STILL stalled, but losing inches

The scale has not budged for six weeks now.  VERY frustrating since I am only 8.5 months out,  have been diligently watching what I eat and exercising  (well, until early last week...  I got fed up with enduring the pain from my hernia while riding and STILL not losing any weight, so I put my recumbent bike on a short hiatus...), and am only a couple of pounds from Onederland! I went to put on a pair of jeans this morning since it was chilly, and they were WAY too big.  I thought maybe I put them in the "still wearing" pile instead of the "Goodwill" pile the last time I sorted clothes, so I grabbed the next pair form the drawer.  SAME THING!  Tried on the last pair... a little too lose (AND too long so I added them to the Goodwill pile, too).  I pulled down the stack of the last 4 pairs of jeans I have form the top of the closet, thinking none of those would even come close to fitting (especially when I held up the first (and largest) pair).  THEY FIT!! So, apparently for the last 3 weeks at least (since the last time I wore the jeans from the drawer) I have been just exchanging muscle weight for fat.  It doesn't get me to Onederland (and I REALLY want to be firmly there by the time I have my hernia repair on the 27th... which is my 9-month surgiversary), but it makes me feel a lot better about the scale refusing to move. Lora (stll waiting on word from the insurance company on my request for "medically necessary" approval for my panni removal...)

I think you've done extremely well.  But I can imagine it is frustrating when you don't see the scale going down but of course there's your inches.   There is that plateau diet.  I don't know exactly what it is, but I believe it's going back to the basics.....a lot of protein drinks.  Good luck onyou trip to onederland.