Hi-

I've been having a major slow down in the loss department and have been going over many different things to try to isolate the problem. I'm not eating any of the typical foods that are stallers. I use Fitday I know my BMI and all that other stuff (I'm really analytical and into numbers!). I drink my water and do everything else you are supposed to do.

I started out this WOE eating 80% plus fat. I was loosing like crazy and then slowed down. After that, I moved to the typical 25% protein, 5% carb and 70% fat breakdown and began loosing again (yes, I was loosing slower than before but that's expected). Everything was going along fine and then I hit a dry spell. I did not loose anything for about 4 weeks, lost a couple after that and then nothing again for about 3. I'm not loosing ANY inches either to spite the little bit of weight loss. I don't have the same strong indicators of ketosis like I used to either (namely the breath).

I consider myself on OWL and average about 20-25 carbs per day. I'm also hitting my BMI in cals-- not always too much over but I try! I stick to induction foods for the most part but do add in nuts and perhaps 1-2 slices LC bread per week (at most). I was eating those foods when I was losing so I don't think they are the culprits. I also do drink coffee but have since the beginning with NO problems. I'm going to try half decalf/half regular but I really don't think that is the problem. I don't do any "frankenfoods." I also take a ton of supplements.

I'm wondering if lowering my fat to around 60-65% may help. Has anyone found that on OWL (with still relatively low carb levels) that they lost better on slightly lower fat? It's funny, I see all these posts where people have major problems getting the fats up. It's a struggle for me to get them down to the 70% average range. If I'm not strictly watching what I eat, I naturally default to around 80%.

Any suggestions? Also any suggestions to what I can eat that is lower in fat but high in cals? If I get my fats lower it's relay hard for me to keep my cals up. I don't have enough room left in my stomach or hours in the day to consume enough extra veggies to make that much of an impact in the calorie department.

Thanks!