Help! with a plateau

Here is my dilemma:  My weight/size has not changed, at all, in a month.  If anything, I think I may have gained at one point a week or two ago.

I'm a 30-something 5'4" female and have been consuming approximately 1200-1450 calories per day (CC suggests 1200) for the last 3-4 months.  I had lost weight, slowly. 

In the past month or two, I have started going to the gym (6 days per week, an hour each day), doing mostly cardio with resistance training every other day.  Seems that this should have brought my weight down, but it has not.

I want to move the scale, but I don't want to dip below the recommended 1200 calories per day, if possible.  I can't imagine doing much more exercise than I already do.  I am stuck and need some advice on what I may be doing wrong.  Any suggestions?

If you're on reduced calories for a long time (and 3 or 4 months would qualify) then your body will gradually adapt and start to burn energy a little slower.  This slows down weight-loss.  Adding extra exercise helps a little but, if you don't increase your intake at the same time, it can actually make matters worse

What I think you need to do is look at your 'total burn' calculation on CC and aim to get that amount of calories one or two days this weekend.  The injection of calories and nourishment is often enough to get your body burning energy a little quicker.  If it has worked, expect to feel hungrier than normal the next day

Set your activity level to 'moderate' to reflect the extra exercise and redo the calculations.   Enjoy the day of extra food and then resume weight-loss at the new level recommended.   Repeat this every two or three weeks to keep things lively. 

Thank you gi-jane, I'll definitely give this a try!

Eat a tiny bit more (aim for 1500-1650 calories) and change your exercise drastically. Like if you run for your cardio, go swimming instead, just do a completely different activity. Also more strength training helps, I'd recommend buying some work out DVD's that incorporate circuit training (like 2 minutes of cardio, then 2 minutes of strength, then repeat, etc.), those are usually the most effective!