HELP!

Increase calories and exercise.
Your body's metabolism is faster if you eat more often. Don't wait to eat till the afternoon or until lunch. If you eat too little, and your body will freak out and stop burning because it thinks its being starved and turn down your metabolism to conserve energy.
So exercise more to increase your metabolism and then eat what you burned to balance. Then you are still having a calorie deficit and lose weight, but your body will respond better because it will know its will be receiving a steady supply of energy. No need to hold on to the fat.

5 lbs in 2 weeks is just right. Stay at 1200 calories (or more) or your body might go into starvation mode and that is no good at all.

You can increase your workouts if you like, but you are on a great start. Keep it up! 40lbs in 6 months is pretty do-able, but don't be discouraged if it doesn't happen. The closer you get the harder it will be to shed those last few pounds.

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Never go for pills. Also 1200 calories are like borderline starving. You should NOT eat less. You can healthily lose 2 pounds of fat a week. If you lose more, it will be combined muscle loss and body mass (like bone too lol) as a guy that is the worst thing that can happen to me is lose muscle.

Congrats on the weight loss!

Eating 1200 calories is perfect, don't go below that you might slow down your metabolism. And 2.5 lbs is pretty normal (actually more than most, I weigh more than you and my doctor told me I should try to do 2 lbs/week). Try increasing the exercise time and see what your results are in the next two weeks. But if you continue to lose 2.5 lbs/ week you should be able to reach your goal within the next 6 months! Good luck!!

Hi! Congratulations on losing 5 pounds! It may not seem much to you because you are stuck on your over-all goal of 40 but you have to recognize your effort over the last 2 weeks and congratulate yourself for losing 5 pounds. Everybody is different but, to me, losing 1 pound per week is ideal. Remember that if you deprive yourself of something you are setting yourself up for failure because you will find that when you do allow yourself to have it you will most likely go overboard.
I've found that if I drastically drop my fat intake I'm always starving; fat is not always bad for you and it's an essential nutrient that our bodies need. Remember that if you increase your workout you also need to increase your calorie intake or else you're body will think you're trying to starve it and it will desperately hold onto nutrients, like fat, that would help you live if you were starving. In my opinion, 40 pounds is 6 months is a lot but everybody's different and it may be that your body will lose what you want it to.

5 lbs in 2 weeks is fine for the first 2 weeks. You probably don't want to be losing weight any faster that that anyway. Give it another 2 weeks, and see how things are going then. You may find that your weight loss slows down, at which point you can make adjustments, but honestly 2.5lb / week can be a lot.

Don't rush weight loss. All that will happen is as soon as you hit your goal you'll get back into old habits and put it back on. It's much better to lose weight slowly and adapt to the lifestyle, so that once you hit your goals you don't fall back into an unhealthy lifestyle. 1-2 lb / week is a good, healthy weight loss to aim for.

EDIT: To reply to above, EAT YOUR EXERCISE CALORIES!!!!! To lose your goal weight per week, the net calories your body intakes should be 1300. If you burn 600, you should replace them otherwise you're body is only taking in 700 calories, and that's too few. Always always always eat your exercise calories. I find MFP sometimes gives me higher numbers than i'd expect for exercise, so sometimes I only eat 60% of them, but that's something you have to learn for yourself based on your body. I'm in decent shape for my weight, and MFP thinks I'm in worse shape than I am and thus gives me more cals than I need, but it's a bit different for eveyone..