Concern: Coming off a Juice Fast

You will gain some weight back as when you start to add carbs, you will add more glycogen/water. But 1100 calories is not enough for an active body. The only thing you can do is ensure you are in a calorie deficit.

BTW, how tall are you and work is your workout routine. And your weight is around 215 right?

Thanks for your response!!

Great!! I'm 5ft 10.5 and yep unfortunately it is. According to MFP I should be consuming 1400, so I have reduced it slightly and I am consuming approx. 11-12 grams of carbs a day. I do 30 min cardio, 30 min cross trainer, leg weights, sit ups and crunches. I try to add in another hour walk during the evening, but this isn't every night recently.

How often do you workout.. total nights?

Just ran some quick numbers, and even if you only workout a few days a week, you should be around 1700 calories. The more you workout, the more you will need. But most tall women I know are eating 2000+ calories vs those who are short are eating 1700. Fuel the body to cut the fat. Too little and you will lose a lot from muscle.

I know a way you can lose weight -

Eat some food and exercise. It's magic.

You've start your 1st post by listing a few fads in dieting, and throwing out that you're eating below a healthy point and working out hard... You can't blame us for questioning your methods either seriously or like many have in what you are reading as a "mean" way. I've seen people do all of these things (juice fasts, atkins diet, meal replacement shakes, blah, blah, blah) and lose weight. Wanna know how they are doing now? Back where they started or maybe a net weight loss of a few pounds. Now understand that some people are trying to help, but i'm not gonna sugarcoat it for you. Take the advice or don't, its your journey, but many many people have found success using some very basic methods and many people have failed using some pretty terrible fads.

First, forget the juice cleanse... It didn't do much for you, and you'll likely put back the water weight when you get back to real food (you do plan on eating real food again right?)

Second, forget atkins... I'm sure it works, and my diet some days is tweaked towards a higher protein, lower carb, diet but are you planning on sticking with atkins forever? Losing a large amount of weight isn't about a temporary fad diet where you cut out certain things and do it for a few months and TADA you're where you want to be. Losing weight and keeping it off is a lifestyle change... Make a change to your diet (food intake) that is permanent... Eat healthier, leaner meats, more vegetables, balanced meals, more whole grain, more organics, less sugars and high calorie treats, more healthy fats. Make these changes permanent.

Third, want to lose weight in this process? Cut calories... count every calorie you take in (from that handful of baked crackers to the mini candy bar you didn't resist at work, to the 8 oz chicken breast you weighed and didn't estimate wrong at 6 oz) and eat your calorie goal. If you went through the MFP setup process and told it you want to lose 1 1/2 or 2 lbs per week it already calculated the deficit for you in its number... EAT THAT NUMBER. seriously... You can lose more than that in a week... I was losing maybe 10 lbs a month at the beginning but I was wrecking my body composition (sure I was losing fat, but I was burning a ton of lean muscle as well). Make sure you calculate your exercise calories and eat at least half back (ideally all of them, but estimates on burns can be wildly inaccurate, so if you're good about eating half back you're probably alright).

Forth, diet is the most important, but working out helps by giving you more calories to work with and helping body composition. Lift as well as cardio (you indicated you were doing some weights) to help with skin elasticity and to keep Lean Body Mass. Run intervals and do circuit training for cardio (very speed and intensity to get the best results). Forget the crunches and situps... You can't target weight loss, do your cardio and you'll lose the fat over your abs... Focus on your core in lifting exercises, you'll get alot more benefit out of it!

Fifth, you aren't special... This is hard to hear but you already made a comment that made it sound like this was needed... Calories in < calories out... its how this works. You are no different.

Want more? The In Place of a Road map link was already commented on here... read it, follow-it, and trust that it will work, because it does. Don't get stuck in a fad diet, make changes in your life for the future, and keep this dedication you have now because it will want to fade, maybe not quickly but this is a life journey not a few month diet.