Long read, but NEED YOUR HELP PLEASE!!!!!

Alright, im 19yrs old, 5'9" and I probably started out at 190lbs and ~27%bf back in Janrary of 2005. I had began weight lifting, dieting and cardio at that time. I was doing the regular 3 sets per exercise, 3 exercises per body part, 2 parts per day, tuesday/wednesday/thursday crunch (school times were tight). So my diet was okay I guess...I would hover around 1300-1500 cal a day (too low i know, but I saw weight loss so i stuck with it, plus as a student im SUPER low on $) with a 40/40/20 p/c/f split. I would do all the suggestions round here with protein shakes after workouts. I was also taking a fat burner called RevXP twice in the morning with breakfast and it really seemed to be working. I would do 1 hour of cardio at ~65%MHR on no weight-lifting days. Till the end of March this was all working, I was down to maybe 157lbs at maybe 16%. So I'm proud that I could do this, but it really wasn't that tough for me.

Then in APril, exam time came around and I lost my diet and weight training....I lost maybe 5lbs of muscle in that time (a months time) and by the beginning of May I was done exams and ready to get back on the horse.

So i joined a gym (back home) in mid May and started again. I decided to go for 1800cal a day, which seemed healthy with my new BMR calculations and did the same regime for cardio and workouts cept now it was a monday/wednesday/friday split with the same cardio (cept I use a treadmill now, before I was using a bike). In mid June, I'd maybe lost 3lbs of dat and dropped maybe 1%bf. So im 15% at what is now 147lbs. Since then I have made NO gains. For me to get down to 10% ive gotta lose 7 more lbs and at 140 I think ill be too skinny, but thats what i need your opinion for.

SHould I get back on the fat burners cause they seemed to have been working...should I change up my routine...should I begin a clean bulk....what should I do (there are so many factors), my diet is as follows:

7:00am protein shake + kashi = 40g pro, 38g carb, 3.5g fat
9:30am turkey sandiwch = 25g pro, 45g carb, 3g fat
12:00pm chicken + oil = 35g pro, 0 carb, 7g fat
2:00pm chicken meatballs (PC) = 21g pro, 11g carb, 12g fat (good efa's)
5:00pm = pre workout apple = ~20g carb
6:00pm = post workout shake (milk) = 50g pro, 45g carb, 2g fat
7:30pm = egg-white omlette + pita = 20g pro, 30g carb, 1g fat

On non weight-lifting days its the same without the pre/post workout meals. So in a sense I'm "carb-cycling"...But I really haven't seen any gains since I came back from school and im frustrated...what should I do, I have a feeling that my body doesn't want to burn anymore fat because of my low LBM, so Im considering beginning bulking, but Im afraid of ganing too much fat and looking fat....Any sugestions?

Sorry for the long read...

Your plan looks ok to me, you can take fat burners if you like, but I don't know if they are effective really, and I think most here would suggest you don't. Many (including myself) have had good success without them, so they certainly are not necessary, and it is probably best to do without.

You are probably at what many here like to call a plateau. This is when your body reaches a point that it does not feel it needs to make any changes. Homeostatis is the correct term. My standard suggestion for people in this state (and something I have done many times) is to up your calories by 200 per day for 2 weeks or so, and then drop them back down (if necessary).

Continue to train hard, and do the same amount of cardio etc. Just make sure the extra calories are clean, and you spread them out over the day (or shoehorn another meal into your day).

Thanks for the suggestion tbimby. So many views but no suggestions ?!?! Lol, jks.

Yea, im kinda of leaning towards what you said, increasing by 200 a day and if weight-loss doesn't continue I'll go straight into a clean bulk.

Tighten up your diet. Reduce the number of cheat meals and don't add any more calories. Up them for a short time if you want, that's a fine idea, but it'll be more important to cut them back down when you're done.

Judging from your story you were probably much more disciplined on your 1300 calorie diet than you are now on your 1800 calorie diet. Underestimating the calories you need can get in the way of progress, but underestimating the calories you're eating seems more likely in your situation and can be even more characteristic of a plateau.

So, yeah, cut down to one cheat meal or cheat day a week, try not to deviate from your diet at all, don't drink any booze, milk, or juice, drink lots of water, and get lots of sleep.

If that doesn't work, and then if upping the calories and dropping them back down doesn't work, I'd suggest cutting your calories down further - - making certain they're around 1800 rather than at 2000 or above.