HELP!! What am I doing wrong?

I have been using MFP for about two weeks now... but my weight loss seems to be at a stand still already!?! I am staying under calories, trying to limit carbs and exercise. I just can't figure it out. I have quite a bit of weight to lose so I don't think I should be at a plateau this early. I have changed my diary settings to open- so please take a look and offer any suggestions/tips. I am not going to give up but this sure is frustrating!

typically you won't start to see the scale move for a few weeks most times more - i think around the 3rd/4th week i saw the scale move. as for your eating habits if your calorie goal is 1270 then you need to eat to as close to that number if not that number as you can. do not eat under it. a deficit has already been built in to the 1270 number. adding a greek yogurt (one with the least amount of sugar) and some oatmeal will help get your to your calorie goal. also i don't understand your comment about limiting your exercise. why would you do this? speaking of exercise one of your days you logged over 1000 calories burned doing exercise - curious what exactly did you do? i ran 8 miles last saturday and didn't burn that many calories. i didn't even burn 1000. make sure you are accurately calculating your exercise calories.

other food suggestions:

string cheese
hummus/veggies/crackers heck sometimes i dip my string cheese in the stuff (you can also use it as mayo on sandwiches)
tuna
granola bar (just watch the sugars - pick one that is low)
greek yogurt and a banana
smoothie (you make yourself not packaged stuff)
sprinkle chia seeds over a bowl of oatmeal
peanut butter and apple or just a slice of whole wheat toast
unsalted peanuts/nuts

this is just a small list of good food stuff to eat. good luck to you.

One thing I noticed on her profile is that she's a chronic dieter. So while in this post, 2 weeks doesn't sound like a long enough time to have slowed her metabolism, depending on how long she's been at it and repeated the process, there's definitely a chance there's some metabolism slowdown going on.

Hit the weights, Janae The more muscle we have on our tubby ol' frames, the more calories we are burning, even at rest. Try to talk to a professional who can give you an honest calorie number to shoot for. Everyone here says 'eat more to weigh less', then MFP calculations tell us to eat 1200 calories a day. There is a lot of conflicting information here (partly because many approaches work for weight loss, lol) But, I feel like I got myself in this metabolism mess because of low calorie intake, and then I look at what MFP is telling me to eat, and like you, it's saying 1200 calories. We'd be hard pressed to find anyone here that says 'oh for sure, 1200 calories a day is fine', even if you do eat back your exercise calories.

Dr to rule out thyroid/diabetes/insulin resistance - they check this with a regular blood panel anyways.
Nutritionist/registered dietician to analyze your dietary needs
Weights/group fitness classes to get that metabolism chugging along

You can do it. We all can! I have faith in us

LOL Whoops, sorry about that. I could have sworn someone said 150 and I went with it, but now I don't see that post. Derp.

Good luck in finding a professional to help you sort it all out. I know the first registered dietician I went to was AWFUL. She couldn't even explain her own program to me. She just handed me some brochures and said 'do this' and when I asked questions, she stumbled over herself trying to explain it. If you can't explain your OWN program to people, you've got no business in the business, LOL!