And watch out for salt. I’m telling myself my gain this week was because of the soup DP made that I had to eat all the leftovers. He puts lots of salt in everything. I’m sure all the food at Mom’s was full of salt, too.
It seems I eat too much potassium, so when I eat a lot of salt, I lose a lot of water. I eat the potassium to keep my heart in rhythm and to stop the leg cramps. I’m constantly balancing one cure against another symptom, which is why it is so very important for me to adhere to my pill regimen every day. When I don’t, all hell breaks loose with my body and it takes almost a full month to get it back to where it is functioning properly.
This is from trial and error. I actually become afraid when I realize I’ve forgotten a vital med.
So I have to check out the foods I eat very carefully. In all, it’s a jiggling act, and I’m still learning how to make it work for me.