my name is smilesavy and I am a salt addict

smilesavy

The first step is admitting you have a problem...right?  I have been very conscience about my salt intake over the past few days....and I am CRAVING it!!!  It is like my crack...my coke...whatever you wanna call it..I need to figure out how to stop it or I am going to have my family throw an intervention really soon.

lbarr088

What is your diet normally like?  Are you under a lot of stress?  I feel like more info is needed to give some sort of advice.

smilesavy

I am under a great deal of stress.  I am 4 months from my wedding, in my busiest time of year at work, and waiting to hear about a job for my FI that will relocate us 1300 miles before our wedding date...

but my salt addiction has always been there...I am not a sweets person...I would take a bag of chips over a choclate bar....I would take a pretzel over a cookie....

My diet is pretty much the same (give or take daily)
3 hard boiled egg whites and fruit for breakfast

carrots or pretzels for snack

salad with some protein for lunch or sandwhich

Orange for a snack

and dinner varies....

but I sit here and crave salt...it was easier to quit smoking for me than to give up salt.....

J&K10910

Have you tracked your calorie and sodium intake?  Are you getting ENOUGH?  Normally when you truly crave something, it can mean your body needs it.  Your diet looks pretty lean.  I feel like you should probably be eating more to begin with--but it looks pretty low sodium as well. 

lbarr088

Ditto J.

I also agree that you could probably benefit from eating more.

rlavach

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[QUOTE]I am under a great deal of stress.  I am 4 months from my wedding, in my busiest time of year at work, and waiting to hear about a job for my FI that will relocate us 1300 miles before our wedding date... but my salt addiction has always been there...I am not a sweets person...I would take a bag of chips over a choclate bar....I would take a pretzel over a cookie.... My diet is pretty much the same (give or take daily) 3 hard boiled egg whites and fruit for breakfast carrots or pretzels for snack salad with some protein for lunch or sandwhich Orange for a snack <strong>and dinner varies...</strong>. but I sit here and crave salt...it was easier to quit smoking for me than to give up salt.....
Posted by smilesavy[/QUOTE]
Is that were all the salt is? Because other than the pretzels, everything else seems ok. There seems to be a missing link here.

firsttimersluck

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[QUOTE]Have you tracked your calorie and sodium intake?  Are you getting ENOUGH?  Normally when you truly crave something, it can mean your body needs it.  Your diet looks pretty lean.  I feel like you should probably be eating more to begin with--but it looks pretty low sodium as well. 
Posted by J&K10910[/QUOTE]

<div>I agree with this. Sometimes when we are craving, it's our body saying, "Hey I'm lacking this!!! Give it up!!" </div><div>If you don't think that's what it is, however, you need to form a new habit. If you love sodium when you stress, try to make a new habit.. Such as.. You're stressed so you... take a bath, light incense, eat celery (or anything that's pure water). It will take some time, but retrain your mind to crave THOSE things during stressful times rather than sodium.. I used to be a chips obsessed woman, and cannot tell you the last time I had chips.. It's been forever.. Once I kicked that taste out of my system, I stopped craving... </div><div>Now, if I REEALLY want junk food, I make homemade fries from butternut squash or sweet potatoes... I do add a little bit of salt, or dip it in [homemade] ketchup.. but it's totally worth it.. and because it takes tiime and effort to make them, I never overdo it. :) </div>

MrsKathyC

You could try sea salt, it's supposed to have less sodium.