Confused...

hi.. i did not look at your food diary but maybe you are NOT eating enough of teh right stuff.. you actually have to eat to lose.. its a concept most people can't grasp.. try eating protien every 2 hours..keep carbs low. and watch fats. have some but dont go crazy.. stick to natural foods. fruit and veggie but not too much fruit the sugar goes up fast with that.. maybe your body was holding on during the last few weeks and released when you ate because it was satisfied.. are you following any particular diet plan?

don't sweat the small stuff. it's natural for your body to lose at its own rhythm - nothing to be done about that except keep on doing what your doing! you could try switching up the food you eat or trying out to workouts to 'shock' your body into losing faster, but your body might just need to slow down for whatever reason.

make sure you are eating *enough*, because you could permanently stop weight loss if you don't.

i had luck with adding and extra 4 servings of water daily when i was on a 12 week long plateau, so you could give that a go.

bottom line: screw the scale and stay the course - you *will* get there eventually! best of luck!

Probably too few calories. Don't weigh yourself everyday . . . . you may get discouraged. Get your cardio and strength training in and remember to eat back your exercise calories. Also you have to succumb to the fact that this will not happen overnight. You did not gain all your weight overnight, so give yourself a break.

You probably already know my answer... but I would try cutting out all added sugar for a while. I know this is a big thing to ask... I used to be a huge sugar addict!

Robert H. Lustig, MD, UCSF Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology has a video posted on YouTube explaining what our body does with sugar. I'd heard that sugar was bad before, but never had it explained to me or had research shown to me, so this video was very informative. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM

I found that once I understood what sugar (fructose) does to my body, I no longer craved it. I did a detox from it and now my biggest splurge is 85% cocoa chocolate bars where sugar is ingredient #4 out of 5. In just two weeks, 5 pounds have peeled away for good. (It took me nearly 4 months to get the first 5 to come off).

Hope this helps

It has been great to read all your responses to "confused"... I have been having the same sort of trouble and now I have lots of great ideas to work with. I have not been eating my "earned" exercise calories. I think maybe my poor body thinks I'm starving it!! So, here's to a new week and hopefully more weight loss.