Trying with no success.

Honestly it sounds like you may not be eating enough calories.

1200 is pretty much the lowest anyone can go safely...regardless of how small you are. Try upping your calories...trust me it works (AND eat back all/most of your exercise calories) check out my blog in my signature about how this worked for me. If that doesnt work (im 99.9% positive it will assuming you dont eat junk calories) then try increasing the intensity of your work outs.

If you have less than 30 pounds to lose you should have your diary set for 1 lb per week loss, not 2, and you should eat everything it tells you to, not less. It already builds in a deficit for you, you don't need to create a larger one.

You may be right but I would guess my calorie intake would be less than most. I am only 5'1" and at 140 lbs.

I believe she is right. How many calories are you eating? How many calories are you burning? How many calories does MFP say you should net?

If you aren't hungry that usually means your metabolism isn't working hard enough. Unfortunately the only way to fix that is to eat more often. I have a hard time eating lunch for some reason and I've been loving smoothies. I use 1 cup of low fat yogurt, 3/4 a cup of a frozen berry (strawberry, blueberry, whatever), 1 banana, and 2 tbsp. of flax seeds. It comes out to around 400 calories, but if you are exercising, you need it. Plus everything in it is healthy. It's easier for me to drink a smoothie than sit down and eat something.

I agree, you are not eating enough. I would never have thought that you have to eat to lose but it is true. Eat alot of protein and fiber. It works I promise. Starving your body works opposite of what you want it to. It will show, I promise.

Honestly it sounds like you may not be eating enough calories.

you can't gain weight without a calorie surplus. the OP must be eating more calories than they are expending in order to gain weight. either that or they are killing themselves with sodium and keeping water weight, but over the course of 3 weeks i doubt that.

I agree with everyone else, it doesn't seem like you are eating enough. I also think you are not getting enough protein, based on your original post you are only eating chicken or shrimp at dinner which isn't enough. You should try and have protein with every meal.

I understand the not being a morning / breakfast person... I'm right there with you, but you should try and have a snack mid morning.

I think if you start eating more calories you will notice a difference.

Hi, I agree with all the posts, not enought calories. But I just want to tell you not to give up and to press until you get your desired results. YOU CAN DO IT!!!

There has to be something you would rather have than a granola bar for breakfast, maybe a bowl of Honeynut Cheerios with milk and 1/2 banana. That dry granola bar isn't giving your body much fuel to run on. I certainly don't think you need all that water. Some water is fine but a well known columist doctor recently had a column in the newspaper stating forcing water beyond what your body really needs isn't a good idea. If you are thirsty drink water. If you are eating a balanced diet of good food you will get water from the water contained in the foods. Where is the fruit you should be eating? Eating the same thing all the time will probably make your appetite turn off. How about eating pasta. Some of the pasta dishes are rather high in calories but they are energy foods to, and you can include vegtables with them. Jello has a good pudding (sugar free) that can be cooked in the microwave and includes the milk you need for your calcium. A sandwich made with whole wheat bread, a light spread of mayo, a couple of slices of fresh tomatoes, a bit of lettuce, 2 ounces of turkey or ham is less than 300 calories for a great lunch.
Good luck, don't get impatient, losing weight may take some changes, just check in with your food diary often. FG