At a loss and very confused.

UPDATE to include my current height and weight, weight is 271, height 5’9”. I was about 256ish when I started.

Very confused about my current issues not being able to lose weight. I (25M) have been trying to lose about 30 pounds for going on two years now. I have tried everything. I have been to a weight loss clinic and showed them my food logs and they said I was eating great and told me there was not much I could improve and kind of just didn't know what to say to account for my lack of weight loss. I had my BMR measured by an RMR machine and it measured my BMR at 2550 calories. I was suggested by a nutritionist (who I consulted with before going to the weight loss clinic) to try eating at 2500 calories, which I did. Didn't lose anything. The nutritionist then slowly brought my calories down until I was eating 1900 calories. I upped my protein intake to ~150 g a day. Still nothing. I have cut out all soda (I only drank diet soda anyways), tracked all coffee intake (I know that coffee can contribute too! I don't drink coffee a lot, but when I do I choose sugar free/low calorie options 95% of the time), tracked all sauces and oils (I don't actually use oil that much anyways), and track every little snack that I eat (e.g. if I have 3 cheez its, I track them, no cheating!)

I average 9k steps a day, work out 4x a week (split 2 days cardio only, 2 days weight training: one upper body day and one lower body day). For about a 3 week test period I tried working out 6 days a week to see if that could help but realized it was pretty unsustainable so I went back to 4 days a week. Also haven't seen any changes in waist/chest measurements which I track regularly.

I have had countless blood tests. My A1c, fasting glucose, insulin, TSH, T3, T4, testosterone, cholesterol and lipids are all normal (ruling out some metabolic causes). Only things that were abnormal were vitamin D which was low and HDL which was also just slightly low but I don't think that explains much? (Although open to suggestions)

Despite all this, I have not only not lost weight in the year and a half I have been doing this, but I have in fact gained 10-12 pounds. I'm just sitting here wondering what in the world am I doing wrong and is there anything that can help me?

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