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I don't know about any pill, I'm not a fan of them. Everything that has to be swallowed without being chewed is a torture for me. 
More water helps, but only up to a point. If you eat a lot of sodium, no matter how much water you drink, you'll still be retaining. Lately I've been drinking over 200 oz per day. It allows me to go eat around 1700-1800 mg instead of 1500, but I don't really care about 200-300 mg anyway.
I'm afraid you will have to cut down on salt if you want to see the scale moving. A regular sausage has something around 500 mg of sodium. So does a regular slice of bacon (unless you buy the low sodium version). Pork rinds are a disaster from this point of view... 1/4 of a bag have around 250 mg (the flavored ones have even more, can go up to 400 mg). Cheese typically has 100-150 mg per slice; camembert and blue cheese have more (200-300 mg per oz), swiss cheese has less (80 mg per oz). Cream cheese has about 150 mg per 2 oz. Pickles also are full of sodium.
I would suggest you use Fitday just for a few days to see if you are eating too much sodium or not. If this will help you adjust your meals so that you start losing, I'd say it's worth the time.
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