Really..... 1400 calories??

If you really are logging and weighing everything and still only reach 1000 calories and are not losing fat, here are some things to try/think about:

Take your measurements weekly. If you see a difference, you're on the right track. Weight is only one way of keeping track of your health progress. Muscle is more compact, and takes up less space than fat. So if you're building muscle, your weight may not change. If measurements aren't changing, then you aren't fueling your body well enough to build muscle.

Are you eating diet/light/less fat versions of your food? Try putting that real ingredient back in, and see whether or not that makes a difference. Fat in the right foods is not your enemy. You need them! Besides, those diet/light foods are loaded with non-nutritional chemicals that are questionable to your health in the long run. Not to mention that they load them with sodium to taste better. More real food, less processed crap.

Your body adjusts to the same routine after a while. Change up your routine, eat heavy for a couple of days to throw your metabolism off, then bring it back down and see what happens. Change your workouts. If you are close to your goal, you may have to work harder to see results now. Doing only cardio? Pick up some heavy stuff for a while!

Drink a lot of water. Yes, you'll pee a lot in the beginning, but it's good for you, and helps flush things out.

Good luck, and I hope you work it out!

Who resurrected this thread? Haha.

Someone who knew about the 'search' button

Who resurrected this thread? Haha.

Someone who knew about the 'search' button

That is true, and we should be celebrating that fact. It seems like a well-guarded secret around MFP these days.

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I'm overweight. I ate less than 1400 calories absolutely no cheating, everything measured and wrote down. I was starving! In 12 weeks how much weight did I lose? 2 pounds. So not worth it if you ask me. I'm starting to think I'd rather be fat.

I call shenanigans!

I have 1,584 calories......... left today........ for dinner (it's currently 6:23pm)!!

Me too, I usually have a lot of exercise cals left at the end of the day

If you are working out 1400 calories is nothing. If you eat between your BMR and TDEE, you will lose weight. MFP accounts for this by increasing your calories when you exercise, meaning you have to eat the calories back if you want a healthy and sustainable weight loss process.

I am around 116 and when I was losing, I was eating around 1700 (small deficit from my TDEE). Today I am maintaining and eat around 2000. All my calories come from good food sources. I would say during the week it is around 95% healthy/nutrient dense foods and the weekends might have a bit more junk so about 85 - 90% is good.

You can't gain weight at 2000, if anything you are maintaining so you probably ate more than that.

im 5'2 and if I eat 2000 cals a day I gain weight. So maybe you should find out from the OP how tall she is before you give out this sort of information

I'm 5' 3" and I work out on a moderate to intense level 6 days a week, and the same happens to me. I tried calculating my TDEE but not everyone is made the same. That's not to say that everyone is "special" in that way, but two people that are 5' 3" who burn the same number of calories during exercise still may not be able to lose weight or maintain weight by eating the same number of calories

I love these...

"OMG I am so full at 800 calories!" Then why are you fat in the first place?