confused...

It looks like you have a few things to keep in mind: 1) you're very short, 2) You dont' have much to lose.

You shouldn't be trying to lose 2 pounds per week. The less you have to lose, the slower you should expect to lose it. Because of the two things above, you CAN'T lose 2 pounds per week on 1200 calories per day, unless you added a ton of exercise. Take a look at your goals page and see what your projected weight loss is. THIS is what you can realistically expect to lose every week IF you stick to 1200 cal/day. I'm willing to bet it's not 2 pounds, even though you set that as your goal. Then, look at your daily deficit (above the projected weight loss) - this is your deficit at 1200 cal/day - I'm willing to bet it's pretty low. If you want a higher deficit and more wiggle room, you're going to need to work out without eating those exercise calories.

Unfortunately, with such few pounds to lose and being so short, even going 200 calories over your 1200 cal/day goal can cause you to not lose any weight.

... but the expected weight traacker says I would stay the same weight and sometimes a pound less than the weight i am at the mo?

Are you tracking your water as well? That actually makes a difference to what the expected weight will be in 5 weeks.

hi my name is Derrick i am on the same diet that you are i go over also but just keep in mind that when you eat healthy and exerciae will help buil a strong body also dont skip meals if you fell your not eating enough try eating veggies or fruit threw out the day that what i did for my cross country diet and i lost 40lbs. DR.OZ says that you should eat 7 small meals a day consisting of fruit veggies and meat.do go lower stay what you are right now and try some of the tips i gave you and soon you will fell a difference in your body.also DRINK ALOT OF WATER! water keeps your body hydrated so your body can work on the food your eating. P.S. Good luck and hope to hear from you soon!

Nutritional Goals Goals
Net Calories Consumed* / Day 1,200 calories/day
Carbs / Day 165 g
Fat / Day 40 g
Protein / Day 45 g
Fitness Goals Goals
Calories Burned / Week 390 calories/week
Workouts / Week 3 Workouts
Minutes / Workout 30 mins
Your diet Profile Target
Calories Burned
From Normal Daily Activity 1,610 calories/day
Net Calories Consumed*
Your Daily Goal 1,200 calories/ day
Daily Calorie Deficit 410 calories
Projected Weight Loss 0.8 lbs/ week

* Net Calories Consumed = Total Calories Consumed - Exercise Calories Burned

Okay, so what this tells you is that because you're petite and don't have much to lose, you only burn 1610 per day before exercise. If you eat 1200, then you only have a deficit of 410, which is losing only 0.8 pounds per week. Going over by only 200 cuts your deficit in half - so you would only lose 0.4 pounds per week!! If you want more calories to play with, then you need to exercise - that will allow you to eat a little more and still have a low deficit. Your weight loss WILL be slow, but you can't expect to lose quickly when you don't have much to lose.

when u say deficit do u mean extra cals burnt? sorry im a pain

Deficit means that you've burned more calories than you've eaten. So you start with 1610 calories burned per day (your normal daily calorie burn) and add any exercise to that. Then you subtract what you've eaten. The difference is your deficit.

Ex. if you work out and burn 300 calories, then 1610 + 300 = 1910 burned. If you ate 1300, then you would have burned 610 more than you ate, which is equal to slightly more than one pound per week.