Yes, most of us lost weight and regained our health by eliminating grains and sugar from our diets. We also found that eating certain high fats and keeping our carbohydrate intake to 50 carbs daily worked well for most of us. We drank 1/2 our body weight in ounces of chemical free water daily, although some of this might have been in tea or lemonade. Sweeteners were changed as well, even though we lost most of our taste for sweets.
There are many delicious recipes posted here and many questions and discussions of experiences on the older blogs. Your situation is not unusual.
If this is a rapid and recent fluid retention, please see a doctor. Changing your diet to a more natural one will help any condition. Dr. Davis has a program called Curality which will guide you through these changes.
Your love of grain products also provides a large dose of glysophate and other herbicides/pesticides which are rather harmful to humans, animals, insects and soil. It is well established that these chemical further enhances the permeability of your intestines.
You will never know how filled with vibrant energy you can be unless you try to eat healthier foods.