Ugh LOL
I ate two bottles of mini dill pickles, ate a bag of chips todat OMG ever since I switched to Spiro.
Forget the snickers bar...who needs a bf when you can have salt :)
Anyone of you ladies got this reaction to it? I'm week one on spiro.
Love,
April
OMG YES!! Constantly. :)
Pass the salt please! :laugh:
HAHA..so I am not alone then. I was starting to get worried ugh :)
xoxo Nice to see you here babe.
April
Quote from: Jessica Merriman on February 26, 2015, 07:39:05 PM
OMG YES!! Constantly. :)
I'm thinking of making a mound of salt in my backyard and lay on top of it LOL
Quote from: Eva Marie on February 26, 2015, 07:54:32 PM
Pass the salt please! :laugh:
Just ate a bag of pop corn ::)
I'm one happy girl :)
And it's not a health detriment to do so while on spiro is it? I am not on it yet, but.. need to know! lol! I love salt enough. I mean, I never add more but naturally salty things? Heck yasss!
omg girl, get ready LOL
Your cravings might shoot up. I love salt prior to Spiro..I'm just on overdrive lately :P
Quote from: Damara on February 26, 2015, 08:06:56 PM
And it's not a health detriment to do so while on spiro is it? I am not on it yet, but.. need to know! lol! I love salt enough. I mean, I never add more but naturally salty things? Heck yasss!
Very much YES!
And I have found that if I try to stay hydrated, I have stronger salt needs.
Quote from: carmenkate on February 26, 2015, 08:13:59 PM
omg girl, get ready LOL
Your cravings might shoot up. I love salt prior to Spiro..I'm just on overdrive lately :P
haha! Omg! I just don't want to have a heart attack! XD I know spiro flushes it all out, but still.. I've been conditioned all my life to know that too much salt is a bad thing! lol! So psychologically I'm gonna have to get over that! :laugh:
That makes so much sense...now I get it. I am constantly drinking water lately and staying away from pop for the last couple of weeks.
I noticed that the more I drink water...the salt craving intensifies.
Goodness..catch 22 :)
Quote from: jessical on February 26, 2015, 08:32:44 PM
Very much YES!
And I have found that if I try to stay hydrated, I have stronger salt needs.
LOL...yes!
Frequent trips to the washroom is one of spiro's side effects..one of my co-worker even made a joke today and asked me if I was pregnant LOL coz I keep eating salty snacks and going to the washroom.
Ugh such is our life as a woman lol :)
Quote from: Damara on February 26, 2015, 08:33:08 PM
haha! Omg! I just don't want to have a heart attack! XD I know spiro flushes it all out, but still.. I've been conditioned all my life to know that too much salt is a bad thing! lol! So psychologically I'm gonna have to get over that! :laugh:
Quote from: carmenkate on February 26, 2015, 09:04:01 PM
LOL...yes!
Frequent trips to the washroom is one of spiro's side effects..one of my co-worker even made a joke today and asked me if I was pregnant LOL coz I keep eating salty snacks and going to the washroom.
Ugh such is our life as a woman lol :)
Can't wait!! Literally! lol! Although I have a friend who just frequently urinates and she hates it... lol! It can be a pain if a workplace is not sympathetic. lol!
YAY! I'm sure you'll love it. Mind you though, Spiro will dry you out. I'm constantly putting on cremes and lip balm throughout the day :)
Quote from: Damara on February 26, 2015, 09:10:29 PM
Can't wait!! Literally! lol! Although I have a friend who just frequently urinates and she hates it... lol! It can be a pain if a workplace is not sympathetic. lol!
Ahh, so THAT's what's been causing it!
Me too!
julie
Quote from: carmenkate on February 26, 2015, 09:32:45 PM
YAY! I'm sure you'll love it. Mind you though, Spiro will dry you out. I'm constantly putting on cremes and lip balm throughout the day :)
I've heard scary things like it ages your skin horribly and all that jazz... but it seems all the women I've seen on it (with E) are younger looking than they did.. maybe I was not really understanding what this person was saying.
I was reading this thinking, I don't really think spiro increased my salt cravings. Then I looked down, saw my big bag of popcorn that I had nearly finished by myself and the pretzels next to it and was like, um, ya, lol ::)!
But to be honest, I probably have always ate a ton of salt, I am a pretty unhealthy eater despite my weight, so I don't know if it did increase em or not. If it did, its not a huge difference or anything.
Spiro did cause me to want more salt. I eat more pickles and stuff now. But that's only because it's a diuretic and gets rid of the salt from your body.
Yes, if you hydrate more you need more salt because you get these awful leg cramps!
Quote from: ImagineKate on February 27, 2015, 08:24:38 AM
Spiro did cause me to want more salt. I eat more pickles and stuff now. But that's only because it's a diuretic and gets rid of the salt from your body.
Yes, if you hydrate more you need more salt because you get these awful leg cramps!
And if I don't hydrate more I get them anyway.
Lol I love sour things! Cut up cucumbers, add strawberries, lots of salt, and squeeze some lemon juice. Eat it, and drink the salty lemon juice!
Quote from: Jaz650 on February 27, 2015, 09:59:18 AM
Lol I love sour things! Cut up cucumbers, add strawberries, lots of salt, and squeeze some lemon juice. Eat it, and drink the salty lemon juice!
Yums I thought it was just me that drank that stuff :D xx
Could it be that although being diuretic it is in fact the potassium-sparing part of it that makes us crave so much sodium? Xx
Quote from: Trillium on February 27, 2015, 10:24:30 AM
Could it be that although being diuretic it is in fact the potassium-sparing part of it that makes us crave so much sodium? Xx
Yes, that seems to be it.
My number one salty snack is flavoured Sunflower seeds with the shells still on. Always has been and I can go through 2-3 1lbs bag per week, and that's me limiting my intake. lol
Can't say I've had massive cravings though and I've been on Spiro since December. The multiple trips to the bathroom has even subsided in recent weeks compared to when I first started Spiro, even though my water intake per day hasn't changed. (Thank goodness for that, it was annoying!)
Not once in 5 years on Spironalactone. I have never been one to snack or have cravings.
I noticed the cravings when I started Spiro. My favorite snack after a run is now pepperoni. I used to crave carbs and feed it with chocolate milk, but I crave salt so much now after a workout. I buy the 1 pound stick at the grocer and cut off slabs to eat to satisfy my salt hunger. In other salt craving situations I like to eat pistachios or sunflower seeds to feed it.
OMG YAAS!!!!!! Dream come true lol
Quote from: Jaz650 on February 27, 2015, 09:59:18 AM
Lol I love sour things! Cut up cucumbers, add strawberries, lots of salt, and squeeze some lemon juice. Eat it, and drink the salty lemon juice!
Dill pickles in Garlic...I'm yamming it while im typing this :)
I eat a few small tomatoes at breakfast during the week and cover them in salt. Oh, celery with salt is a must.
Quote from: Cynthia Michelle on February 27, 2015, 08:58:41 PM
I eat a few small tomatoes at breakfast during the week and cover them in salt. Oh, celery with salt is a must.
Yes, salty tomatoes! Since starting HRT, I love to satisfy my cravings for salt and spice with a big glass of V8 + dashes of Tobasco + plenty of salt. <3
Salt cravings here too. My go-to is very salty country ham - each time I go to the fridge, I'll grab a slice. And once I put one chip in my mouth, I find it hard to stop these days.
Some good suggestions above though for satisfying the salt cravings without adding an unhealthy dose of fat. V8 + Tabasco + salt sounds pretty good!
I am a salt addict these days!! I cook with salt, add salt to the serving on the plate and salt every bite. I can't get enough!!!
LOL I know right :)
I also just came back from grocery shopping and I just noticed women in general are addicted to salt. Here's why, the dill pickles were on sale and most if not all women I saw at the store had a bottle in their shopping cart haha.
Anyways, salt is the bomb.
xxx
April
Quote from: Wynternight on March 01, 2015, 06:02:45 PM
I am a salt addict these days!! I cook with salt, add salt to the serving on the plate and salt every bite. I can't get enough!!!
Omg! Even though I'm pre spiro, reading this thread makes my mouth water! lol!
Quote from: Damara on March 02, 2015, 10:21:53 PM
Omg! Even though I'm pre spiro, reading this thread makes my mouth water! lol!
Too much salt is generally bad for you but since Spiro is a potassium sparing diuretic a little extra fluid retention isn't a bad thing. Progesterone also has a mild diuretic/hypotensive effect so the two in combo can drop your pressure dramatically. My normal had been around 96/52 but since adding more sodium it's gone up to a more reasonable 108/62, on average.
I stopped taking Spiro 2 years ago. I still love those salty carbs! Perhaps it's not spiro, but estrogen?
While I'm not on Spiro yet... it's definitely in my future. I've always loved pickles, either sweet or sour. We used to cure our own. I also developed a love of olives, of all types. But if you really want salty olives, you should try the traditional dry Greek cured. They look like little salty raisins. Plus you get all the health effects of the natural oils as well.
Hugs,
-Alana
I just had bacon and Pringles
I never have urges for salt. I do drink lots & lots of water just to be safe with spiro, more than I would normally drink, gonna have a glass right now.
Quote from: Damara on February 26, 2015, 08:06:56 PM
And it's not a health detriment to do so while on spiro is it? I am not on it yet, but.. need to know! lol! I love salt enough. I mean, I never add more but naturally salty things? Heck yasss!
No actually salt is good unless you like to pee all the time. I was told to increase sodium intake and decrease potassium. If you take in more sodium it will help you pee less and actually help you stay hydrated
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Add to that that the nickname of the town I grew up in is the Salt City. Europeans settled there to mine the natural salt deposits. Because of this salt is essentially a food group. A favorite local dish is Salt Potatoes which is small potatoes with their skins still on them boiled in water that has a full pound of salt.
Oh and pickles. I go through lots of pickles.