What is wrong with my numbers?!!!

Looks like you should be sonsuming 1600-1700 cals a day. Eating too little will slow your metabolism. Make sure you eat a big breakfast and get some protein in immediately after your workout.

I think you need to eat more. On days you burn 400 you should eat your 1220 plus 400, otherwise you are not providing enough fuel for your body to exercise

I would suggest eating your exercise calories. MFP is set up this way for a reason I mean would you go to WW and not bother to count points, as the main idea of MFP is to keep your caloric deficit the same each day regardless if you exercise or not. I don't think anyone on WW would join that program and not count points so I can't figure out why people would come to MFP and not follow the program (eat exercise calories).

Do you eat your exercise calories? You should be eating 1200 cals AND whatever you burn exercising. Your net cals should be 1200. If not I don't blame you for feeling hungry! I can eat up to 1600 or 1700 on days I exercise a lot. Exercise ueses up the cals you eat, you need more cals for energy.

I have a few thoughts... First, you could try to start slow. Start with setting it as 1 lb a week, and then slowly move it to the 2 lbs a week so that your body gets used to the reduced calories. That's what I did, and it really seemed to help me.

Are you drinking enough water? I'm terrible at it, but I do feel it helps with the hunger. I also chew a LOT of gum.... just to get me through.

Finally... are you actually eating your exercise calories??? (At least 1/2 of them?) Because MFP set your net at 1220... but if you exercise and burn 500 calories your net is then at 720 - so you definitely then do need to eat more and should!!! That will also slow the weight loss down as well.

Good luck!! You can do it!!!

I think I should raise my total calories to 1500. Is that a reasonable number? Let's say I exercise and burn 400 calories. Should I eat a total of 1900 calories for that day? Would I still loose 2 lbs. a week?

I'm new to this so I'm lost.

No, you probably wouldn't lose 2 lbs. a week. You need a certain deficit in order to lose 2 lbs. a week. If you insist on that rate, your net intake that I talked about in my earlier post needs to be right at 1200. So if you burned 400 calories in a day, you would eat 1200 plus the 400 you burned, bringing you to 1600 total.

Personally though, if you're just starting out, I might set your goal to a slower rate of loss while your body adjusts to this new lifestyle. If you're used to eating much more and then suddenly you drop your intake that much, it's going to be really hard on you. Try setting your goal to losing 1 lb. per week at first, and then when you adjust to that you can speed up your loss.

Try to get in at least 1500 to 1700 calories on the days you exercise. Even though you don't work outside the home I would assume you do something during those days so maybe you should step that selection up one level. Whether you are washing dishes, cleaning or whatever. Unless you are literally just sitting on the couch for those many hours which isn't good. On the day you aren't exercising eat around around 1300.

Here are some great threads that will help explain how MFP works and how to figure out realistic/healthy goals/deficits, and how metabolism works. MUST READS! Good luck to you!

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo