I am glad you are recommitting! It is very frustrating to think you are doing something good and have it not working for you.
It does sound as though you may be a "volume eater." (Because, yes, indeed, more calories in minus fewer calories out still equals weight gain!
) I am a little bit of a volume eater, too, so I can really identify. Search the website for that term and read up on the various folks who have experienced this, and see what their solutions are.
Here is a link to an article by Dr. M about volume eating--just ignore the headline about "eating disorder" and see what his advice is, in the paragraph at the bottom headed "What I have learned so far"!
https://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2005nl ... 100vol.htmOne of my biggest problems is that I cannot tell that I'm really full until I've stopped eating--then about 15 minutes later, I feel stuffed and regretful. I am going to recommit to Dr. M's advice in that paragraph, which is: "slow down they intake and give their food time to register...consume a medium-sized plate of food and then go work on some other project--then return to the dinner table a half-hour later and have another similar-sized plate."
I would also suggest that you make sure to limit the legumes to no more than a cup a day. I have found that more than that almost always led to a plateau, or worse, when I was losing. Also, Dr. M recommends that we have no more than than to keep from a protein overload.
Good luck to you, and keep us posted!