Strength training - weight plateau?

I would keep going. Really, a month is nothing. The program usually takes 3-5 months. When you're done I would reevaluate. Trust the process.

I've done the program twice, a year apart, and had great results, both in strength, and body fat decrease. My weight has been the same throughout but I'm smaller all over.

Thanks for the encouragement!

I'm not positive what my body fat percentage is because my scale varies greatly, but it's definitely not in the lower range haha.

More info: I'm 5'3'', female, and currently at about 126 pounds. I'd like to lose maybe 7-8 more, but I'd be fine with weighing a lot more if it meant I was less flabby and more built! I try to eat about 1450 on my rest days, which is 1-2x a week. On lifting days, I try to eat around 1700, and on running days I eat maybe 1750-1800. I calculated those based on both the book and TDEE and BMR and all that... honestly the numbers seem arbitrary anyway and I did round them off to make it easier so maybe that's my problem...

Thanks in advance everyone!

Yeah that's weird. I dated a girl who was about 5ft, and I think she weighed 120... she looked great Not even a little chubby (and don't get the wrong idea, I love chubby women too). She wasn't even busty or anything like that, so I'm at a loss. Can you post a photo?

Either way, try this: weigh yourself everyday, in the morning after using the restroom. Only use the recent 7 day low as your current weight. This is because water retention and food can lead to artificially higher weight on the scale (fluctuations), but the lowest weight can only go down when you actually loose something. Maybe it's just an measurement error.

As for the calories, hell I don't know. I'm always suprised by how little women need to eat to sustain themselves. I'm bulking at 2700 and gaining slowly, and I'm about your height too.

Thanks so much! That makes a lot of sense. I know that I'm getting stronger (I was squatting more than some guy in the gym yesterday... HA!) and I do know not to focus so much on the scale... it's just a hard shift to make! I don't have all that much more to lose, so I know it's going to be slower going now anyway. Thank you!!

Is the amount of weight you push in the gym at least increasing? Sounds like it.

If so, that's progress. Not a plateau. You need to consider a lot more than just your bodyweight...that's basically an irrelevant number (or should be considered so for the time being).

Personally, I've been experienceing had a totally different type of plateau...http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1050878-if-doms-is-not-the-gold-standard-of-recovery-time-what-is

I figured out our minds can play tricks on us!

Wow, if that's a picture of your body... well I would never kick you out of bed lol Damn, what are you so concerned with exactly?

I'm being 100% honest here, you've got nothing to worry about. Your bodyfat% is low compared to the women I see here talking about loosing pounds on the scale... you're going to lose slower now because you are at a lower bf%. Like I said before, men have the same problem too.

You look great, I would train now for effect, not for scale weight. You look like you're at about 25%, so loosing weight for you will be tougher, and the way to go about it is a little different. Now you have to consider exactly what your goals are, and pursue that more than weight.

Ffor example, I would eventually like my abs to show, but that will take dieting to about 10% bodyfat. I don't care what weight I am at that point, because my actual goal is aesthetic, and there are certain requirements for that asthetic. Now, I don't want to shredded, just defined, which is why I don't believe right now that I would want to go down further. I also want to be stronger and grow my build, which means that I would have to continue weight training. Again, my actual weight doesn't matter in any of this, it's just a blunt tool that I use to help give me an idea of my progress.