You have to have strength to make it through the transistion from a normal eater to one with high blood pressure. At first you are probably a little scared when the doctors tell you what could happen and all the effects to your body from uncontrolled high blood pressure.
After awhile the harsh warnings begin to fade away with lure of fast food and other high sodium foods. My story began with "we will cut down on the sodium" then that changed to let's go out this once since we have guests in town.
The reality of it was I was craving foods I had not eaten for a while. Could it be that food is an addiction? I can't live without it, but should I be treating it as an addiction. Who knows the answer to that question but the reality of going out to eat high sodium foods just once led to a weekend of eating out. Not only did we spend a huge amount of money in relation our normal eating budget, but after the first meal I did not feel like cooking which lead to all the other meals being eaten at food establishments.
The truest fact that I need to be strong about my food consumption was the scale. I had packed on more than 23 lbs in three days. It worked out to gaining almost 8 lbs every time I went out to eat. This told me that even once a month was too much. losing 8lbs requires a lot of hard work. I had almost gained back 3 months of extra hard training with three simple meals.
Each time somebody mentions let's go out to eat I remind my self that I will gain 8 lbs. Now I am proactive and tell my guests. we love to have you visit but I am not going out to eat because of my blood pressure.
