First, I don't think you can call it "stuck" until after you've not lost weight for 4 weeks running or so .. thats the "official" definition (whatever that means, huh?).
Be NICE to yourself! Your body is getting used to this radically different diet. The first week was WATER weight. Your body can retain insane amounts of water and any new diet will cause a loss in water the first couple of weeks and a low-carb diet is esp. prone to that.
Keep following your diet as closely as possible and I'm sure you'll start to see a loss of a 1lb. or 2 a week very soon.
I would also suggest going ahead and buying either weights or resistance bands now .. don't wait on the scale to move. Lifting weights will help maintain your muscle mass while you're losing weight. A single pound of muscle burns 60 calories each day. A single pound of fat burns 2 calories each day. Your body will use your muscles for fuel, before fat, becasue they require more energy to maintain. Now, the Atkins diet might help avoid this to an extent, but I still maintain that using weight training is very important to a weight loss program. As to your cardio, I'd say you're good to go for now, though as the other poster pointed out, doing multiple types of activities is always good.
I can't really advise you on your menu, I don't low-carb. I'm assuming that you're only eating enough that you feel satisfied, not full and not hungry? 8-10 oz steak seems like a lot for one sitting, but again, I jsut don't understand the low-carb life.
Consistency is key. While you might not be seeing any results on the scale, are you seeing other results (increased energy, inches lost)? Sometimes it takes awhile to see the scale change as your body adjusts. Just keep up with your plan and be paitient.
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