So I’ve found the one sure thing to really slow progress…sodium. Increased consumption of sodium.

It wasn’t like I intentionally guzzled down a whole shaker of salt; but it was the hub’s birthday, and he wanted steak and potatoes, just the way I always made it. Never thought much of it, just started seasoning the steaks, salt, pepper, Kinder’s buttery steakhouse seasoning.

Cut up the potatoes, salted, peppered, tossed them into the pan to sautée with some butter, get a nice flavor, crispiness to the exterior, then into the oven to finish cooking.

Onto the steaks, toss a bit of salted butter in the pan, sear the steaks a few minutes both sides, then into the oven they go. Once they reach the desired internal temp, out of the oven, a dollop of truffle butter on top, cover and rest.

Veggies, steamed, salted and bit, steamed, onto the plate.

Et voila! Dinner is served!

I did not gorge myself (as I once might have!) but instead had a spoonful of potatoes, half of my steak, and a HEAPING serving spoonful of veggies.

Never once did the salt cross my mind…until the next morning’s weigh in wherein I had miraculously gained 4 pounds OVERNIGHT. WTAF?!? How is that possible?

Started pounding water…alternating between electrolyte water and regular water.

The next morning, and 1,000 bathroom trips later, we were back down to normal, even a 1/2 pound under where we had been.

Fast forward to this past weekend, hubs decides we need to try hibachi on his Blackstone. I’m down with that, figure we got us some lean steaks, good shrimp, nice chicken, a 1/2 cup of the rice, good helping of the veggies, I should be set! Even got LOW SODIUM soy sauce 😁

Y’all…TERIYAKI SAUCE!!! Over 1,000 mg of sodium!!! And there’s no telling how much of that mess he spread all over the rice, protein, veggies.

The next morning, you guessed it…4 FREAKING POUNDS UP! And the worst part was, I had pounded water all day in preparation for hibachi!!!

So I pounded more water, alternating again, 40 ounces of water, 16 ounces of electrolytes, 40 ounces of water, 16 ounces of electrolytes.

The next morning, back to the previous weight, but 1/2 pound up. I can deal with that.

Sodium. Is. The. DEVIL!!! It never once crossed my mind how much sodium I had once been consuming, and how I thought it was NORMAL. How am I not dead?

So now I’m watching EVERYTHING even more closely than I had before.

Sodium, in small doses, y’all…otherwise, you’re likely going to have a shocking discovery like I did! You might even come to a screeching halt!

Watch that sodium and watch that sugar!!!