Do i raise my daily calorie intake

Where do you get the 1,200 from?

What did you put as your activity level and as your weekly loss target?

ETA: how accurately are you logging your food? Are you weighing everything that is not liquid? Measuring everything that is?

You might also want to calculate your TDEE and BMR. I upped my calorie intake to my BMR (1600) plus I eat back my exercise calories, and I've had great results so far.

Tthinking of raising my daily calories from 1200 to maybe 1400 not that im struggling with 1200 because most days i have exercise calories i can eat but most people are saying 1200 is not enough an also dont seem to be losing anything not sure what to do.

If you're counting your calories properly from accurate weighing of your food on good sensitive kitchen scales and sighting your liquid intake from a measuring jug, the only way you would not be losing heaps of weight would be that you're under 4' 9" and already about 93 pounds.

Sure you haven't missed anything?

Just dropped it to 1lb loss per week but its says i have to eat 1540 there no way i could eat that amount of calories although i did go over a little bit today then on days i go to the gym an then have to eat all the exercise calories back as well.

1,540 is not that much. You can do it! Just try to keep it healthy about 80% of the time. And shoot for being about 80-90% full. You just want to feel satisfied after a meal, not stuffed. Also try to cut out most junk food, and stop eating about 3 hours before bed. You don't want to be starving when you turn in for the night, but you also don't want to be full. Also eat healthy snacks between meals. ))

what about the exercise calories on days i go to gym do i have to eat them on top :-(

It probably depends on what your TDEE is. If 1540 is in your range then you don't have to. If your TDEE - 20% is a lot higher, maybe around 1800 then you probably should. It might not be as hard as you think to add more calories in. I can tell you that it will not be difficult for me. :laugh: Try eating full fat Greek yogurt. Eat 1 or 2 tablespoons of almond butter or peanut butter with an apple. Put some olive oil or parmesan cheese on your pasta. Put some butter on your toast.

Some people get tremendous results from doing what MFP suggests for losing 2 lbs per week. I'm not one of them and from your OP it doesn't sound like you are either. So why not try something else? I kept reading a thread that's always linked on threads like this one. I read it several times but resisted it for whatever reason. Today I reread it. Again. I realized that what I've been doing hasn't been working as well as I'd hoped so I am trying this out. Maybe it could help you, too.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

Best move I made was setting my calories and macros according to the info in that topic! I have had the best success in that time - eating well, losing the last 10lbs, and I'm still losing fat and inches (and have actually dropped below goal weight). It's been working great for me. And having the info, knowing your BMR and your TDEE and eating in between those two numbers is so freeing. I have a daily goal I aim for, but on those days that I end up over because of a special event, holiday, birthday or whatever, I know I'm not going to gain weight as long as I haven't gone over my BMR. I enjoyed all my favorite goodies through the holidays last year and didn't gain any weight.

Needless to say, I highly recommend reading that topic and changing your goals. Is it a perfect formula? No, and for some, it take awhile, up to a month or longer, to really start seeing results. Sometimes adjustments are needed, up or down a 100 calories or so until you find the right number. But it's doable, it's sustainable, and like I said, it's the best move I've made since joining MFP.

Your digestive system may be having problems with only 1200. You may lose more weight if you up your calories and fiber ( sounds counter productive) but it actually can be the solution.