My morning health checks were good today, which honestly surprised me a little.
I ate more than I normally do yesterday.
But dinner was really good.
We made one of my favorite meals: steak and shrimp rice bowls. I probably could have eaten the entire pan if I had let myself.
I’ll be posting my version of the recipe soon because it’s another meal we’ve been able to adapt to fit my low-sodium lifestyle.
The steak, seasoning, rice, and vegetables are all pretty easy for me to control.
The shrimp is where I have to pay attention.
Not All Shrimp Is the Same
One thing I’ve learned since watching sodium so closely is that shrimp can be tricky.
Shrimp naturally contains sodium, but some frozen shrimp can have additional sodium from the way it is processed or packaged. That means I’ve learned to check the nutrition label instead of assuming one bag of shrimp is the same as another.
This time, I bought shrimp from Sam’s Club.
The label showed 280 mg of sodium per 4-ounce serving, which was about six shrimp.
Shrimp already contains naturally occurring sodium, so not all of that 280 mg is necessarily coming from processing. That’s another reason I’ve learned that the nutrition label matters more to me than trying to estimate exactly where every milligram came from.
It’s something I’ll talk more about when I post the steak and shrimp rice bowl recipe.
And yes, I promise I’ll try not to eat the whole pan next time.
The Hip Is a Little Better
My leg and hip are feeling a little better today.
They’re certainly not back to normal, but I’ll take any improvement I can get.
After the last few days of pretty intense pain, I’m going to make today another take-it-easy day and hopefully let things continue to settle down.
Sometimes knowing when not to push myself is just as important as getting up and moving.
And Then There’s the Windex…
The bug bites are also feeling much better.
And this is where today’s journal gets a little strange.
We stopped at CVS and asked the pharmacist what I could do about the itching.
The suggestion?
Put some Windex on a paper towel and dab it on the bites.
Yep.
Windex.
My first thought was pretty much:
“You’ve got to be kidding me.”
I honestly wondered whether everyone behind the pharmacy counter was laughing their butts off after we walked away.
But I tried it.
And I’ll be damned…
It helped.
I’m certainly not turning He’s Knocking on Your Door into a Windex medical-advice website—and I’m not recommending anyone else try it—but I have to admit that my itching improved.
Sometimes life with chronic illness is about tracking weight, blood pressure, sodium, medications, and symptoms.
And apparently, sometimes it’s about leaving CVS wondering how Windex just became part of the day’s story.
❤️ Today’s Reflection
Good health numbers this morning.
A little less hip pain.
Bug bites that finally aren’t driving me crazy.
And a fantastic dinner last night that reminded me that eating low sodium doesn’t mean giving up good food.
I’ll take those as wins.
Today I’m going to take it easy, enjoy feeling a little better, and start thinking about getting that steak and shrimp rice bowl recipe onto the site.
One day at a time.
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