gottaloseit

Hi everyone,

I am just 8 months post op and down over 100 lbs. I am feeling really good but the last few weeks, I have not dropped one pound and actually have gained one pound. I know what I need to do and have been working on it but I have a question about salt.....

I love crackers, my favorites are Goldfish (cuz I can eat a few a feel good) and these stinking Sesame Rice crackers I have found at Trader Joe's. When I want a snack, these are always what I go to. I do not eat bread, rice or pasta and figure the crackers cannot be so bad but I am wondering if it is the salt that my body is craving. I do not salt my food when I eat it, I just use pepper so maybe I am not getting enough salt. My husband told me he saw some program on tv about addictions to salt...could this be true.

Any thoughts from all you wise people??

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Chris
"Made One-DerLand 5/11/07
Joined Century Club 7/6/07 Woo-Hoo 13.8 lbs To Dr.'s Goal"
Surgery date November 27, 2006
Dr. Machado, Sac Bariatric
286.4 on Date of Surgery / 173.8 Now / 160 My Dr.'s Goal ~ 5' 6"




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LQQkn

dunno about a salt addiction, but I eat a lot of sunflower seeds, and I know that when I do it helps to keep my weight stable. When I don't my weight starts to drop and go all over the place. Janie

kittens4

I eat goldfish crackers too!!! I never thought about the salt thing. Whatever it is.....I love them and am not giving them up any time soon!

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Elaine
Started at 260, Happy now at 155ish....

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VanessaSFL

Goldfish Girl here too!

I have always craved salt post -op.
I can remember licking the salt off of chips before I introduced carbs back into my food choices.

I also had some dizzy spells where I was passing out...Both my PCP and the cardiologists told me to add more salt to my diet.I have had not had any issues with becoming dizzy/passing out since.

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Van


Lap RNY March,21 2005
280/130

VPA BEAR

Tracie

Sometimes craving salt can indicate anemia...as can craving ice.

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Tracie

open RNY 4/16/04
318/160/140

Newest addition, Charles William, 4/1/08

nashuk21

WOW
I crave salt too.
I have always had a low salt diet as my Dad through illness could not have salt. What surprise me is that craving ice could mean you are anemic. I always want ice pops and ans salty food.
Thanks for the heads up will discuss it with my surgeon on the next visit.

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NOVEMBER 3rd GBP

Before Now Goal
317/191/170

126 pound gone and still going down

Height 5 8"

Reaching for the stars and going for GOLD

LisaM

My nutritionist told me I might be craving salt (and I do, constantly) for two reasons--one, my body wants to hold water because otherwise I dehydrate, and two, my blood pressure constantly stays low post-op, and my body is trying to keep it from going too low. I wasn't aware that my body was that stinking smart (it showed no signs of being intelligent pre-op... ) but was willing to accept her ideas as a working hypothesis.

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Lisa M

Lap RNY - 9/26/05
surgery/lowest/goal
Weight: 303/137/150
BMI: 56/25.1/27.4
Now in maintenance stage, with desired weight range: 150-153 pounds
Current weight: 139 Updated 10/21/08

"Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself." Harvey Fierstein

AusLaurie

maybe we all used to eat a LOT more salt which was hidden in fast food, restaurant food, processed and junk food?

I know that I hardly ever eat those things now. The processed food is a huge place for hidden salt and I find that a lot of that food tastes yucky now.

Just a thought

Laurie

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Laurie




Highest Weight 242
Surgery 220 (Nov 15, 2006)
154 (April 20, 2007)
147 (June 9, 2007)
154 (Mar 21,2008)
Goal ?
Height 5'5''