Thread: Stalled in day 10 - help please

Well, that explains a LOT then. Your body wants to stay at 180! I was very fortunate that I ended my first round about 1 pound over my set point. During P3, I did not try to lose more weight and didn't do any correction days. I was also fortunate that in my ignorance, I added back mayo, eggs, cottage cheese, butter and hwc all in a couple of days because I didn't know any better. I didn't have a gain, so I guess I "passed" the dairy test (some people are not so lucky). At first it was hard to get my calories up to 1500 to 1700 (you get so programmed in P2...) so I started adding mayo to everything. That did the trick. I stayed very clear of carbs & starches. When I transitioned into P4, I decided that I would add back some new foods that I really, really want to keep in my life. Nothing real starchy, but maybe more carbs than I had been eating before. I had some almonds, and that was OK. Next I added in SF Peanut Butter - bang, 2.5 pound gain! Bummer... But, my point to you is that after that gain, I just went back to what I had been eating that was working, and those 2.5 pounds came off in 3 days while still eating 1500 calories a day. I tried again a week later with a 1.5 gain that again came off in 3 days, and by then I was done with P4 about a pound below LDW.

So, for me, keeping the fats up in P3/P4 kept me from being hungry, kept my body from going into starvation mode, and kept me satisfied with the foods I was eating. I didn't feel deprived at all and was never hungry unless it was mealtime. Additionally, there was a WHOLE lot of reshaping that took place during P3, so clothing wise, I actually had to dig out a smaller pants size and my DH banned me from wearing my old comfortable XL and 1X tops because they looked like I was wearing a sack ;-) So I had to shop for a few intermediate shirts to wear.

My point is, you may want to revisit your P3 plan of losing more rather than stabilizing. For me, testing and learning what foods are friendly foods vs. unfriendly foods was the most valuable lesson. Also, it is really comforting to know that if the scale jumps up one morning, you just have to stick with your friendly foods to get it back down in a couple of days. I didn't set a number goal for the first round or this round, only that I end the round with a lower number than I started. My body is teaching me what IT wants, which may or may not match what I want, but it's in charge.

Best wishes for your success too!