Hello 🙂

Hope everyone is doing ok 🙂 for me personally I felt absaloutly awful today. No energy, my legs and body felt weak.. just standing took so much energy for me and I had this constant feeling of dizziness and faintness and I almost considered going to the hospital as I felt so incredibly weak – like my legs couldn’t even carry my weight.

But I got myself together as I had lunch plans at a vegetarian lunch buffet which I had been looking forward to. And once I got there and began to eat I felt so much better. My energy returning, my mental energy returning and suddenly standing didn’t make me feel like gravity was pushing me back down to the ground.

I’ve been eating enough so that’s not a problem however I’ve realised that it might be my salt balance as well as too much time in the sun. I think it’s good that I have a few days of just being inside and no sun as I got a little too much of it this weekend, but also to actually salt my food. Salt isn’t bad or dangerous -everything in moderation. But I don’t salt my food, it’s just something I’ve worn myself off of as I was using far too much salt before, so now I don’t need salt to flavour my food. However with so much sunshine means drinking even more water than I already drink, sweating more and because of my CF my sweat is extra salty which means I need to consume even more salt. I think this might be an important reminder to others as well… salt isn’t bad and if you ate sweating extra or drinking more water you need more salt to balance it out. Everything in moderation but remember if you drink liters of water or outside sweating alot you need to add more salt to your food or drink some type of electrolyte drink. But also don’t forget to eat eniugh! Doesn’t matter if it’s summer or you are wearing bikinis or crop tops, your body needs energy and food!! So don’t compensate or eat less, nourish your body and take care of it 🙂

So for me personally I’m now going to make an effort to add salt when cooking my food anyway!! Because I can say, it was pretty awful to feel like every cell in my body was fighting against me when I tried to get up from my seat or I felt like falling asleep while standing up, but now after salt and food I feel like myself again!! I guess in the beginning it’s always hard go adapt to the season changes, but you learn! ! Next summer I might automatically just salt my food more without having to feel the awful feelings I had today!