Posted by Phil on January 20, 2013, at 10:12:48
I've felt powerless over weight gain on Seroquel, Lithium, etc. I also have the worst diet in the world and it's been like that forever.
I haven't been going to fast food joints and just this week thought, maybe I should read labels closer and see the max of sodium I should have a day. 1500mg for my age. One level teaspoon of salt has 2300mg of sodium. Is it mg?
I live, up till now, on frozen dinners. Packed with sodium and sugar. I haven't weighed myself but already I'm not bloated, I feel like I've lost ten pounds and I look like I have.
At my age, any age, this stuff is my enemy and I can't afford high blood pressue from sodium or all of the nasty side effects of sugar, type 2, etc.
One thing I do right is eat a lot of oatmeal, I love cinnamon so that's all I put on it.
If I drink soda it's coke zero, very low in sodium.
This is a big wake up call for me and frankly I'm proud of myself. I'm trying and that's all that counts. When I drop a few pounds I know that exercise will begin. Right now that's hard for me.
It's never too late, babblers. It's never too late.
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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