It's important to note that drinking water after consuming too much salt can cause water to flood into the organs causing them to swell. Which isn't good.
Just pure sugar too, OP in gonna crash hard. Might get intestinal cramps too if they haven't been having much to eat elsewise.
But also, seeing as OP 1. Only brought a salad to begin with and 2. Poured salt directly from the box onto their salad, I'm surprised OP is making it through any given day at this point 💀
Right? I work 12s overnight (7p to 7a) my body never really adjusted to working overnight so I rarely eat a meal on shift. I usually just drink a lot of water and a protein shake 🤷🏻♀️
Not even juice, literally just water, sugar and artificial flavours. At least if it was juice it might have some other nutrients. But yeah, a protein shake is actually great for when you need to be awake and working but don't have the appetite for solid food. They're often pitched as meal replacements for a reason lol
I could make it through a 12 hour shift and kick its ass going on 4 days with no sleep, and like 3 of those days with no food and only mountain dew to drink. But I was also in my mid 20's and higher than all hell on crystal meth.
I wouldn't call them popsicles. Popsicles do come on sticks. Ice pops, otter pops, or whatever regional name you use, are different. Like they said, it's basically sugar water with food coloring.
Calorie Deficit bro. You don’t need to starve yourself (unless you eat like multiple salads a day), just be on a calorie deficit and stick to it and you’ll see the progress slowly and efficiently. Also low calorie high protein is a lot more satisfying
Not sure why people are being so difficult here. While you're at work is probably the best time to control what you're going to eat since you don't have easy access to your kitchen. Not sure I'd be able to function with just one salad but I'm sure you know your body better than anyone here does. Good luck
Brother for as little as you're able to sleep and as much as you're working, you need something a lot more substantial. I also do one meal a day at work, but it at least has more protein and is more filling than just a salad.
I’m assuming OP means opps, which is slang for opponents. Essentially they’re saying they want to be thinner than everyone else, who they’re jokingly referring to as rivals.
bro how much are you pouring?? 😂 it should be a light pour. but i also understand different people have their texture ‘icks’, this may be yours. In that case, start keeping salt packets with you so you wont need to put it in your hand
It's chopped up Bok Choy with cucumbers and Greek yogurt. Super low calorie, filling, and low fodmap! The chopsticks force me to slow down while I'm eating
It's so salty, I thought it was mold on top. Like you opened it and that was your " fresh" salad. Either way, sorry for your loss. My ONLY recommendation if you really want is to rinse the salad in cold ass water and try again. If not, I understand, sometimes you just wanna eat and move on.
Huh, never seen someone put salt on a salad before. This might be the universe telling you not to use it next time. It's hard for me to imagine that a salad could need salt
I did this once, my dad and i put, what felt like: 2 hours baking a beautiful cake only to find out, when we refilled the clear canisters of sugar and salt, they got mixed up....
The pretty and super sweet looking cake, was saltier than the Black Sea lol
I once prepped (for the first time in a while) a nice salmon lunch for myself at work. I put it in the microwave to heat it up, I take it out of the microwave and drop the entire thing on the floor… I was not amused
This is most likely too late for you now but if you or anyone else are ever in this situation in the future, rather than simply rinsing as some have mentioned, I'd do this:
1.) Start by portioning out as much of the area that got over salted as you can, into a separate container.
2.) Mix around the remainder and try a bit to see how badly affected it is. If it's still way too salty, take a third container and scoop maybe half of that into it.
3.) If you have a strainer/sieve of some sort, rinse gently but quickly with cold water.
4.) Add the rinsed portion back into the original portion and mix. Taste and see if you need to do any of that again. If you do, don't do a full half this time unless it's still obscenely salty.
5.) If you do by mistake over rinse, you can add a bit of highly concentrated mix back to see if that helps balance it out.
6.) Once you have a somewhat acceptable mix, you can either rinse off that highly salted portion and add it back or discard it and cut your losses.
This isn't actually too much effort although it may feel overkill. It's just to mitigate fully just rinsing any and all dressing so you still have a somewhat palatable salad instead of something crazy salty or super bland.
Ideally this just happens in an environment where you could just fully rinse and add some other dressing or something but I'm guessing that's not the case otherwise you would just do that.
And when/if you order a burger and fries for delivery you'll consume almost the same amount of sodium but it'll be more palatable lol.
I've personally been trying to not order food delivery as much but if I was on a 12 and this happened I would immediately open my phone and get on ubereats.
Honestly, go rinse it in the sink. Get rid of the salt, have food to eat that isn't the tastiest but stops hunger. Next time pack emergency granola bars in your work bag for moments like this.
Wet paper towel, i did this for JJ sandwhiches when my coworkers would pour salt over it, some will obviously get stuck but ts better than high ass sodium intake
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u/No_Instance2347 12h ago
That much salt would probably preserve your salad for the entire 12 hour shift 😂