I’ve been hovering in the same four-pound range since the first week of April. Not gaining, not losing, just a very boring zigzag. My dinners are solid and my walking is consistent, so the plateau feels less like a mystery and more like a roommate who won’t move out. The surprise this week was cereal. I’d written it off as a trigger food, but I bought a box of bran flakes with raisins for my kid’s breakfast, and one night I measured out 45 grams with milk after a light dinner. It kept me from raiding the peanut butter at 10 p.m., which is my usual move. Four nights in a row, no late pantry tour. It’s not a solution, just a data point. Has anyone else had a “forbidden” food turn into a stabilizer instead of a landslide?