You're probably going to gets lots of mixed opinions. But I would recommend upping your calories to about 1500 for about 2 weeks, then drop them back to 1200 if you want. I found 1200 to always be to low for me. But anytime I hit a plateau increasing calories did the trick.

Yes, eat the calories you burn. 1200 is too low for most people.

Agree with all. Mixing it up (both caloric intake and exercise) keeps your body guessing and keeps you losing.

I think you should add some calories, maybe gradually increase it by 100 until you start seeing results? Add some more whole fruits and vegetables, nuts, cheeses, things that will help increase the calorie intake but are good for your body.

I don't read all the "science" and I am by no means a fitness or nutrition expert, but I believe 1200 is the set amount MFP assigns to just about everyone as the amount you need to go about life. But if you are excercising that much, it should have given you more. Did you input that when you signed up? I chose lifestyle description of sedentary because I work a sit-down desk job and don't really exercise at all and it gave me 1200. I am always over that because what little calories I do burn, I eat back. And sometimes I am just over b/c when I am hungry, I eat. And how much weight did you put in that you want to lose a week? Anything more than a pound a week is not really healthy...at least so I have been told. I set mine for .5 a week and it changed my calorie intake to 1240.

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I feel like- Why work out if I could do the same thing without working out". Hope this helps!
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what?!?! and average size woman (ie: healthy weight and active) needs approx. 1200 to survive. SURVIVE. if you work out...it needs to be more. I like 1200, that's my magic number, that being said.
If you weren't working out you wouldn't have calories to eat back. Each person is different and sometimes just sticking to your calories and not eating them back works.
Are you small? when you are larger and hitting a "stall" on the weight loss DEF eat them back. You need fuel or you will be more likely to feel hungry and tired and binge.

That being said, some days I will, some days I won't and some days I go over a bit....keeps my body guessing...I've never had to buy a size bigger than a 6...that works for me, may not work for others.

You can't drive a car with no gas...in fact if you let it get too low, too often it is very bad for it...same with your body.
and I am in no way trying to be rude at all, promise.

IMO you are not eating enough. At all. I think you should aim for 1600cals each day, AND eat back at least 60% of your exercise calories when you work out.