I know, I'll never do that again. A few pounds isn't worth how badly I felt (and I didn't even lose).

Skibunnie, I haven't eaten that much for months now and I'm still crawling/stalling. I actually find it difficult to eat enough - that appetite reduction thingy - altho I do try to get at least 1200 - 1400 spread thru the day. I think there is something else going on for me. Maybe I'm very insulin resistant, have high cortisol, or a sluggish thyroid. Or maybe its that cup of coffee in the morning. At the moment I'm not interested in obsessing over percentages and whatnot, I'm not gaining, I just have a lot to do and I want to just live my life for now. I'll scrutinize it later again when I have some energy for that. But it is perplexing and a little frustrating that I'm doing most things correctly and the fat bits evidently just won't go away without a ton of thought and work.