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Over month long plateau - Need to break through!

I am weighing in at 163 right now, and have been jumping back and forth between that and 165 for over a month. I weighed 169 at my last fill appointment, and only lost 4 lbs. I am feeling defeated! My goal is to get to 135-140, which is the recommended weight for my height of 5'2". I go for jogs every day or every other day, and I do no less than 2.5 miles in 30 mins. I don't eat breakfast, I just have 2 or 3 cups of coffee. For lunch I may eat a piece of meat or some boiled eggs, and for dinner I eat a meat and veggie. No more than 1/2 cup of food whenever I eat. I track everything I eat on My Fitness Pal. I don't understand because I am watching what I eat, how much I eat, and I'm exercising. I even did a 4 mile walk/jog last Thursday, I'm pushing myself further every time I get out and jog. Has anyone been through this, that can give me some advice on how to push through this plateau?? I would greatly appreciate it!

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Just my idea-

Calculate your BMR (diff from BMI). This is the number of calories your body burns at rest. Then add the amount of calories you burn exercising. Really do some research on this and remember to subtract the amount of calories you would have burned during that time period if you weren't exercising. It's very easy to overestimate calories burned during exercise. Once you have this total subtract the amount of calories you consume. As you prolly know 500 calories less a day will equal a pound lost in a week. This is why the last 20-25 pounds can go soooo slowly especially for women that aren't very tall. Our bodies just don't burn as much as a 6' guy. You might replace a day or two of jogging with weight training as muscle does burn more calories than fat even at rest.

I've got about 50 more pounds to lose and still doing well but I'm already preparing myself for those last 20 lbs. I just have a feeling they'll be harder to lose than 100 pounds.

Best of luck!

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