I need to start the first SAA or Salt Addiction Anonymous! I bet my sister would love that. All jokes aside, I have a major problem that I do not see as a problem. I love salt, even though it may be bad for my health. My health is important however. I have gained a lot of weight in the past 6 years. I would like to lose 50lbs. I am not sure how much weight I will lose by cutting out salt, but I am positive it will be substantial.

This is to you Alina…I will try and cut out almost all salt from my diet. I cannot however, guarantee it will last for 3 months. So I will start day by day, then week by week. I am going to cry, complain and HATE life, but I will try my best. First, let’s see how the first week goes.

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