Weighing all food and gaining weight

What is your calorie goal? In general, the answer will be to eat less.

Can you share the time frame here (when you started, how long your plateau was, how long you've been gaining)? Can you share how much you've gained?

Also, is your exercise routine new or have you made it harder than normal? When you workout hard, your body will sometimes retain some temporary water weight to help your muscles repair.

If all those facts are correct, see a doctor.

You might be near your time of the month! The body retains water then. Or you might be over exercising. Our bodies are not machines. Take a break from dieting, eat at maintenance then gradually reduce calories. Don't eat 600 calories and expect your body to function properly. When you don't eat your metabolism shuts down. I'm not talking about one or two days of calorie restriction because people do the 5:2 diet and they're fine. Remember we have hormones too. Restricting your body too much can raise cortisol levels and drop leptin levels. Not good for weight loss. Have a look at this article https://www.muscleforlife.com/how-to-speed-up-metabolism/

You're not eating enough and retaining water. You want this to be a lifestyle, so you should aim for a 1-2 pound weight loss per week. That's 350-700 calories per day, including exercise.
If you're hell bent on losing quickly, get WLS. Right now your body just thinks you're ill.

@usmcmp is spot on. She gives some of the best advice here on MFP. One look at her profile pictures should make you realize she knows EXACTLY what she's talking about. Be patient and follow the plan - the weight will come off.

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So- in terms of not having enough. I hear what you are saying, but doesn't that primarily matter for smaller people? When I go to bed sans enough calories, my thought is that I *was* going to have a gastric sleeve. If I had, my caloric intake would be what I've had some days or less. It isn't magically safer for someone with a sleeve, so I thought that because I'm morbidly obese it was okay?

People who have weight loss surgery are medically supervised and required to follow a special diet with specific supplements to reduce possible damage. A friend of mine just went through it and she still had negative side effects. Our body can only use a certain amount of calories per pound of body fat per day. The estimate is between 4 and 6 calories per pound of body fat (the estimate used to be 10). Everything else is going to come from lean mass. So let's say you have 200 pounds of body fat your ideal deficit is between 800 and 1200 calories below your maintenance calories.

Yep, my colleague who had gastric bypass lost the weight and most of her hair. Her doctor said that even with the supplements, most patients can't get enough nutrients absorbed. He said it will get better with time.

She said most of the women in her support group confirmed that.

OP, you are drastically under-eating. And by the time the effects are obvious, you will have done damage. If you're losing weight to be healthier, why would you do it in such a way that will yield the opposite effect?