AtypicallyRecovering

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Well, I tried a week of not tracking everything, and had NO idea if I was getting enough calories in. I was tracking carbs, protein, and sodium. But I didn’t know if it was getting enough calories. My internal calorie calculator said no… I wasn’t eating enough. So, back to MyFitnessPal.

My biggest concern with not knowing ‘numbers’ is with my kidneys. If I don’t consume enough calories and carbs, but not too much protein, I end up in acute renal failure. My kidneys have been through that twice in four years, so I am afraid of that again. My ‘head’ gives me less grief about what I eat if there is a specific reason for doing so.

I hope that I can eventually get away from anything other than carbs (also needed for insulin dosing), protein, and sodium- to be sure I get enough. My nephrologist told me that I shouldn’t try to aim for only 2 grams of sodium, as our twisted US recommendations push. It messes up the balance of sodium and potassium, and with already lowish blood pressure, I need enough sodium to make sure that my blood pressure is enough to ‘feed’ my kidneys. Everybody is different- so the “one goal for every body” is pretty stupid and narrow-minded.

At any rate, I bombed not using the tracking gizmo.