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So I'm trying to lose weight. And since I'm not very good at calculating how many calories, etc. I've eaten in my head I've been using this website to keep track of my meals and it's really opened my eyes to what I've been putting inside my mouth. The biggest problem is sodium, holy crap. There's sodium in practically everything and of course all the foods that I like most (as in pasta, bread products, cheese, etc.) have the highest sodium content. And it's very hard to keep within the recommended range. In my opinion, I've eaten very good all this week so far (excepting the huge cookie I ate on Monday even though I knew I shouldn't have; never will again - just one cookie pretty much ruined my calorie count for the day) but I haven't managed to stay within my sodium range on any day. I can't even imagine how much I must have been consuming before I started paying attention; it must have been astronomical. Also, I've realized that foods that are high in sodium are also probably high in cholesterol therefore I've had a bit of trouble with that too and that's probably one of the main things I need to keep down, seeing as I've been told I have high blood pressure before. So anyway. Yes, it's harder than I thought. It's actually harder than the exercise part which I thought I would have to drag myself to do but I've actually been kind of... enjoying it? This sounds weird coming from me, the master of all couch potatoes, but it's true! I feel accomplished after I've pushed myself to walk further than I did the day before and that's a good feeling. And I'm not feeling too much soreness, just enough to let me know I'm actually moving for a change. Anyway, yes, so as far as the food goes, that website also offers a food plan you can follow so I think next time we go shopping I'm going to make a list and try doing it that way to see if it helps with going over the limits. And I'm trying very hard to keep from weighing myself any more than once a week because I don't want to be too disappointed if I see no change; I figure a week is a long enough time to at least see one or two pounds' difference. I just don't want to let myself get unmotivated because every other time I've tried this, I have and it's only lasted a couple weeks. But I really need and want to lose weight so I really want it to work this time.