Day 56: Salt addiction

I am really becoming serious about the fact that I am addicted to salt.

Here are the signs:

1)  High blood pressure

2)  Swelling, bloating (have you SEEN my ankles???)

Plus a series more--the reading I've been doing points out fatigue, kidney issues, etc that I have as well.

So I am doing what I can to cut salt out of my life.  Step one:  switch from Diet Coke to Diet Rite (no sodium, no caffeine).  Next step from that--switching from Diet Rite to water.  Step 2:  no added salt to food.  None. Zero.  Zip.  Experimenting with spices ok.  Step 3:  No processed food.  This is a cheat--it's rare I eat processed foods now...but I do eat out at least once a day.  So, Step 4:  lunch into the office at least 2 days a week.  (Can't do more than that because of the entertainment requirements of the job.)

I'll report back next week.  In the meantime, a Veggie chili recipe from Food Network that is our "go to" recipe:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/robin-miller/vegetarian-chili-recipe/index.html