Changing The Way I Eat - Week 3 (Updated Daily)

Today marks the beginning of week three. Week three of eating better that is, or a low sodium diet, if you want to put a label on it. It's also the beginning of week #3 with no caffeine. Since I've started this diet of mine, my anxiety level seems to have dropped, and all around I feel better, which is a good sign that it's working (or at least I think it is).

Day 15 - For breakfast, I had a glass of yogurt (not sure calories, but sodium wise, was the same 150mg to 170mg), and some of my trail mix (140 calories, 0mg). For lunch, I had 2 servings of brown rice (300 calories, 0mg), and two tablespoons of Creamy Chipotle Ranch (170 calories, 150mg).

For dinner, I had a peanut butter & boysenberry jam sandwich (on a bagel. Not sure the calories for the bread, but it had 140mg of sodium). The peanut butter I had half the serving, (so again not sure calories wise, but sodium wise, 70mg). I also had a tortilla (171mg of sodium), a tablespoon of mayo (not sure calorie wise, but 70mg), and a cheese (not sure calorie wise, but 180mg). I also had a banana (102 calories, 1mg)

Day 16 - For breakfast, I had Honey Nut Cheerios Medley Crunch. (160 calories, 120mg) and the milk (120 calories,150mg). For lunch, I actually had a snack of my peanuts and my trail mix (300 calories, 0mg).

For dinner, I had a serving of pasta (not sure on the calories, but 0mg), two tablespoons of Chipotle Creamy Ranch (170 calories, 150mg), turkey meat (660 calories, 285mg), a tortilla (not sure calories, 171mg), a piece of cheese (not sure calories, 180mg), and a tablespoon of Spicy Chipotle Pepper (25 calories, 85mg).

Day 17 - For breakfast, I had Honey Nut Cheerios Medley Crunch. (160 calories, 120mg) and the milk (120 calories,150mg). For lunch, I actually had a snack of my peanuts and my trail mix (300 calories, 0mg). For lunch, I didn't have anything to eat.

I had an early dinner instead. I had a chicken sandwich (the tendercrisp one with Honey Mustard), and a street taco, with water (ate at Carl's Jr. before going to the store). Sodium wise, that was 1270mg, which put me slightly over the 1500 mark, which isn't bad.

Day 18 - I didn't have a chance to eat breakfast this morning, as I got up and gave myself a haircut and then went to church. For lunch, I had a rice cake (chocolate) (60 calories, 40mg), some chips (130 calories, 10mg per serving), two tablespoons of mayo (200 calories, 140mg), and a trail mix granola bar (140 calories, 65mg).

For Dinner, I had two turkey burgers (660 calories, 285mg), two tortillas instead of buns (171mg each), two tablespoons of mayo (200 calories, 140mg), and two slices of Swiss cheese  (50mg). I also had potatoes with no seasoning (0mg) and a tablespoon of spicy chipotle pepper spread (25 calories, 85mg).

Day 19 - Had a bowl of cinnamon life cereal (120 calories, 150mg) and milk (120 calories, 150mg).

I forgot to update the rest of day 19 and day 20, so I won't go ahead and put what I ate, but that for the two days, I did stay under 1500 mg.

Day 21 - I didn't eat anything in the morning. Instead I ate a late lunch/early dinner. I had a small Lobster Salad sub from Quiznos. I had it on the Artisan Wheat Bread. I don't know how much sodium it had, but it was less than the 1,090 sodium that's on the nutrition menu (the bread listed on Quiznos website is 1,090), so at the very most, that's what mine was, but wheat is lower in sodium. Either way, for the day, I'm below 1500mg of sodium for the day. I had wheat noodles (0mg) with two tablespoons of mayo (200 calories, 140mg), and banana chips.