Can't figure what I'm doing wrong...

Ok I am like you so here are some ideas

AMOUNT OF CALORIE YOU ARE EATING - FINE AS LONG AS YOUR PORTION SIZES ARE CORRECT

ARE YOU DRINKING WATER?Need 8 glasses a day

Just eat good carbs - rice potatoes veg. Keep off sauces gravies and oils

Eat a proportional mix of lean protein and carbs each time - make it the complex carbs that the body has to work at - no instant sugary foods

Do not give up - if you are depressed have a drink or get drunk and loosen your self up - keep going forward

Bump for later

Your answer is here:

http://www.acaloriecounter.com/blog/why-am-i-not-losing-weight/

^^^this

I'd say 6 lbs in 1 month isn't bad by any means - slow and steady. As far as the scale, I'd definitely wait and weigh a few more times. I've had the scale fluctuate as much as 8lbs this week! I believe feeling better is WAY more important than what your scale has to say.

I would say one thing to take out of the equation is to get yourself a HRM and accurately calculate your exercise calories. Also do something new for exercise and use some different muscle groups so and to get your weight loss going again.

Another suggestion is to keep track of your sodium, tooo much and you'll be retaining water. Also calculate your TDEE and then subtract 20% this should be the amount of calories you should eat but also don't eat below your BMR - this is what your body needs just for being in a coma. here's a link to find out your TDEE www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html‎

With your calorie goal as high as it is, do not expect more than an average of 1 pound a week, or a little less even. This is a good steady rate, but you just have to be patient and not be expecting 2 lbs a week. Lack of sleep will definitely hurt you, so try to get in as much as you can. Otherwise,everything else looks good. Just be patient. This will take awhile for you, but it is worth it.

2000 calories a day sounds like an awful lot to me.
Is this the number that MFP gave you after you input your goals?
Or are you going by the number on every Nutritional Fact panel say "based on a 2000 calories a day"?
(yeah, don't go by that unless you're a 6' tall man)

I'm 5'6" and When I was eating 1700-1800 cal a day I was about 175 lbs
(28.2 BMI well into the overweight catagory, just shy of obese. If I ate 2,000 cal /day I'd be somewhere around 220 lbs. well into the obese catagory )


I'm currently eating 1450-1550 to maintain 145 lbs.
Now, MFP tells me I get 1600 to maintain 140 lbs, but 1) MFP is just a guideline...and/or 2) I may have errors in my logging.
As long as I'm logging EVERYTHING... I can see cause and effect between what I eat and my health and weight.

I hit my goal weight 2 years ago and I'm still working on maintenance strategies.

Remember:
Enter an accurate age Even if you don't want to use your actual birthday use a date that within a couple of month of your actual birthday
Set your activity level to sedentary and log all of your exercise. At least to start.
You will see what your actual burns are. If you set your activity level higher AND log your exercise MFP will give you the twice as many calories.

When I was losing I was mush happier once I gave myself a range:

ROCK BOTTOM: 1200 cal
TARGET: MFP Calories for lose 1 lb a week (when that hit 1200 I changed to lose 1/2 lb per week)
TOP OF RANGE: Maintain Calories for my GOAL Weight.

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(SAFETY VALVE: Maintain Calories for CURRENT Weight - remember to keep updating this number as you lose)

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I naturally tended to do 2-4 days between 1200-1300 cal then a day at about 1500-1600 cal then back to the 1200-1300 cal. (No hard science here, but I credit the zig-zagging calories with preventing plateaus.)

--As long as I stayed under the top of my range I should continue to lose, even if it is at a slower rate.
--As long as I don't go past my safety valve I shouldn't gain.