so frustrated about my weightloss?

Go for a physical exam with your doctor that includes blood work. See a nutritionist if you need help. You can eat healthy and feel healthy without being hungry or rundown. Maybe something is off kilter in your body (ie, periods)or maybe you are not eating enough or the right things to nourish your body. You should feel like a million dollars and you will as soon as you figure it out. Good luck

All you need to do is re-work your calories! I have a large coffee every morning from McDonalds with 3 creams. I also have 3/4 cup of Kellogs Fruit and yogurt cereal with 1/2 cup of skim milk. I notice you are using 2%...make the switch...you will not regret it or notice it taste any different! By making small changes like this (cut the milk and honey out of your routine too) you will save enough calories to have that ice cream. Maintaining a certain weight or looking a certain way is a lifestyle change. You shouldn't be worried about gaining weight. Live. Eat healthy...and it IS ok to splurge every now and then...just do it...and then get back on the wagon! Trust me. I am a mother of 4 boys in my early 40s and I work full time. I have done every weight thing you can imagine. The key is eating healthy, watching what you eat, and exercising. Try to focus more on how you feel than how you look. I enjoy doing 5ks either running, jogging or walking them...I also enjoy T25 (Beachbody). I constantly switch up my exercise so that it is fun. I put on ipod with all my favorite music and do kettlebell videos, biggest loser videos, walk on the treadmill uphill with weights, ride my bike or do T25. Make it fun. I look forward to my workouts because it is my alone time! Even if I have to wait until all the kids are in bed it is worth every second! Do I skip workouts? Sure I do. But then I go back the next day. Do I eat out with my friends and eat more than I should? Sure I do. But I get back on the calorie counting the next day. My point is - live. Good luck!

I would suggest seeing a doctor. Some of your symptoms could be something else, like a thyroid problem. My sister has thyroid problems and has the hair falling out, cold all the time.....a doctor would at least be able to rule that out and determine if it really is your diet that is causing the problem.

Assuming you're accurately reporting your diet, it sounds like you're eating a good variety of very healthy foods, and 1200 calories won't cause malnourishment in a 5'6" woman. You might occasionally feel weak or tired if your blood sugar drops between meals, but a snack would bring you back to feeling good right away. You'd have to eat far less than that for a long time to cause your hair to fall out. Something else must be causing the symptoms you describe.

If you're not happy with the way you look, that's a different story. As others have said, you should look into lifting weights to tone up and increase your metabolism. The numbers on the scale may creep up a bit as you build muscle, but if you avoid panicking and keep eating enough protein to build those long, lean muscles, you'll ultimately be happier with your look.

But again, if you're really eating 1200 calories *net*, after factoring in exercise calories, and you still have all those symptoms, you should see your doctor right away--before you do anything else. You're certainly not verging on anorexia if you're really eating as well as you describe, especially since your BMI is in the "healthy" range. Your doctor should do blood tests and see if there's something else causing your symptoms.