1000 calories a day

When you suddenly increase your calories, you will experience a sudden weight gain.. but its not fat.. give it sometime and it will stabilize.

Also, do some research on the hormones that regulate your ability to feel full and hungry. When you are on a steep calorie deficit (as you have been) they get very screwed up and don't do the job they are supposed to do. Therefore, you may not feel hungry at all. This is not a good judge of your body's nutritional needs. Very important when losing weight - eat the calories/macros you need to stay healthy.

I really hope it does! I am 5 6' 134lbs. Most people my height and weight look amazing, but i still have so much excess fat on my body (everyone in my family has a small body frame). I'm not trying to crash diet either, I find it incredibly difficult to eat 1000 in healthy food. Any ideas for good quality, high calorie, vegetarian foods to get me back to 1200?

Go for more calorie dense food. A couple of spoons of peanut butter is about 200 calories. Also, make sure you're choosing full fat dairy products.

As far as your weight, I am 5'6" and if I weighed 135, I'd be considered too thin. All bodies are different like that. If you don't already, have you tried lifting? It seriously makes a big difference in how you look. Might be worth looking in to. I didn't think I would like it, but I love it!

For quite a few months i have been averaging 1000 calories a day. That being said, if i ever felt hungry i would eat more than that. From much advice from friends on here, i forced my calories up to 1200 most days last week, and i gained 1.4lbs I can say that the added 200 calories pretty much came from coffee with cream and sugar so i could quickly get the calories without feeling uncomfortably full. Do you reckon if i continue with 1200 a day am i going to keep gaining weight? Quite discouraging.

If you're gaining on 1,200 calories, then you are seriously underestimating your food.

Log everything you eat & drink accurately & honestly. Weigh your food.

Read this: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants

I will definitely pick up some peanut butter today!

For exercise, i practice yoga daily and i really enjoy long walks. I'm not allowed to do any intense cardio since my car accident until my doctor says other wise. In the summer i ride my bike every where, but that's about it. As a student I do a lot of sitting, but i try to stay moving around when I'm not studying or in class. I'm sort of intimidated by weight training, i personally don't want to look like one of those female body builders

I only use measuring cups, but I'll look into buying a scale. Any recommendations for a good one?

And you will never look like a female body builder - unless you are willing to eat a lot and train to get that way. Even then, it's really hard to do. Check out some of the women on MFP that lift and have regular but very toned bodies. They are my inspiration.

I just started yoga and it requires a lot of strength too. Good for you.

I bought my food scale at WalMart. It was less than $20 and I love it.

I'm sort of intimidated by weight training, i personally don't want to look like one of those female body builders

Do you have any idea how much time and effort goes into being a body builder? I promise, it won't happen overnight and it won't happen by accident. Those women work very hard to look like that, and purposely gain muscle - which means eating at a surplus and gaining weight. It doesn't happen just by lifting weights.

How do you know that this weight fluctuation is due to food rather than normal hormonal changes, salt consumption or water retention from exercise? One week is far too soon to be blaming it on what essentially is still a large deficit. Give it some time.

I really hope it does! I am 5 6' 134lbs. Most people my height and weight look amazing, but i still have so much excess fat on my body (everyone in my family has a small body frame). I'm not trying to crash diet either, I find it incredibly difficult to eat 1000 in healthy food. Any ideas for good quality, high calorie, vegetarian foods to get me back to 1200?

Hey! Try to incorporate more fat, calcium and protein into your diet. The best way I find is to make a puff pastry tart and fill it with vegetables and lots of healthy things and now again some mozz cheese. Or you in pasta bakes you could chop up some meat alternative sausages; I usually go for the Linda McCartney italian sausages. I've been veggie for almost 8 years now and I find it really difficult on calories ranging from 1000-1300 to get all the stuff my body needs, so thats what I do. Recently, I haven't been doing too well with food, but its important to just focus on the protein, fat and calcium percentage before even looking into the calories of your veggies. Changing to soy milk made my hair start falling out! Thats what got me to start eating more because if something so small as a change in milk can do that; something in my whole diet must be seriously wrong! If you're happy with the size and content of your meals at the moment, maybe just try to include some greek yogurt for protein and calcium as a snack and add some oats or whatever you feel like and that should help to get those calories up without being too daunting. Anyway, good luck!