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when i only eat 1200 i don't lose weight..

Keep on keeping on. It will happen. Tape measuring yoursef helps to show what is really happening. Keep the motivation going!!

I Eat or try to eat between 1400-1600

Step 1. Open diary.

Yes, your food diary

Based on the limited info provided, 1,400BMR + excersize calories + eating only 1,200/day = potentially (defnatly) malnirished 39ang.

If your BMR is 1,400 you should be eating 1,400 minus what ever deficit MFP recommends. If you are excersisng, this will add to your bmr, this amount should also be eaten.

Back to step one, open the diary. Otherwise, no can really help.

You should never eat less than your BMR, your body thinks it is starving, this is why you are not losing . On days you don't exercise you should probably eat around 1600 depending on how active you are at your job, around the house and what not. On exercise days, if you burn 400 calories exercising you should eat 1800 calories that day so that you are eating back half of the calories you burn, because, once again, if you don't your body will think it is starving and will hold on to anything you eat and not let you lose anything. Now these are rough estimates for your calories, I don't know all of your details like height weight age and activity level, but, at bare minimum you should be eating your BMR of 1474 because that is what your body burns in a day even if all you did was sleep for 24 hours, which of course you don't. This is why you should eat more than your BMR or you go into starvation mode.

My fiance and I were not losing any weight for about 3 weeks and when she upped her calories from 1200 to 1350 and I upped mine from 1800 to 2150 we both started losing right away and much more quickly than before!

There's nothing wrong with eating under your BMR. It all depends on your activity level. In order to lose weight you need to burn more calories than you take in. If you keep to your BMR, on a sedentary lifestyle, for me personally, that would only be about one quarter pound of weight loss per week. Now I'm not sedentary, but with 40 pounds left to lose, I'm certainly not limiting myself to my BMR. And honestly, I can't find a single scientific study that supports the "Never eat under your BMR" stance.

As with everything else, it all depends on how much you have to lose and what your progress is. If you want to focus on a specific BMR, figure out the BMR for your goal weight, and adjust from there. As you gain and lose weight, your BMR constantly changes. It's not a set in stone number.

I just learned of a diet that you can eat all the vegetables, meat, yogurt, eggs that you possibly can plus brown rice each day and it is supposed to be a very healthy diet with maximum weight loss. I typed into a google search "fastest safest weight loss" and it came up with "harcombe diet". If you do Phase 1 of this diet for 5 days you can lose up to 14 lbs. YOu dont have to think of calories because its all you can eat of the items they tell you you can have...check it out.

3500 cals burns 1lb fat so you need 7500 for 2lbs per week a good loss

BMR 1968 take off EAT only 1400 ish thats 500 cals let 1lb per week

If you do not count you exersize cals gained thats 1500 so you should be 1.5 ish per week

I would up the cals with exersize walking for 30 min per day will give you 200 x 7 1400 cals thats your 2lb

Hope this helps Good Luck

My understanding is to MAINTAIN your current weight, if you DON'T exercise, you eat what your BMR is: 14-whatever it is.

If you want to lose weight AND you DON'T exercise, eat the 1200 recommended by MFP.

If you EXERCISE AND want to lose weight, (let's say you burn 300 calories), then you eat the 1200 recommended by MFP + the 300 calories you burned exercising for a total of 1500 calories.

If you EXERCISE AND you just want to MAINTAIN your current weight you eat your BMR calories 1400 + 300 exercise calories for a totoal of 1700 calories.

Hope this helps!
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HI!, I've been there before. It was partially due to not being knowledgeable about proper diet for weight loss, and not being active enough to show greater results. Embrace the weight loss that you're experiencing; you're doing something right, and it may take you a little longer than others to lose the weight.

You may be losing inches with the few pounds you're losing. Start measurements once per month, or every other week, if you prefer, and graph it, track it. [measure chest, waist, hips, circumference of upper arms & thighs; in addition, you can include calves and forearms if you wish] That's an indicator of fat loss which weighs less that muscle. If you're losing inches, you're retaining muscle, and you're progressing in the right direction. Then, you'll understand what's happening with your body. Muscle mass is your furnace that burns calories.

You're exercising 3 times per week. If you're doing the same or nearly same routine every workout, you're defeating your purpose. You may be doing good for your heart, but not for your general weight loss if you're repeating the same exercises. You need to mix up the types of exercises on a regular basis for the best weight loss & fitness results. If you want to do more exercise with limited time, insert simple exercises during any lull that happens during the day. Examples are: walking or jogging in place during commercials, while washing hands or doing dishes; and add some arm movement - any kind will do. If you have the opportunity to walk stairs, take it; that may tell you how much in shape you are + it's excellent for cardio. You can walk to the end of your driveway & back during commercials, as well.

For being more aware, I suggest that you analyze your distribution of food classifications in your diet; if you're running high on carbs. and low on protein or you're complying closely with the guidelines, it could be a key to your solution. The suggested food classifications are just that: suggestions; it's a generic distribution set up to accommodate the general population, as well as those who don't tolerate large amounts of proteins, but generally will show weight loss in all groups of people. If you run high with protein (best to keep below 100 grams per day) & lower your carbs (keep carbs. above 40 gram/day), it can easily increase your weight loss. MFP facilitates your calorie counting by breaking down their makeup. In the long run, try using your calories up including most of or all of your exercise calories added to your basic diet; there are many who lose weight faster, but it's individual results: other's may stop losing or actually gaining some weight. I use most of the exercise calories & am getting good results.

I hope this helps.

I wouldn't pay attention to BMR.

When you first set up MFP and calculated things, how did you get to 1200 calories? What's your weekly goal loss? It may be too high. Many people can not lose 2 lb/week. 1lb/week or 0.5lb/week is more reasonable for many (depends a bit on your BMI).

Also, to make sure you know, MFP calculates a deficit for you depending on what you set your weekly goal to be. So, that 1200 is with a deficit built-in, before any exercise. That's why you should eat your exercise calories...MFP assumes a diet-only deficit.

My general thought is that you may not be eating enough for your exercise level. That will cause your body to retain fluids, etc, and hold on to the weight.

I didn't look at your diary, so this may not apply to you, but check your sodium intake. If you consume too much, you may be holding on to extra fluid.

EDIT: I did a quick look at your diary. I don't think you're eating enough. As strange as it sounds, eating too little will prevent weight loss. What you need to do is slowly up your calories. You will find the amount that allows for steady weight loss. Since MFP seems to have you at 1600 for a daily goal, I'd try that for a few weeks and see how you do.

I actually went through this myself. I had my goal at 1lb/week originally, but couldn't lose weight at 1500 calories a day plus exercise cals. I had to lower my goal to .5lb/week, which gave me 1770 calories a day plus exercise cals. I've been able hit the .5 goal and I feel a lot better (I was hungry all the time on 1500 calories).

Maybe have your thyroid checked?