Julie,

I took a look at your journal and the weights that you had posted then did the weight averaging that Hellers suggest. There were a couple missing days, or maybe I just missed them. If you look from this perspective, it might help. I calculated each new week starting with monday -

Week 1 avg 223 (This was only 2 days, Sa & Su)
Week 2 avg 218.4
Week 3 avg 217.1
Week 4 avg 216.6
Week 5 avg 216 (This week, only 2 days)

What I see here is a clear downward trend - I don't see a prolonged stall. The exercise may help, and you might have quicker results with consistently well-balanced RM's, but overall it looks to me like you are making good progress.

Are swedes low-carb? I don't really know what they are, but all the root veggies I know of don't qualify as ok for CM's (carrots, onions, potatoes, beets...)

Lila