Hit a plateau..... where to go from here.

[dpgreen15]

I am 6'1 and currently weigh in at 210lbs. I have been cutting weight since thanksgiving, through diet and cardio, and have come down from 245. I am currently running 2-4 miles a day, with other mixed cardio as well as ab excercises. I have noticed little to no change in my weight in the last 2 weeks or so. I would like to begin a weightlifting regime to tone my body and then progress towards bulking up a bit. Would I be wise to begin a 4-6 week program using a total body workout 3-4x a week, before starting muscle specific workouts? thanks in advance.

[Firehawk]

Why haven't u been doing weightlifting the entire time? That's just asking for muscle loss (doing cardio and caloric deficit while not weightlifting). That's like telling the body you don't need your muscle, and believe me, the body would rather keep the fat than keep the muscle. Fat is much easier to retain than muscle is.

I think you should lift heavy and intensely and keep doing the cardio/diet. Do cardio on different days than the weightlifting.

What was your BF% at the beginning and what is it now? I'd be pretty surprised if you didnt lose a bunch of lean mass if you weren't doing weights most of that time.