O.k. here's what I promised to elaborate on

We need to discover what works for us and what doesn't, see if dairy is fine or not, salt, artificial sweetners, etc.

Take measurements (arms, waist thighs, hips, chest, neck etc.) weekly and chart them along with weight, and comment on the chart, or write in a journal what you did differently each day of that week. How much exercise, heart rate, how much water. Introduce experemental things once a week to see how things change. I have a few years worth of charts, and they helped discover many things, such as how often I stall and for how long (12 days every 3 months when I don't use my asthma inhalers). And lots of other curious discoveries.