Sodium

I have this issue some days too. Soda, packaged frozen dinners, soups and even canned beans and tortillas all have a lot of sodium. Try light soups and cooking larger meals and freezing the portions for the week. I try my best to stay away from anything processed and packaged as much as possible. Good luck:)

looking at your diary, you do many convenient frozen items, and seem to like salty snacks (<- who doesn't, though!).

convenience is so important, but making the switch to home-cooked meals that you can portion out and prepare as lunches is easier than it seems - and so much more healthy, while being convenient. (oh, and it is less costly, too! win, win, win)

grill up a pkg of chicken, steam up some ready packs of broccoli, cook up a cheesy veggie baked casserole, mix up a huge container of salad, etc.

try to consume things that do not come in a box or a can, and for a salty snack, slices of white cheddar or a handful of lightly salted almonds would do nicely.

try using black pepper or lemon juice or cayenne to spice foods up instead of salt. there is a blend called Mr. Pepper that is nice and zippy.

the tough part is going to be reconditioning your palate - the more we have something, the more we tend to crave even more of it.

if you do make the change to a lower sodium life, it will not be long before you recognize things once easily enjoyed as being *too* salty!

good luck. you can do this!