On the contrary, I think your approach is very orthodox. The instructors in my gym told me I should be in the gym an hour a time, doing 30 mins cardio and 30 mins weight training. I get the impression thats viewed as a common solution to losing flab. Personally, I dont think it is a solution.
No thanks, I would rather eat a calorie controlled diet and workout 30 mins, 3 times a week. This way I have the best chance of maintaining muscle mass (and therefore metabolism). At least thats the way I see it.

I have added @Anthony in the title so see if he has any advice for the original posters specific case.

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Horses for courses my friend and I fully support the work you do and the methods you employ.

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Same goes for you. Just thought I would give both sides of the coin to the poster.

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hi all,
to answer aprevious question, i just weight train 3 times a week, for 2 hours max, but no supersets or small breaks, i triy to lift heavy, therefore break lasts about 3-4 minutes.
the comment about the stress on the body caused from too much cardio sounds very logical. It explains why if you are stuck with a diet and sudenly stop cardio sessions you notice fat loss.
the effect of high fat, high protein, low carbs was unbelievable. even on a low calorie diet i noticed that the weight i lifted increased. i guess it has to do with optimal hormone production, something you dont achieve in a low fat , high carb diet, and maybe thats why it makes you feel tired all the time.
i guess the best thing to do in order to keep up with the fat loss is varie the calorie intake and experiment with

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Just re-edited title, see if Anthony has any comments.

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If you have been working out 3 times a week wioth weights + cardio days too for 2.5months and have now plateaued, you may do well to take a complete rest week. A 7-10 day complete rest is generally a very good idea and reccomened for every 8-12weeks training. Although between workouts you're body will recover, after a few months of contiinued training it will do you best to take a complete rest. That way you're body can re-juvinate and will again feel in a state of calm (rather than continually stressed thru workouts and cardio). After which get back into training; keep up the weighjts to maintain muscle mass but perhaps cut the cardio down (or out completely). Then you may find your body begins to let go of fat again.

Regards your diet; 15% carbs is very low! and may be another reason you're body is struggling to feel 'stress free' enough to let go of fat. It may have worked in the past but perhaps more carbs to boost you're energy levels and fruit & fibre intake may do you good.

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hi
this is something you might find interesting about the implications of high fat , low carb diet : http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/86/2/276 , http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/reprint/68/6/1157

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cheers, I'll read those later. But I don't think I'll be switching, your body is designed to use carbs for energy (then protein, then fat). Filling yourself with fat when loosing fat just doesn't seem like the greatest idea, and no it isn't because eating fat makes you fat (it doesn't, its excess cals), but they have 9cals per gram, so you are getting alot less food for your cal amounts.

What does a days food actually look like at 55% fat?

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hi
at 1650 calories its 55% fat or 907,5 calories or 101 gr ,
30% protein or 495 calories or 123 gr
15% carbs or 247,5 calories or 62 gr
i have 5 meals in a day.
breakfast : feta cheese 80 gr ,1 spoon olive oil, 300 ml semi-skimmed milk , 20 gr bread
snack : 300 ml semi-skimmed milk + 1 scoup protein (95%) 18 gr , 1 apple
launch : chicken 160 gr , salad, 2 spoons olive oil (20gr)
snack : Strained yoghurt (200 gr) , 1 apple , 1 spoon olive oil
last meal : pork steak , salad, 1 spoon olive oil

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