Ok, I'm trying hard to not stress about this and chalk this up to another failed attempt at losing weight.
As a little bit of background I am still nursing my 17 month old a couple of times a day. My milk supply is, and has been, just fine throughout all of this. It was not an easy decision for me to do this while I nursed, but I decided to try it because my weight had really gotten to be a problem and it was affecting my daily life. I have always been backwards in that I lose weight while I am pregnant (I've gained between 3 and 9 pounds with each of my four pregnancies, which was what the baby weighed or less) and then I gain quickly while I am nursing. Just to give you an idea, my third baby was sensitive to SO much and I ended up down to a diet of mostly chicken and salad, with an occasional sweet potato, and I still gained weight quickly (at least a pound a week). I tried again last summer to lose a few pounds doing low carb and exersizing 6 days a week and, after a few weeks of losing a pound or 2 a week, I started gaining two to 2.5 pounds a week. I was actually gaining faster than I did while not dieting and exercising. So, I stopped and tried to just be a bit more moderate. And that takes me, a year later, to where I started this.
So, with that said, I was hopeful that this would answer those issues and allow me to lose some of the weight and keep it off. P2 went pretty well. I got good results, never felt hunger, etc. Then comes to P3. I started P3 about 1/2 pound below my last drop weight. The first day I added cream and salad dressing. That seemed fine, so over the next few days I added a bit more different types of dairy (feta and cheddar cheese and sour cream). My weight went up some, but I still stayed within my window. On Saturday and Sunday I tried eggs and also some cocoa crack. Monday morning I was up to 3 pounds over my LDW. So, Monday was a steak day. I had a couple of cups of coffee with cream, hamburger patties, and an apple that day. Tuesday morning I woke up, went into the bathroom and passed out. I woke up face down on the bathroom mat. Ok, no more steak days for me. So, Tuesday I cut the eggs and cocoa crack out and had mostly meat and salad with cheese and sour cream. Wednesday morning, back up to 2 over. Since I'm not doing steak days any more I made yesterday a high protein day. I had a cup of coffee with heavy cream and a hamburger patty for breakfast. Lunch was a piece of chicken. Snack was a bit of london broil with salt and garlic on it (no marinade or anything). Dinner was some chicken and a small (about 1 cup) side salad with a dressing of grainy mustard with a little olive oil in it. This morning I didn't lose an ounce. Still 2 pounds over my LDW.
So, this morning I've cut out the coffee with cream in case the dairy is affecting me, but I don't know what else to do. I don't want to do another high protein day because I really want some veggies, but I'm afraid this will show another gain tomorrow. I'm so discouraged right now and I feel like I've failed at losing weight yet again and the last month and a half of this was for nothing.
Does anyone have any suggestions of what I can try? We're supposed to go camping tomorrow and my plan is just to stick with meat and veggies, no dairy, eggs, nuts, etc, but I will have no way of monitoring my weight while out there. I'm just at a loss right now and this is just consuming way more of my thoughts and time than it should. TIA!

Tam-
I am still 10-15 pounds away from my goal (which is 115 and I am 4'11", medium frame, so a good 20 pounds over the low end of my weight range). I had no hunger throughout the round, so I really doubt that I could have lost any normal fat. I've been hungrier the last few days on P3 than I ever was on P2!!
My only concern was that I had protein and a small bit of veggies yesterday and didn't lose anything. If I add more veggies and gain then I'm that much further over my LDW. I'm not sure what I can even do to get back down into my range at this point. I can't see going for very long on meat and a cup of salad a day, you know?

you're never going to gain adding more veggies. but it think both dairy and eggs are a problem. i'd stick to meat and veggies for now.

(and passing out tues morning would not be related to your steak day, since you had eaten a lot monday night.)

Maybe the no cream will help. It did me. But also nursing you need more calories and protein than most people on p3, from what I remember about breastfeeding.

When you said that you lived on chicken and salad, what kind of dressing where you eating? Was there dairy or eggs in the ingredients?

So, I gained a few ounces today. Yesterday I had a cup of tea and a small hamburger patty for breakfast, and chicken with lettuce and a dressing of grainy (no sugar) mustard and a small amount of olive oil. Lots of water (100 oz). Anyone have any ideas for me?