Not losing weight while IN KETOSIS? There's a few good reasons...

So I've been on a fairly steady downward spiral when it comes to weight loss.

I've been ecstatic. The whole low carb thing has been really working out for me. I was 252.8 in the beginning of February and now, NOW, I'm 225 - even. And? I've been 225 even for a few days now. It's driving me nuts.

I've read numerous places that a plateau is somewhere around 3 weeks or less. A weight loss stall is around 4 weeks or more. I realize 3 or 4 days isn't something to freak out over but seriously...WTF?

I've been searching the web to explain to me how can I be so ketogenic - my Ketostix have been virtually black - but my weight loss has completely stopped. HOW IS IT POSSIBLE.

Enter Dr. Michael R. Eades.

From The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. - Low-carb and calories - 5|27|08
"On a low-carb diet your body burns fat for energy. But it doesn’t care where this fat comes from; it can come from the diet or it can come from the fat cells or it can come from both. If you are consuming enough fat to meet all your body’s requirements, your body won’t go after the fat in the fat cells no matter how severely you restrict your carbs. You will burn dietary fat only and no body fat."

Jesus. I totally wasn't thinking about that.

I've been so strict with my carbs. SO flonkin' strict that I came up with a cream based glaze for my pork ribs instead of the regular BBQ stuff for fear of carbs. But you know what pork ribs have a ridiculous amount of? FAT. Delicious, awesome, fat. It tastes spectacular after being slow cooked. But again, really, really fatty. I can easily understand my body running on that as opposed to the my fat stores. Eating ribs for days at a time, plus some steak, eggs, cheese and other wackiness has not raised my weight but definitely stopped everything.

I understand that once you drop that first 10 percent of your body weight things can get tough. It's argued that if you've ever maintained at a particular weight your body remembers that and tries to do it again on the way down. 225 was the lightest I've been in my Adulthood and that could also play a part in my being stuck. I'm not taking any of these answers laying down though. I'm cutting fat, upping protein, but above all else NOT DROPPING CALORIES. Last thing I need is to lower my metabolism. I've gone to the gym for the past 2 days and will be in there tomorrow with some serious weight training. I don't take things lying down!

TO BE CONTINUED.