Weight just isn't going down.

Start eating more calories. The 1200 calories is the bare minimum and that is not taking into account any exercise. If you are eating a 1200 calorie diet you need to eat those exercise calories.

I experienced the same thing and I am still trying to figure out how many calories I should eat and at this point I am eating between 1370 and 1600 calories a day + my exercise calories and I have finally started to see weight come off again.

You need to find what works for you but you need to make sure you are eating enough

Sounds to me like you need to eat more.

Start eating more calories. The 1200 calories is the bare minimum and that is not taking into account any exercise. If you are eating a 1200 calorie diet you need to eat those exercise calories.

I experienced the same thing and I am still trying to figure out how many calories I should eat and at this point I am eating between 1370 and 1600 calories a day + my exercise calories and I have finally started to see weight come off again.

You need to find what works for you but you need to make sure you are eating enough

He is a man so the minimum should be 1500 not the 1200 that MFP uses, which is for women.

When you first add calories back you may gain a couple of pounds as it sounds like your metabolism has slowed down and the only way to get it back up and running is to eat more.

When I started to eat more I gained for a couple of weeks and then hit a plateau where I no longer gained weight, don't freak out its a good sign because trust me it is much easier to stick to a healthy lifestyle than it is to stick to a diet and that is what you are going for, lifestyle change not a diet.

You have to change your goals and eat more. Based on the way you lost the first 30 pounds you have lost a lot of muscle mass - this slows the metabolism. Adding more cardio will have a detrimental effect. (Severe calorie restriction and cardio exercise cause muscle loss). Start incorporating some strength/reisistance training into your routine rather than more cardio.

Re-calculate your goals and change your weight loss goal. If you are set to lose 2 per week then drop it to 1 per week. You have put yourself into "starvation mode" (eating under 1200 (women only - men the minimum is higher - I think 1600) then exercising and burn 400 will put you under 800 NET and that is very, very bad).

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You need to eat more calories, or atleast eat your exercise calories. You would be suprised. You need to kick start your metabolism again.

you might want to switch your cardio routine, your muscles get used to what you do and they wont have effect on your weight. Another factor is that you start building up muscle and they are heavy , so measure your inches you might notice a difference... i hope this helps.

No it is not muscle, Can't build muscle on a caloric restricted diet such as this, as I said above muscle needs a caloric surplus to build any noticeable amount.

You are correct in that he should switch up the fitness routine, this should be done every 4-6 weeks.

Along with eating more healthy calories maybe you should change your gym routine.

Classic starvation mode.

ya gotta eat more! I'm a girl and I'm eating about 1500 calories per day. Each person is different but if you're net calories (after exercise) is below 1200-1500 you're body is going into starvation mode. Reset your goals and go from there....