Originally Posted by
pastrygirl
I can tell you my experience. Once I started lifting weights, I was able to ignore the scale and focus only on size. I thought I had another 20 pounds to lose, but I am now the size I wanted to be when I first set my goals. I know a huge part of it is food and the changes I made there, but a big part of it was also the type of workouts. Cardio does NOTHING for me, other than improve endurance. I don't drop pounds or sizes no matter how much I get my heart rate up. I need to lift weights to see any changes.
For ME, if I were in your shoes, since you seem to have the food thing down, I'd try something different with exercise. I LOVED THIS BOOK: Drop Two Sizes by Rachael Cosgrove. I went down three sizes, but only lost around 12 pounds. I'm not completely sure on the pounds because I wasn't tracking my weight.