Renal patients diets - all stages of renal failure

Having lived with end stage renal failure for just over 10 years now and have found it difficult to lose weight. Some of the advice given ignores the social, psychological factors that cause snacking/ over eating and how it makes it more difficult to follow good advice when these factors are ignored. With additional stress of managing renal failure and coming to terms with its progression and the emotional roller coaster it causes, I feel it might be helpful to share to tips, baring the renal factors in mind. I am aware that folks on dialysis are on fluid restrictions and or Potassium restrictions so not all tips and recipes would suit all stages.