But I'm certain that what's helped me these last couple weeks is the increase in protein (100g/day which is very high for me!). I was reluctant to lower my daily cal goal to 1400 because previously at that number I seemed to be "starving" all the dang time!! But I knew that the weight would NOT come off if I kept it where it was.

Increasing the protein has helped me to feel full in between meals, and eating only protein and veggies all day (I think) has put me closer to a keto diet than anything I've done in awhile. I think it's the low carbs and high protein that is making the scale move again. Right now we're getting unlimited veggies from our garden and I'm making sure that I fill the those veggies in around 100g of protein to make up my food diary!

Plus, awhile back, someone in the group (perhaps @lesdarts180 , @donna25trinity , or @Chinkiri , I don't remember) said that they often will eat a few prawns if they need to boost their protein - so I looked that up, and they are VERY low in calories compared to the amount of protein in them! I've been stocking them in my freezer ever since!

Edited to add: I know that what works for me may not work for someone else, and vice versa. I think it's important for us to keep plugging away, learning to stay the course, be patient with ourselves (very hard to do)..... and eventually the scale gets moving again! It's been 5 months for me in the 160s.... but I really think that my body just needed time to "re-adjust" to the 35+ lbs that I had lost.