Dehydration next morning- after long ride

[shootingstar]

I only am willing to eat food with noticeable salt just before/during a ride.

Think I covered this territory well yesterday since:

Evening before ride, I had a hearty mussel soup with veggies cooked in broth.
For lunch at 9:00 am- (breakfast was at 5:30 am for me) I had a grilled proscuitto, mozarella and red pepper sandwich, with coffee and gelato. As you both know, proscuitto is very salty.

Then for next few hrs. it was sips of water. I cannot slug back huge amounts of water each drink, my stomach just feels uncomfortable and it induces my bladder to empty far too frequently. I could not eat at noon since at that time, we were in an area where there were no restaurants nearby. That's why I had lunch at 9:00 am.

Later in afternoon, had half sandwich made from olive bread and hummus. Bread was embedded with salted green olives.
then later an apricot.

More water along the way.

By 3:30 pm, near end, I had 1.5 bottles of grapefuit juice and a hazelnut medium sized cookie.

At 6:30 pm, made myself a large platter of veggie stir fry with green tea noodles. Handfuls each of fresh blueberries, raspberries and cherries. 3 cups of tea with milk for rest of evening. Really I don't enjoy drinking much water.

I do feel careful about salt intake..since soy sauce, even if low-sodium, still has salt and I use it nearly daily in cooking. My mother has had high blood pressure for last 20 years and long ago, ordered by doctor (Chinese-speaking which my mother needs for her understanding. But also the guy probably knows how salty Chinese cuisine can be, if not altered.) to drastically reduce her salt intake. And she has done this diligently, but she still must take medication.