What am I doing wrong? How do I get unstuck?

Hi all! Using a throwaway account because I don't like any personal information on my main account.

I am 27 years old, female, current weight 141, goal weight 125, 5'4".

I'm here because I'm stuck. I've been stuck for a while now. For roughly four months my weight has danced between 138-141 and I simply can't get past it. I started at 165 pounds almost a year ago now, so while I've made progress that I'm very happy with I just want to continue on my journey and reach my goal weight, and it's feeling like that will never happen.

Here is a general breakdown of my current eating habits/exercise:

• I log all meals, snacks, even drinks into my FitBit app, and I am creating a deficit of 1,000 to 1,200 calories per day.
• I go to the gym five days per week.
• I bike to work and back, six miles round trip five days per week.
• I work on my feet as a cook. The only time I ever sit down is to use the bathroom during my work day.
• I cook all of my meals at home and all ingredients are weighed and tracked by the gram.
• I do not drink alcohol on days when I exercise. In the last month I've had *maybe* three alcoholic beverages. That is pretty standard.
• My diet is currently low carb with a focus on vegetables and lean proteins.
• I have one "cheat day" per week, which is where I let myself eat whatever I want for one meal of the day. This past week I made myself a cheeseburger, but the ingredients all still got weighed. It is not an all-out binge.

Suggestions I've heard recently:

• You are not losing weight because you started to lift heavier, so you're gaining muscle and losing fat, and muscle weighs more. - I've been focusing on lifting more for almost a month. Shouldn't the scale be going down by now?
• Your scale is faulty. - this feels like an easy excuse
• You are not being honest about how many calories you're consuming. - I weigh everything in grams. I don't think I could be any more precise than I already am. I feel like it's an obsession at this point and if I get any more anal about it it'll be considered an eating disorder. The guys I work with - while supportive - give me a hard time about how ridiculous I am about weighing my food.
• Try intermittent fasting! - I admit that intermittent fasting sounded like a great idea at one point. And if I worked in an office or a normal 9-5 I'm sure it would probably do me good. But as a cook my schedule is so hectic that it simply was not a good fit for my lifestyle. I was trying on for 8 off for 16 from 1:00pm-9:00pm and I barely ate for a week. Once service begins if we get busy then I have zero opportunity to make myself food and step away to eat it. Sometimes the rush doesn't end until 9:00. So did I see weight loss? Sure. But I was basically straight up fasting the entire time, which didn't feel healthy.

I don't know everyone, I'm feeling very frustrated. Anyone who can offer some insight would be appreciated. I feel like I'm doing everything right and still not seeing any kind of results.

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