Don't get too discouraged; stalls happen, fluctuations happen, heavy days happen. It doesn't mean you haven't lost fat; scales measure weight, not fat.
There are a couple of reasons you could be seeing that higher number:
- Sodium intake higher than usual
- An impending visit from "Aunt Flo"
- Water weight due to vigorous exercise in the past day or so
- Poop. (Yeah, I said it.
Poop is heavy stuff.)
And some questions:
- Were you on the same scale? Different scales mean different weights. Heck, different placement of the
same scale can mean different weights.
- How do you portion your food? Do you weigh it? Measure it? Eyeball it? Guess at it? With calorie-dense foods, even a small overestimation can make a difference.
- What's a typical day's menu like for you? Your current 1600 calories a day should leave room for a lot of tasty stuff and it's surprising to read that you don't feel you could eat less. That's not to say that you
should eat less--I think 1600 sounds great. It's generally a good idea to start at your highest caloric intake at which you still lose weight and I doubt you'll need to make any more cuts. I'm just wondering whether you're getting enough satisfaction from your food to be able to keep it up long-term. That's kind of a secondary thing to the weight stall, though.