MFP ALREADY GIVES YOU A CALORIE DEFITCIT- EAT CALORIES!

Funny...but since she's been to medical school and you haven't...I think I'm going to go with her recommendations over what a website says. And I'm not burning 1200 calories a day. I tend to average between 300 and 600. I was just posting what I had been told and what I think. You can't generalize on something like a diet...everyone is different. No need to be rude about it.

Edited to add: In response to the eat 1200 burn 1200 question...I'm sure if I was going to that extreme I wouldn't feel healthy or still have energy. Hence her feeling unhealthy recommendation.

I guess that would be true long term but I am curious if you "felt" ok does that still make it safe? I mean people can do 800 calorie diets and feel ok/healthy at first but long term it can do damage.

I just think people should listen to their own bodies. I get concerned when I see people generalize because a lot of people on here don't really know what they are doing. And people post on here like they are experts (for instance, I just read another post on this subject that was title "Read this if you're new") and it can be misleading to people who do not know any different. Telling someone that they have to eat their calories and that netting less than 1200 will put them into starvation mode and cause them serious damage without any further information is wrong. MFP uses 1200 as a guideline, but the levels are different for everyone.
I agree that people can feel healthy in the short run but do damage in the long term. I am basing it on me - I know that if I personally eat less than 1000 calories in a day (not net - just calories in) I feel shaky and weak. But I can net less than 1000 and feel fine. Like I said above - you have to listen to your body.

@Marla64 - I agree that doctors make mistakes, but in general I trust their judgement. That was a big mistake yours made and I'm happy it didn't end the way it could've. In my experience, which is what I have posted about, my doctor has not led me wrong.

I do not eat all of mine back, in fact, I don't really eat any of them back. MFP doesn't take into account that I am have hyperthyroid and need to deduct more calories in order to lose weight