Thanks for the reply, Fiona. I was hoping someone looking through the threads would come in and see this wasn't a "Yea! I'm-so-close-to-goal" post. The skin and sponginess issues you talked about were being taken care of, probably because the weight loss hasn't been fast. I was very happy with the way this WOE was helping in a lot of areas. I'm not losing inches anymore...as a matter of fact, my clothes are tighter. We are having a very humid spring and water retention has always been a problem for me. Could be the water retention is responsible for feeling so blah. I need to eliminate the salt completely, but haven't. I guess I am concerned because I know what I need to do, I know it would work, but just can't seem to follow through.