I think maintenance is undoubtedly the hardest to master, so don't feel too distressed. I think it takes a lot of us, me included, a lot of trial and error to see what works for our bodies.
My suggestions are to up your "clean" cals a bit (ie adding more healthy fats, lean protein, and/or complex carbs to each meal). Without seeing your daily eating, I can't tell you exactly what you need where. I do know that for most of who are quite active on this board, we need to fuel our metabolism with some extra calories. Without sufficient nutrients, you can either stall weight loss, lose lean muscle mass, and/or gain weight. Always seems so counterintuitive, this crazy eating thing.
Another suggestion is to keep changing up your routines with different rotations every few weeks, including the cardio & the weights. I am an avid heavy lifter, but I a have been taking a break doing endurance lifting and am on my 3rd week. It is awesome. Plus, it will be new work all over again going back to heavy. I also do pyramiding, supsersetting, etc. Spice up the cardio with HIIT, intervals, steady state, spinning, elliptical, circuits...change up whatever you are doing.
These suggestions have been working wonders for me...only took me 30ish years to learn it
Debbie
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