Thanks for the info. I'm starting today. I have the extra added incentive of an interview for a job that I really, really want in 12 days, so I'm going to be very purist about it and even omit the butter.

I've been weighing infrequently since I started and I had a rude awakening a couple weeks ago in discovering my stall. I assumed that I had still been losing. Quite the opposite. I think what I gained is mostly muscle but I also have no net loss for the past 3 months.

The real problem is that once I realized how stalled I am, I let it get to me and felt defeated. Once defeated, I started to eat more and make worse choices. Now I need to break out of that pattern.

Anyway, I've started now and I'm quite optimistic about this method of discerning the source of the problem.

Allison