I don't understand this.  At all.  I thought I totally understood the math of it all but even counting in "fluctuations," this does not make sense!!! 

In just five days - FIVE days, I have gone from 279.6 up to 286.2.  I *now* weigh a pound more than I did a month ago when I started this!!!  How is this possible?!?

Okay, I got discouraged ONE day and had a 2300-calorie-day - but it’s not like I just scrapped the plan completely and ate like 5000 calories! 

Sigh.  I’m still sticking to it but it is very hard to be motivated with results like these.