The more we do this, the more we know basics are important, but the tweaking is even more important.
That's why it can be hard to know what to say to a person who is 75% there.
I can tell you I thought my goal was 150, even though I was stuck at 165. Then I got sick with autoimmune and went on a diet to help that (carnivore worked for me) and found out I'm really supposed to be 125.
Then I had to tweak the carnivore to manage oxalate dumping, which I'm doing now with good results. It never ends.
But as long as there's another health goal, it never does. Because are you the same person you were at your highest weight?
In so many ways, not just the number on the scale, you are not.
We don't settle on success. We recognize health is always a moving target. With health comes better body composition. And we don't get to choose that form either!
You've reached the point where we don't know enough to help you with a question like, "Is it the fat?" I can't answer when, in my case, it's hard to eat too much fat