Delilah....

If you check out the beginning of my journal you can read all of my whines about "stalling" early on as well. Having read tons of posts in the forum now, I see that this is a very very common experience. It's not necessarily something we are doing wrong...it's just our bodies going "Hold on her a minute!!"

I think the best way to overcome the difficulty is to be persistant. Don't quit and don't give up. Yes, removing "cheese/caffeine/sweeteners/whatever common stall food" will be of benefit. I would quit them all and give it at least a week maybe two to clear the system. In that two weeks, you may be rewarded with weight loss. And then you can choose to try adding them back one at a time to see which, if any are effecting you.

Hang in there. You too can get this tweaked to work optimally for you!!

Marlaine