sodium Intake

Unless you have a medical issue, sodium really isn't that big of a deal. It does cause water retention, but it won't cause any real health problems unless you already have a sodium-sensitive issue.

Can you make your own soups? That way you could easily control how much sodium is in them. A big crockpot soup can be portioned out into multiple meals and frozen, and it'll have much less sodium than canned soups.

Anything that is in a can or frozen especially frozen meals tend to have a ton of sodium and sugar as preservatives. Fast food, processed food, cheese, deli meats etc are usually high in sodium. With that being said there are lower sodium versions of soup and a lot of canned goods as well because manufacturers have seen the need for it. Maybe you should look for those and see if they are worth the try. Like turtle tape said the sodium won't kill you unless you have an issue with it but too much of anything is no good. Your best bet is to make your own foods if you can. If you cannot cook find someone who can help you to do so and monitor your ingredients. Google low sodium soup. Good luck!

Yeah it is a major cause of "water weight"...

If you have eaten too much sodium without knowing i would just increase your normal intake of water to balance it out but i would avoid consuming too much...

I like that idea of buying low sodium soups (but i bet they taste awful anyways).

I stopped eating soup when i started eating healthy just because of the sodium. I also started putting pepper instead of salt for flavor. I think that can really help keep the water weight off so losing actual fat will be easier/faster.

Make sure you freeze it flat for optimum storage.

why soup? i eat 1200 net calories per day and eat actual food, and i'm losing slowly and steadily.

here's a really quick and easy one - Dr. McDougall's Vegan Lower Sodium Black Bean and Rice Soup. low sodium, fat and decent calories. tastes great with a little light sour cream or yogurt stirred in. i use half the water and it makes a tasty dip, too. they made some other lower sodium products, which can be bought on amazon.

there's also amy's light frozen meals. the black bean one has only 240 calories, not sure about the rest. any's also has gluten-free dairy free burritos (i'm allergic to wheat) that are fairly low in sodium and only 240 calories a piece.

i eat veggie burgers on a single slice of bread (my faves are sol cuisine) with mustard

non-fat greek yogurt (fage is my favorite) with strawberries or without

egg beaters with a single serving of frozen hash browns (they have only 70 calories per serving)

broccoli and asparagus

oatmeal 1/3 cup dry made with non-fat milk and sweetened with stevia and sometimes flavored with cinnamon

a medium baked potato with light sour cream and lots of pepper

dry mashed potato flakes made with milk then stir in a little light sour cream or yogurt. yummy with broccoli tossed with light italian dressing.

half serving of rice or barley with light blue cheese dressing and chicken free chicken pieces (works with a little chicken breast, too)