The same is happening for me. I fear I am eating too much cheese. I'm going to start cutting stuff out =P

First, when you need to lose little (under 20 lbs for instance) it takes a bit longer to lose and after a bigger loss your body adjusts...thus it may take a week or two to start losing again.

I agree with Dagger - watch the cheese; eat more salad greens, eat tuna and or salmon - - with the fatty amino acids it helps many lose - - and drink the water.

Good luck.

you can be in ketosis and GAIN weight.

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Well, that is something that I didn't know! I'm happy with a 1 or 2 pound loss a week, so maybe it will kick in before the weeks over. I haven't been able to exercise either, I have CFS & it's been really bad. I will try to drink more water too!

Thanks,
Eve

Ketosis just means you are burning fat. It does not mean you are burning ALL the fat you ate. If you are eating more calories than you are burning in the course of the day (always easy for me, a chronic compulsive overeater, and sometimes easy for others when they are not active), you can eventually gain weight. If you are sticking to strict LC, it will take longer to gain than it would on a similar over-balance of HC foods.

One of the benefits of this WOL is that it is SO much easier to stay stable when I am unwilling or unable to reduce input enough to lose.

Normal weight loss during the entire induction period is considered to be 10% of your extra weight, so you're right on the curve, and it almost always comes in fits and starts like that, too. The switch to LC produces a big initial drop in water weight, as your body uses up its glycogen reserves before switching into fat-burning mode; glycogen is stored in the liver, along with a LOT of water, so when you use up the glycogen you immediately dump 3-4 pounds of water. Actual fat-burning doesn't kick in until you've been at it for several days, and it happens more slowly, though how slowly depends on how much excess weight you have. Don't worry about tweaking diet/exercise until you've been at the same weight for 4-6 weeks -- chances are the loss will pick up again in a week or two.

Hard to know why without knowing what you are eating. Post your diet or a link to your fitday account.

I am happy to report that I finally got the scale moving in a downward direction again. Only 1/2 pound, but I'll take it!

Thanks,
Eve