Why Cutting Out Salt Helps You Lose Weight

A friend of mine suggested that for my last 10 pounds I try to cut out salt completely from my diet. I have drastically lowered my salt intake this year and I am convinced it does help, but it seems to me to eat a no-salt diet would be too much work. Initially not adding salt to my food was hard, but now it's easy enough to pass up the salt. Why does it work? Well salt causes your body to retain water, which shows up on the scale as excess weight. So when you reduce your salt intake, you quickly lose a lot of water weight. This is a confidence boost that can help you in the first few weeks to stay the course and start losing real fat.

Today’s Goals:
Walk 12,000 steps
Drink 120 oz water
One serving meals, seconds declined
No salt added to food
It's Halloween so I'm allowing candy for snacks, raw fruit for dessert
Brush & floss after every meal
Start: 210 pounds
Today’s weigh-in: 140 pounds
Goal: 130 pounds