Hi Randall,
I know where you are coming from. I've been losing the same three pounds for over two months now. Although I was eating low carb, some exercise, (yard work and rebounder) I was thinking the numbers on my scale were painted on. :) In reading on other low carb sites I came across two suggestions. One was that the carbs in the sweetners wasn't being considered and the second was not enough fats in the diet. I'm upping the fats now and did see a different number on the scales, (lower), so they are not painted on. LOL
Could there have been a lot of Sugar in that bbq sauce? That is a big jump, 7 lbs. A gallon of water is eight pounds. Are your elimination processes working efficiently? Maybe drinking more water would flush the system. Could you have a problem with candida? Atkins said in his book that if you don't lose weight, suspect candida. Good luck. Omie