I NEED SOME IDEAS TO BREAK THIS CYCLE.

your body is used to the workouts you do now, you need muscle confusion try different workouts you havent done yet!

Congrats on the weight loss. You have hit a platuea, my friend. Yes, hitting a platuea is very frustrating, been there, done that. With keeping your calories and exericising the way it is, or should I say as close to it as possible, change the amount of time (decrease no more than half-an-hour a day) working out for about a week max, then go back to the full amount that you are currently doing. This should shock your body enough, and get you back on track with your weight loss. The other option is to keep going at the pace you are going and just wait until your body is ready to start shedding more weight. The key thing is staying presistant, and not give up on yourself.

I have been working with trainers and heard a few different things. Weight loss is 80% nutrition and 20% training. Drinking plenty of water, excellent. Tracking your food and intake, great. What kinds of foods are you eating? Is there a ton of sodium, fat, calories? Weight training burns calories longer than cardio, but cardio is the best for heart health and to do more often. Ideally, from my trainers perspectives, you should be training 2-3 times a week (on your own is fine) and cardio at least 30 minutes a day 5 days per week. It sounds overwhelming, but I used to do nothing at all and weighed 250, now I am at 192 and still going down. Pushing yourself in constant movement AT LEAST 10 minutes each day is necessary, then work up to 30.I like to train and thwen do cardio in same day so I can knock them both out and feel my best. Give yourself one day off in between training but still do cardio, sometimes I take two days off. green tea is a good way to lose weight but you have to drink a TON. Tosca Reno has a good "Eat Clean" diet with some interesting food. Power bars and clif builder protein bars are good for before and after work outs. If you eat fast food, you should try to stop. None of it is good.

But has your body fat percentage changed? It's hard to tell from your post, but you may be reaching an area where the loss of "fat" weight may be off-set to some degree by gains in muscle mass.

As others have said, you may be plateauing. But usually when I hear about plateauing, it's a matter of performance or muscle gains, not fat loss. When it comes to losing fat, generally the key remains to burn more calories than you take in, even if you're doing the same routine.

Either way, it might not hurt to change up your routine and give your body something new to adapt to.

I am currently on a exercise break..a WHOLE WEEK..and its killing me..

but..I am also on a 5 month plateau.. I am hoping this resets my body..and I can go for it next week..and kick it in gear.

Countless good people on here..have been telling me time and time again I need to do this...it maybe something you want to consider..

as well as a diet break...up to maintenance...then lower.. time frame suggests 2 weeks..to 2 months!