How do you break a weight loss plateau?

I’ve been in a plateau for 6-7 weeks now and am at a loss for how to break it. I’ve read old posts on this topic but would love more recent advice!

About me:

- 34 year old woman

- 5’9” and 175 lbs now, down from ~195. Those 20 lbs came off pretty easily in my first few months

- ~1500 calories daily, with occasional couple days at maintenance calories (some of you said eating at maintenance for a few days helps - it hasn’t for me).

- Exercise daily. 2 days of moderate/vigorous cardio (jogging), then 1 day walking. Always 10k steps. Rest day every 2 weeks

- Rest of the day is pretty sedentary, as I work from home. I’ve been wondering if I need to add some evening walking

- 8 hrs sleep

- Low stress, but worried cortisol might be high from many weeks of this diet-exercise routine

- protein shake daily and fiber though may be slightly low on protein overall. Vegetarian trying to lower my cholesterol so dairy is out.

- I do some resistance band training but am currently taking a short break from it to see if it impacts my weight (so far it’s not)

- drink minimum 75 oz water per day

- was intermittent fasting for about 8-9 weeks and therefore exercising on an empty stomach but I am going to take a break from that to see if it helps

Edit to add: other health indicators (blood pressure, heart rate) continue to improve even while my weight stays stagnant

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