Originally Posted by onesnowyowl

I think part of your problem, Lasereth, is you're only looking at one number in regards to judging your weight loss--your weight. Do you have any idea what your body fat percentage is? Because if you don't, that's the number you want to know.

At this point, you've lost a significant amount of weight, and so it's time to start evaluating your body composition, as you've already started to do. But a key piece of evaluating that composition is your body fat percentage.

I really recommend getting a scale that also measures your body fat percentage via bioelectric impedence analysis. Just don't drink a ton of water before weighing yourself, or you'll throw off the result. It's not as accurate as other methods of measuring body fat percentage, but it gives you feedback more frequently and for less cost than other methods.

Yes, you might gain weight when you eat a more balanced diet, but that weight isn't always stored as fat. It might be that you're gaining muscle, and that is causing your weight gain. That's a good thing! Muscle burns more calories than adipose tissue, and will boost your metabolism. Plus, you may just be temporarily gaining water weight....