How many calories should I be at?

in the same boat. I started 1/5/14 and lost 12 pounds within 2 months....and then super slow nothing.....I started walking 1 mile at 1st then up to my current 3 miles a day. 1200 calories.....nothing. I have looked everywhere on this site and everyone stated that I must be not truthful about my food intake or not measuring....not eating enough...ect. I have listened to all advice and taken and tried. so far very slow results. if you want add me...and we can do this together!! good luck!!

Increase a little. I used Scoobys Workshop to calculate for you and you should lose a pound per week somewhere between 1500-1700 per day. You have to experiment though to find what works

Scooby's is pretty accurate - also, you have to take in consideration your water and sodium intake. If you're not getting at LEAST 6 cups a day (and probably closer to 9) and are over the 2300ish of sodium that MFP has as a limit, you're gonna hold onto a bunch of water weight. Remember that the slower you lose weight the more likely it is to stay off. I've always set my calories at .5lbs a week because if I eat less than 1500 cals a day I'm always hungry.

I'm 5'5" and 154ish and try to eat at 1400-2000 a day to lose .5lbs a week. I'd say try and boost your calories to a range instead of just a number. Eating at different amounts keeps your metabolism guessing You're a bit shorter but have a bit more to lose, so the same range should work for you.

While losing slowly is preferred, doing it because you made wise purposeful choices is one thing, having your body force it on you because of unwise choices is another. One will lead to lower than needed maintenance level and difficulty in losing.

What does the Fitbit say your average daily burn is - that is your TDEE?

Forget going to sites to guess from 5 rough levels what your TDEE is - you have a tool right there designed to do exactly that.

Then take a reasonable deficit off what you daily burn - and syncing MFP and Fitbit will do that.

You are the one that selects the reasonable deficit though.
What did you select as weight loss goal?

Do you have your accounts synced?

Do you eat the adjusted eating goal?

If you have over 40 lbs to lose, 2 lbs weekly may be reasonable - depends on other stresses in your life. Got disease or illness you deal with, bad lack of sleep, bad foods eaten?

Under 40 lbs take 1.5 weekly.
Under 20 1 lb weekly.
Under 10 0.5 lb weekly.

Log food accurately, weigh, not measure.

Now if you took a big deficit, your bad logging likely isn't taking away your whole deficit, but it can make it smaller.

I'm with you both! I lost well at 1400 cal per day but since switching to 1200 cal per day, I have totally no energy, I'm irritable and I'm GAINING!!

I decided that I want to enjoy life so I have changed my weight loss goal to 1.5lbs per week. This has given me a new intake of 1380 cal per day, much easier to adhere to and I'll see how I get on this week x

I am 5 feet 3 inches. I try to eat under 1250 calories a day because I used the Fitness Pal to calculated it for me. I think it is in goals. I exercise but I only lose one pound a week. Personally, I think that is healthy. It is tons of work to do, though. Plus, it is hard to patient about it.

I am 5 feet 3 inches. I try to eat under 1250 calories a day because I used the Fitness Pal to calculated it for me. I think it is in goals. I exercise but I only lose one pound a week. Personally, I think that is healthy. It is tons of work to do, though. Plus, it is hard to patient about it.

Being 5' 3", it may not matter because there may not be much room for movement - but did you select 1 lb weekly goal loss, or that's what you happen to be getting, or both?