Whyyyyy? What is happening?

try increasing calories, you may have hit starve mode. You are probably also adding muscle now. HTe easy weight is off, now on to the stubborn. You can do it, don't give up!

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exactly what i thought.

Try throwing in a cheat day. You don't have to go nuts, but just add 300 extra calories or so.

Also, stop being obsessive compulsive. Stress causes your body to gain weight, despite your calorie deficit. Plus it doesn't sound very fun

TOM in not for another week.

Can happen the week before. Unless you've been seriously over-eating then it's unlikely you've put on 3 lbs of fat. It probably isn't 3 lbs of muscle either because that doesn't happen over night. It could be water retention from something else. Have you been eating a lot of high sodium foods? Lifting weights or heavy workouts can also cause your body to retain water while your muscles repair themselves.

maybe try eating a little more you only eat 3 times a day ?
How tall are you ?
Also i would add sugar to your chart you may be getting more than you think
i eat every 2 to 3 hrs and i am 5.3 and i eat about 1300 cal

1st. Don't listen to what others are saying about weighing yourself everyday, make best friends with your scale, weigh yourself only in the morning when you wake up. You won't get a most accurate number any other time of the day. Weighing in at every morning brings motivation

2nd. Even if you cut calories/are at a calorie deficit, not all calories were created equal or are burned equally. If you are trying to lose weight, burn excess body fat, then you also need to cut your sugar. You also need to cut refined Carbohydrates (sugar is one of them) others are bread, pasta, croutons in salads, Potatoes etc... If you reduce your carbs to 50g per day (50g is just enough for your brain to function properly all day) and with at least an hour cardio you will start losing weight. Watch out for your sodium intake too because that will retain water.

3rd. You might want to get your proper working target heart rate by using the Karvonen Heart Rate Method, by working out and having your heart rate bpm in your proper range you will be burning fat instead of muscle, blood glucose etc.

There are a lot of things you have to understand and learn about your body and how the body works, it's easy and once you get the hang of things you'll be getting significant results. Hope some of this helped.

For me it is always about the carbs... regardless of my calorie intake (of which i very rarely go over) i always gain pounds on days after i go over say 100 gms of carbs for a day. Try restricting carbs for a day or 2 .

Easy with it. You're going hardcore and you could end up burning yourself out. Stress can cause you to gain, so step back, take a breather, increase your cal intake like everyone said, and ease back into it. You'll do great. You are already.

3rd. You might want to get your proper working target heart rate by using the Karvonen Heart Rate Method, by working out and having your heart rate bpm in your proper range you will be burning fat instead of muscle, blood glucose etc.

Fat burning zone is a myth. Always better to work out at a higher intensity. You'll burn more fat overall and more total calories. It's more about total calorie burn for the calorie in vs calorie out approach.

You are not a machine. Your an organic being that is massively complex. You can compare this all to fixing a car, but really its not the same. I live in a 5 - 10 pound swing range of weight as I go down. You had a good run, now its just going to fluctuate a bit. Either jog your system or wait a bit. If its a month or so, then you hit a platue. Really just keep calm for now. :flowerforyou:

This. Weight loss is not linear. Relax

You are not a machine. Your an organic being that is massively complex. You can compare this all to fixing a car, but really its not the same. I live in a 5 - 10 pound swing range of weight as I go down. You had a good run, now its just going to fluctuate a bit. Either jog your system or wait a bit. If its a month or so, then you hit a platue. Really just keep calm for now. :flowerforyou:

I would agree with Bill... I also have big fluctuations as well and since I weight everyday I notice them. Hiding the scale definitely won't make you lose weight!.

How much water are you drinking? You want to be close to 8, 8oz glasses or 1/2 of your body weight. If you are drinking enough water you usually will not retain it, as you will be well hydrated and your body does not need to.

Also if you are not eating enough calories for your body, it will think it is starving and start to store fat... the key is to regulate your blood sugars.... check out " The Blood Sugar Solution" by Mark Hyman, he also has a good website... very informative.

When I first started loosing weight back in 2003 while taking weight traing and nutrition... I had a similar problem, my first 10-15lbs melted off, then it seemed like I was gianing... it was because I was not drinking enough water and eating enough "healthy" calories... once I adjusted, I started loosing again, until the scale stopped, but that was because I was putting on muscle in fact the scale went up then back down... it was hard to tell by the scale if my diet and weight training were working, but my clothes were fitting better and becoming loose, although the scale had not changed. I did not care much what the scale said as long as I felt good and that I could see my clothes fitting better and I was going down in size. Remember muscle weighs more than fat.