Thud, we always suspected you of being an "early bloomer" when it came to weight loss. The first five months you lost 80 pounds...much faster than the straight line 10 pounds a month. You reached that point earlier where your body realizes you are serious about fat loss this time and puts on the breaks to retain some of it. The rest of the trip downward to goal is the amazing part of your graph. I wonder if the observed "stall" around 9 months is a % loss? We both were roughly at 20% weight loss? More speculation...best go into the process with none