Please help educate me and help me please.

I'm not sure what your question is.

But. Whatever MFP gives you as a calorie goal, INCLUDES a deficit that would get you to your weight loss goal WITHOUT ANY EXTRA EXERCISE. Working out increases the total number of calories you can eat. I think that's what most people get confused about.

Did MFP give you that goal of 1300 or did you enter that yourself? Seems really low.

If you entered it yourself, redo your numbers and pick sedentary. Then NET the amount that it gives you (meaning eat that number + exercise calories back).

Please read the links that others posted, don't try and starve yourself. That calorie goal is far too low, your body needs fuel to survive and work your organs including your brain, heart, lungs, muscles etc. You can shoot to lose 2 pounds a week at first and then cut back to 1-1.5 pounds a week since you have a lot to lose.

So, if I burn 500 calories, i' don't have to eat 500 to make up for it? I have NO idea how any of this working out and dieting stuff works

If you follow MFP (which is based off the NEAT Method), you eat the base calorie number + exercise calories. So if you burn 500 calories, then you eat that back.

The links I put up explain it better (the sexy pants one that links to a thread about exercise calories specifically).

If you start your calorie intake so low then you are setting yourself up to fail. Take it from me, a lifetime yo-yo dieter. I started following the principals of iifym and feel so much better. http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ Go on this website and enter your age, height, weight. If you don't know your body fat percentage just choose the lean option. It really does not make that much of a difference on the plan. You will see that you should be eating closer to 2000 calories even without working out. (I'm thinking the zone or textbook formula would be the best to start at with less restriction) You should be making sure your fiber intake is meeting the minimum requirements, protein and carbs are meeting the goals (no eating all carbs or cutting them all together) and you are also eating a good amount of healthy fats. Fats and protein will keep you from being hungry. You have a long way to go (as I did ) and in the end you will be possibly cutting your calories a little more. If you do that all now, your body will become efficient at living on a lower calorie deficit and there will be no room to cut and that will cause you to rebound gain all you worked so hard for. Take the long term approach. You need food to fuel your body and give you energy.

There are thousands of ways you can burn calories at home. Simply by carrying around 275 lbs on your small frame you have built muscle. That's the BENEFIT from carrying extra weight. Let that work in your favor. Muscle burns more calories at rest than fat! Protect your muscle by doing some resistance training. No gym no problem. squat, lunge, and do pushups along with your treadmill routine several times per week. You will be squatting 275lbs. Weigh once per week on the same scale same day. DONT DONT DONT weigh the rest of the week. It sabotaged me for months and years really before I finally got rid of my scale. As long as you lose each week keep at the current plan. It's always best to up your intensity of exercise first before you restrict calories but if you don't lose for more than 2 weeks and are FOLLOWING THE PLAN then take about 10 grams off your CARBS. Never lower your protein. These practices will help you keep your muscle up and help balance your hormones. Excess fat will alter your hormone profile which in turn hinders weight loss.

One more thing. IIFYM preaches that if you have leftover carbs and fat that it is ok to have cookies, ice cream or whatever on a daily basis and you will still lose weight. They also feel that it will keep you from feeling deprived and binging. I agree. However, I have also found (for me) sugar is an addictive drug and if I can fit in ice cream daily I will and then one serving is not enough. So use caution and know yourself when using that approach. Making sure you hit the fiber and protein daily will prevent you from using all your carbs for PopTarts everyday lol! Feel free to PM me, I'm wishing you the Best of luck!

Speaking of IIFYM...if you want to learn more about it, OP, here are two links to check out for more info

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/817188-iifym

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1380837-article-on-iifym-great-read

I have a treadmill and I aim for 60 minutes a day

When I started, I had a lot of success at setting my goal for 30 minutes 3 times a week. I worked up to 60 minutes a day within about a month. I hope knowing this helps you.

So, if I burn 500 calories, i' don't have to eat 500 to make up for it?

You really don't, but you may want to. If you aren't getting enough food, eat back your exercise calories. Living a healthy lifestyle isn't about getting skinny quick. It's about living like you were already skinny and you'll eventually get there. Don't be starving. If it feels like your punishing yourself, you're going to quit. So eat when you need to, be patient with yourself.

But if you're getting enough to eat -- you're feeling great, then you can just run a deficit. Let's say you burn 500 calories a day for a week that you don't eat back, that's 3500 extra calories burned in a week, and that's a number that dieticians and nutritionists like to use: 3500 calories is a pound. So if you have an extra 3500 calorie deficit, that's about an extra pound that will be lost. I've been doing this for 10 weeks or so, losing about 4-5 lbs a week.

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When I started, I had a lot of success at setting my goal for 30 minutes 3 times a week. I worked up to 60 minutes a day within about a month. I hope knowing this helps you.
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Great advice. Always start slow. I started at twice a week 35 minutes a session at about 2.5 mph on the treadmill and got up to 10 times a week (3 twofer's) at 3.3 mph on an avg 6% incline with no less than 60 minutes each session and some light lifting. If you start off going hard core, you will more than likely burn yourself out. You want to make this a life change not a temporary solution. Again good luck!