Is 1000 calories too low for someone who cannot exercise?

I say to do 1,200 calories with no exercise... if you go below 1,200 your body is going into starvation mode

yes

why cant you exercise even 20 minutes walk a day will help...and eat around 1400 calories a day ...losing weight is a marathon not a sprint so dont kill yourself with doing less calories per day

my 24 pound 2-year-old eats 1000 calories a day. You need more than that to get enough nutrition, even if it means you don't lose weight quickly or at all.

1000 cals when recovering from a broken leg is madness. IMHO.

I'm going to say that as someone who is also short, that I think that different people have metabolisms that vary. When I do 1200, it doesn't have that large of an impact. My current BMR is 1208 calories per day according to MFP.. Add in a sedentary job, like I have and I don't know how effective that is. If you don't see results with 1200, change it up.

OK, I will try 1200 for the first week and see what happens. I want to lose 1 lb a week bc I have a trip in 6 weeks and want to be at least 6lbs down.

1 pound a week at your current weight is probably a bit fast considering you can't workout. A 500 calorie deficit is rather difficult even if you are exercising so without exercise it's going to be REALLY REALLY hard to have that kind of loss.

Stop looking for an instant fix and setting unrealistic goals for yourself.

Some folks might even snicker that you are concerned about six pounds, but that aside, what has been said about such a small amount holds true. I've seen post after post from people struggling with the last ten pounds of their journey.

Listen to what the folks here have to say, pick an approach, and stick with it. Trying something for a week or two then switching because you didn't get the expected results is a fools errand.

I'm almost exactly your stats...If I can't exercise I don't lose. I've tried everything from 200 calories a day to Alternate Day fasting to HCG (ugh). This is over the course of two years & my self esteem has suffered hugely from trying everything and it ALWAYS failing. I'd say your best bet is to accept yourself for who & how you are until youve healed & can go slow & steady. I've finally come to terms with having a small deficit & expecting to lose much more slowly. I feel much better about myself & i'm seeing results finally.

That being said, if your BMR is around 1200 if you just eat 1200 I'm sure there would be abotu a 250 deficit a day & you'd still lose weight.

Also I'm pretty sure the metabolism of someone who is recovering from an injury or illness is naturally elevated from your system trying to recover needing additinoal energy sources. So I'd focus on the miracle of bone regrowth.

"1000 cals when recovering from a broken leg is madness. IMHO."

I totally agree. You see, when recovering from a broken bone, injury, or surgery, for a few weeks, one's body can actually require somewhat MORE than one's maintenance level, simply because it's got a real job to do with healing up. Anywhere from 15-20% more in fact. A lot of internal work and energy go to healing, even if one is not able to exercise very much, or at all. It's a lot of work for the body to repair a broken bone, or heal up from any other assault on the body.
So for now, rather than being too attached to weight loss, I'd focus on really good nutrition and be sure to eat ENOUGH. 1000 calories is not going to be enough - your healing will be slowed in fact if you don't eat enough good food. Your protein needs are greater, for one thing, so I'd up that a bit, eat other fresh wholesome foods, and not get into those dates with Ben & Jerry because one might be feeling sorry for oneself(that last being really easy to do with an injury that sidelines one).
I know this from personal experience with a knee injury 2 years ago that sidelined me for a time. Even though I was not able to exercise for awhile, I lost a bit of weight during those first few weeks, even with eating my normal diet and not aiming for weight loss as such. However, after that initial healing period(5-8 weeks)that temporary metabolic boost does go down and one should be careful with eating. Still, not as low as 1000 calories though. It depends on your size for one thing and since you don't have much weight to lose, it might take longer anyway because the body often doesn't want to give up those last few pounds very readily. After those first few weeks, I got onto a really good rehab program working very hard, and I actually gained that weight back. However, I was in much better shape due to the muscle gain over a 6 month period.
Anyhow, best of luck and speedy healing as possible for you with your leg!:) Healing, not weight loss as such is your priority right now, along with rehab when that comes along.

To lend support to the above statement... I had a stress fracture last winter and had to take time off from exercise. I *could* do upper body seated strength training and biking, but I didn't do much at all. And I stopped logging my food... I didn't binge, but I didn't care if I went over or under. And I self-medicated with Butterfingers. I played a lot of video games. I figured, worst case scenario, I might gain one pound a week by eating more and moving less, and I was ok with that. In about six weeks' time, I gained one whole pound. And when I was able to start exercising again, it was gone in a week.

Also remember, if you're on crutches, that's a big calorie burn in itself.