CONFUSED AND MORE CONFUSED

How long have you been "stuck"?

Sounds like your doctor knows what he's talking about. Eating a sensible amount is more likely to be successful and healthy than eating too little. I've just upped my calories to 1950:drinker:

I would give it a go. I floundered at MFP's recommended 1200 cals, but started losing when I boosted my calories to 1850.

I KNOW it is scary and you may even gain a couple pounds, but your body is FREAKED OUT that you are starving it. You need to TRICK it back into thinking it can begin to burn calories again! That is why your doctor wants you to eat more. It takes a few weeks sometimes to get it back to burning, perhaps you could add some weight training into your routine? You do nto need to join a gym for this, or buy a bunch of stuff. Even cans (large cans) of soup will work for most weight training and simple floor exercises including leg lifts, but lifts, stomach exercies and stretching all help build muscle and muscle burns more calories. Start small, say one or two sets of 8 at first, every 2 days. Then, after a week, try 3 sets of 8, then 3 sets of 10 etc. You get the picture. Our bodies will get into a routine and we need to change our workouts to accomodate that. I would hike every day 7 days a week if that was allit would take to maintain/lose weight!

I don't know how much you weigh, but looking at your pics, I can guess percentage wise your about where I'm at and I'm here to say LISTEN TO THE DOCTOR! at a minimum I eat 1700 which is my MFP target, and if I eat that for too long, I stall out. I need to have high calorie days or my metabolism stalls. The past two weeks I've been eating my mfp minimum and about half of my exercise calories (and I do an hour of zumba most days and some lifting so that's a lot) and I lost 2 lbs last week and 2.2 when I weighed in today. You need to fuel your body to fight the fat.

I don't know why MFP continues to put people so low, and even worse is how people constantly strive to be UNDER their goal. Like, it's a target - hit it. If you run a race, you don't stop a mile before the finish line.

I kinda think MFP is doing people more harm than good. It's hard to feel not scared about eating more when a supposedly reputable fitness app is telling you to eat like a prepubescent girl.

I agree.. and the really sad part is that they tell you to contact a physician or general practitioner before changing your goals from the 1200 MFP sets. Totally setting up people for failure

From what those little red letters tell me under my calorie goals.. If you don't eat enough you will put your body into starvation mode which will make it harder to lose weight. A regular diet consists of 2000 calories, and that's to just MAINTAIN your weight. I actually increased my limit because I found it too low. Just give it time.

I agree that you don't eat enough in a day from seeing your diary. Your body NEEDS those calories. You can adjust, although I know it is hard to shift your mindset to eat MORE.

Agreed