1200/cals aday for 3 weeks but havent lost a pound

Without being able to view your diary its hard to tell.

Are you sure you are adding the correct calories? Do you measure them or goes by best estimate?
Do you excercise? Do you eat back what you excercise?

you're either eating more than 1200 calories (logging, but not accurately) or you're overestimating your calorie burn.

it's a math equation, the whole thing. Without us having no more information, we're trying to solve for too many variables.

My suggestion: Open your diary and let trogalicious help you I have seen plenty of his posts on other forums and this guy knows what he is talking about. He might be too honest for some, but his advice is good

Also, if it's only 3 weeks, some people have a delay in seeing results, especially if a new work out regime is in the mix -- usually due to water retention (especially for women). Sometimes it can take up to 6 weeks for those people to see the scale move. Frustrating, yes, but part of the weight loss picture.

Also, if it's only 3 weeks, some people have a delay in seeing results, especially if a new work out regime is in the mix -- usually due to water retention (especially for women). Sometimes it can take up to 6 weeks for those people to see the scale move. Frustrating, yes, but part of the weight loss picture.

Way to distracted by the PUPPY!!! Adorable

Well, it's possible that nothing is wrong -- that he/she is doing everything right and the results are just being masked by water retention. It's pretty important to know about that possibility.

How do I open diary?

My Home > Settings > Diary Settings > *Scroll to the bottom* > Diary Sharing > Public

Also, if it's only 3 weeks, some people have a delay in seeing results, especially if a new work out regime is in the mix -- usually due to water retention (especially for women). Sometimes it can take up to 6 weeks for those people to see the scale move. Frustrating, yes, but part of the weight loss picture.

Way to distracted by the PUPPY!!! Adorable

Well, it's possible that nothing is wrong -- that he/she is doing everything right and the results are just being masked by water retention. It's pretty important to know about that possibility.

PUPPY!!!

Baby puppy! Wanna grab his big giant paws.

stuff like resting metabolic rate are only approximations, and can be off by a bit. i was 25% higher than average body fat, so all the online calculators were wrong about everything for me.

cole slaw and potato salad are usually about 257 to 300 calories per cup, yet you have half a cup of cole slaw down as 45 calories. i also see Chicken Brest Grilled as 110 calories, but did you make it yourself? if it was store bought, chances are there's a good amount of oil on it, raising the calories. you have Beef - Tenderloin Steak, 0.75 oz, which means you had basically just over 1 tablespoon of steak. if you had more, it's improperly logged.

i suspect part of the problem is you're grabbing listings from the MFP database that are incorrect. anyone can add a food to the database, like cole slaw, but often i find listings that are incorrect. it's very important to get one that IS correct - some people will make homemade slaw using a diet dressing, list it as cole slaw - 45 calories - but that's only true for their particular homemade cole slaw.

i have been 171 pounds twice in my life. once i was 20% body fat, once i was just over 40%. i mention this because obviously my RMR, BMR and BMI were very different at those two different points even though i was the same height and weight.

i get wrong info from the MFP database sometimes when i scan. my frozen hash browns from trader joe's come up as edamame, a totally unrelated product, and my husband's favorite cookies come up as a totally other brand and serving size, so always check the first time you scan.

btw, i suggest you weigh those pieces - in my experience it's very common for pieces of many things to be more than 1 serving each, especially with meats and candy. also are you cooking them with no oil, using no dressing on them - just eating them plain and dry with nothing but salt or pepper?

tyson lists 3 ounces as a serving, not 3.5
http://www.tyson.com/Products/Grilled-And-Ready-Fully-Cooked-Frozen-Grilled-Chicken-Breast-Strips.aspx

i dunno - it sounds to me like you're eating more calories than you think. about that steak - are you really eating less than 2 tablespoons worth as a serving?

I highly recommend investing in a food scale. There is probably inaccurate logging. A food scale really changed how I see portion sizes. I used just measuring cups and the size of my palm before too and it's really not all that accurate. It's fine if you're in a pinch but long term not that great.

Hi Btoff

I am 50 and 5 feet 7 starting weight 194lb (in my pics) before I started to lose weight.

I recently had 3 weeks of sticking rigidly to 1300 calories a day and I ate back my exercise calories. I lost no weight at all. I have now gone down to 1200 calories a day and do not eat back my exercise calories. I have lost 8 pounds in less than ten days. What I am saying is that if you stay under your calorie limit, hopefully you will start to lose weight eventually. Also, it seems that sometimes weight comes off in chunks perhaps. Good luck.

just as a note...

it takes more than 3 weeks for the body to adjust to intake. You would probably have lost had you stayed at the 1300.

Trog - I have just seen your weight loss! Wow.......:)