I feel like crying please help

If your calorie goal is 1600 how come you're not eating 1600?

you might not be eating enough.....good luck

Don't cry, have you been taking your measurments because even if the scales is not moving you may be losing inches? And also did you read about eating your exercise calories you may not be eating enough. Also how are you doing on your sodium and carbs it may be easier to help you if you open your diary. But be patient it'll come off!!!

Honestly it sounds to me like your not eating enough. I tried eating too little and I didn't lose anything until I upped my calories a bit. Sounds counter productive I know but if your starving yourself you wont lose. You need to fuel your body to support that kind of exercise. Maybe open your food journal so we can have a look?

It sounds like you are ot eating enough! I'm not one to swear you need to eat your exrcise calories ( I didnt and it didnt really affect me at all) but I think you shoudl atleast try to eat your minimum amount. Why not give it a try for a couple of weeks and see if that helps. Dont compare yourself to your friend, everyone is different. Is she built the same as you (height/weight)?

When you workout are you doing both strength training and cardio? If you're doing strength training then you may be building muscle which takes up less space than fat. You may want to start taking measurements. Even if your weight loss is technically slower than you want it to be if the inches are coming off then you're doing okay.

Eat your 1620 and hang in there, the first few weeks are always the hardest!

I cannot see your diary but if you are working out 2-3 hours a day and are only eatting 1200-1400 I would say you are not eatting enough.

Are you sure you are getting enough water? Based on your weight you should be getting around 16 cups per day.
(Take your weight/2= total ozs needed) divide that number by 2 and that gives you how much you need!

I know we are all different but when I was stuck at 210 was when I found MFP......when I started eatting the 1200 plus 30% of my exercise calories I started to lose about 2 pounds per week. When I hit a plateau again at 180 pounds I started eatting 50% of my exercise calories and now I am down to 162. Your body needs the fuel.

Again we are all different, for me getting additional water, increasing my protein, and intake.....I started to lose.....and continue to lose......I don't eat any diet foods really.....I eat normal stuff and just portion it out.....

3 meals a day and snacks in between......

Hope that helps...again I am not an expert and don't claim to be, as we are all different!!!!

Best of Luck and don't give up!!!!!!

it totally stinks when you try and try and don't feel like anything is working. eating what you want out of frustration is ok every once in a while but get back into thinking you can do this!! i wish the weight would fall off easily but it sure doesn't!!
good luck and keep on trying.

If your calorie goal is 1600 how come you're not eating 1600?

When you work out hard you have to refuel your body. I would say make sure you are eating the right foods and enough of them. Eat your net calorie goal each day and that should help you out! If you want me to look at your diary I would gladly do it! Don't get too hard on yourself!! ~Corina

Go ahead and cry then get up tomorrow and eat more calories for an entire week. I think you will be happy
At the end of that week.

I started here at 242 and can tell you from experience you NEED to eat all your calories. You should be eating back exercise calories as well but at the very minimum if you get 1600 calories before exercise EAT THEM. Then if you work out and burn 400 more, you should eat some/most of those. You WILL lose weight that way.

One year and 71lbs later I can tell you that I still eat almost all my exercise calories back and haven't hit a single plateau.

I agree, you may be actually eating to few calories; and maybe too many cabs and sodium. Also, do you take any medications? As many people know meds definitely help weight gain, but they often get in the way of loosing weight as well. I have a dear friend who weighs similar to you, and works out just as much as you say you do...but she just doesnt loose weight as easily as others. I understand through her, what you must be feeling, and I am sorry. I think as long as working out and eating right makes you feel good, then loosing weight it merely just an extra bonus.

I agree with everyone else....your 1620 allowance already includes a deficit so if you are exercising a lot on top of that you are in severe deficit. You need to eat at LEAST the 1620 plus some exercise cals depending on what you are doing. What do you do for 2-3 hours a day in your workout?

Make sure that you are eating all your calories, even at least 75% of your exercise calories. Take your measurements....arms, hips, chest, stomach, legs. I weigh 186 and my net calories are 1200 but with exercise calories added in I usually eat 1600-1700 calories a day. And I don't always eat healthy stuff either. I'm not sure what kind of exercise you are doing but you could be gaining muscle and that might be why you aren't seeing a big weight loss on the scale! Just be patient you will start to see results.