Taking a break from diet?

Yes it works. For 2 months I lost 1 little tiny pound while still doing everything right. For 3 days, I went at and just over my maintenance..... about 3 days after that, I had lost 2 pounds. My weightloss is still slow, probably because I have only 9 more pounds to go, but it's moving in the right direction now. Good luck to you!

I heard that taking a break from your "diet" as in taking a break from staying within your calorie def, will help you crush any plateau's after a few days-to a week. Is this true? I'm afraid to do that, because I don't want to gain weight and have to start from point A, all over again! I only lost 5 lbs and 1% body fat, which is good I know, and also which is why I'm afraid to try this out!!!!!!!!!
Any advice I will appreciate, thanks in advance!

I made a commitment to a healthier lifestyle and have no idea why I would take a break from it to " crush a plateau ", just like I would not take a break from marriage to make my husband more sexy. Neither makes sense to me and I believe that neither works.....:o).
Honestly, if you are really experiencing a plateau check if you are really eating at a deficit, or, if you have lost a fair amount of weight, re-do your calories, because as we lose, we need to eat less, because your body needs less....or check your salt intake, meds etc. Usually a plateau is nothing but not eating at a deficit....of course baring medical problems.

I agree with others...Make sure you are eating the calories you are logging. Weigh your food. If you are and the scale isn't moving, it's a plateau. Here is a link to read...I followed it and it broke my plateau.
http://www.everydayhealth.com/fitness-specialist/dealing-with-weight-loss-plateaus.aspx

It does depend how long you have been dieting for. If it's been a few weeks or months and weight loss has stalled, your metabolism has likely lowered to adapt to the new calorie level. Additionally, after dieting for a while thyroid and leptin levels plummet too and this makes weight loss not only slower but far more difficult as you get more hungry and more tired as your body tries to adapt. It also depends on your deficit.

It does take more than a few days to raise leptin and thyroid levels so you'd benefit from at least a couple of weeks off eating at maintenance and making sure your carb levels are sufficient (at least 100g a day) as carbs are shown to have the most impact on thyroid and leptin levels.

So, to sum up, if you've been dieting for longer than a few weeks and have been creating a significant deficit, take a break for a couple of weeks being careful not to go over maintenance (reduce starting maintenance by about 100 cals to allow for metabolic slowdown) and up your carbs. If you've only been dieting a short while and have a lot left to lose you might want to try lowering your cals a bit more and try to lose a bit more weight before you take a break. And just as a warning, you will very likely gain water weight during the break, but this should come off easily when you start dieting again.

I totally agree with making lifestyle changes that you can stick with, but creating a deficit is only needed for weight loss and not for the rest of your life so you should be taking a break from the reduced calories and not the type of foods you eat. If you're eating healthy now, don't go off and binge on junk food for 2 weeks because all you're doing is re-establishing unhealthy food habits and you will gain fat.