sodium

without seeing what you eat I can't tell what you might be able to change. I know for me I was eating out a lot and cutting that back helped a lot. And basically look at the ingredients in what you eat and drink.

Cutting out all processed foods and not adding salt to your meals would be a good start.

I go over in sodium multiple times per week (3-5 days), anywhere from 100-500 over the recommended 2300 and more than that on weekends. I haven't noticed any water retention and I'm still losing consistently no matter what my sodium intake may be. Drinking a lot of water helps to counterbalance it, but unless you're experiencing a lot of water retention or have a health problem that calls for a low-sodium diet, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Are you tracking sodium in your food diary? if not add it, it will soon show the foods your eating that contain high sodium and stop/cutback on them

watch out for salad dressings, anything that can sit on a shelf for a x amount of time, bagged or canned or jarred. Also cheese and lunch meats have preservatives and salt for curing and flavoring...watchout....anything processed...and seafood

yes all of these and alot more