Another upping calories success post

I know, maybe beating a dead horse here. But I finally decided to try something different. I upped my calories a bit and am losing weight consistently for the first time in, well, too long to say. Several months really. Truth be told, I never really lost any weight using the original calorie count that MFP gave me. I'm 5'5" and started about 165. It said to eat 1450, which I did religiously for a year with essentially no results. Now that I've upped it to 1800, I'm actually losing weight. Very consistently. If you're stuck, I do recommend what many have already said on here: calculate your BMR and use that as a guide. And don't go too low on calories. It'll ruin your progress.