Some mistakes I've made, sprinkled with salt!

When I accidentally over-salted my food today I thought, man, how many times have I done that in my life, only on purpose.  Then I thought that a lot of people may have made the same mistakes, and are still making the same mistakes that I have made during my life in regards to weight loss and eating.  I thought it would be a good idea to post something here and there to let you guys see that I have messed up royally too.  We are all human.  Worst of all, society has a f***ed up view of what is good and what is bad as far as our health is concerned.  That's why we still have people dying before they even grow old from heart failure.  So, here's my take on salt.
I would take salt, and take it and take it on everything! I love salt.  Love it on anything that wasn't sweet or creamy and sometimes even creamy stuff deserved salt.  I'm talking good old fashioned table salt.  I didn't even bother getting the goodish stuff that had iodine in it because I didn't like the iodine after taste.  Yes! I ate enough salt that I could tell the difference between iodized and non-iodized salt.  I would eat french fries, even baked ones with salt all over them.  I would salt my salads, my sandwiches, not my meat, but most everything else.  I would eat it on Italian food and French food.  You name it almost.  When my kids would serve me breakfast in bed, they would bring the salt.  They knew I would want it, and yes, I have some pretty great kids who give me breakfast in bed occasionally just to say, "I love you."  Occasionally I would hear someone say something about not eating THAT much salt because it is bad for you.  I thought, I've been doing this my whole life and it's not hurting me.  I can't imagine eating anything without salt on it.  Guess what!?  Those assholes who tried to tell me how to eat were right.  It may not affect you now, but it will in fact catch up to you.  I heard a saying once that went something like, "where goes salt, there goes water."  I thought it was asinine.  What a dumb thing to say, that doesn't make any sense at all.
After my third child, and my 34th birthday, I realized that the more salt I ate, the more my feet and legs would hurt.  I thought for a while it was the after effects from my pregnancy, but it persisted and especially when I would eat a lot of salt.  I realized that the salt that I had been consuming for years had finally reared it's ugly head.  It was kicking my butt, making my body hurt all over, and making me feel weak.  I'm a lot of things, even being over a hundred pounds over weight, but I am NOT weak.  I never have been.  My mother nicknamed me Zena when I was younger because if she ever needed heavy lifting done, she called on me. That too has taken it's toll.  My aching back is no joke, but I digress.
If you are like me and you love and adore and cherish salt on all your food and can't imagine living without it, please be aware of the side effects.  It may take years for it to hit you, but one day I'm sure it will.  This of course is not to replace anything that a doctor may have said to you, if your doctor said to eat a lot of salt (*cough* never going to happen *cough*).  This is just to inform you about what has happened to me.  I don't eat nearly as much salt now and mostly use sea salt, but I'm still struggling with the swollen legs and feet.  I wonder how long it will take me to flush all the sodium out of my body.  Oh! And my sister has told me about a pink Himalayan salt that she uses.  It tastes just like salt, only without most of the bad side effects.  Everything is better in moderation though.  I will get some Himalayan salt as soon as I find the Whole Foods store in my area.  I think I will do that on Monday.  I try not to go out on the weekends because the public is crazy.  People get all pissed off for no reason when you're just minding your own business at the grocery store trying to hit you with their shopping carts.  I had a lady hit me with her shopping cart ON PURPOSE when I was 8 months pregnant.  That b**** was lucky I didn't want to have my baby in jail.  Again, my ADD takes hold.  I try to control it without the meds, but it's difficult.
Next mistake I think of, I will post about.  Until then, Sea Salt, Himalayan Salt, nix the table salt! And do it today before your feet hurt like you've been standing on them for 12 hours when you first wake up in the morning.  That doesn't feel good and it's not worth it.  If I can do it, you can do it!