(moved from old blog, written February 26, 2008)
Why is it that as soon as you really focus on cutting back on something, you immediately crave it far more than you ever have before? I bought reduced sodium soy sauce today. Soy sauce is not something that I use often, but I do love the salty, rich, dark syrupy goodness of kikkoman when I do. So I got the lower sodium version home and tasted it. It was not bad, but immediately my brain kicked into that panic mode and I could have just about picked up the regular kikkoman and gulped it. I craved ponzu sauce and wonton soup with soy sauce. MY BRAIN IS A BULLY! Why do I have to have this reaction when I am trying to eat healthier? Why does my brain insist on keeping me fat and unhealthy?
So anyway, salt. I need to spend some more time counting and measuring with our dinner time meals I guess. It may be that I can allow myself more salt at lunch than it seems. I would like to think that I could treat myself to one of the low fat options at subway occasionally, but right now it is the sodium that is worrying me.
