Not Sure I'm Doing The Calorie Intake Correctly

Just an FYI, you're not really supposed to heat olive oil to high temps so I wouldn't recommend actually frying anything in it. Be aware too (although you probably already are) that it has loads of calories. When I first started out I was pretty shocked when I first noticed that.

Anyway, I'll get out of the way now and let everyone else get to preaching the weird of Weigh Everything, it seems to be a favorite pass time here.

I started off at 220 as my wake up call for the heaviest I've ever been and I'm pretty close to your height. Plateauing was a huge frustration for me and led to my giving up a couple times so I definitely feel your pain. Best of luck to you and all I can advise is stick to it and follow the advice of the veterans here about your counting methods, if you're doing it accurately the weight will have to start coming off soon no matter how stubborn it's being.

And using measuring cups and spoons “for the most part,” which probably means Eye-balling other times isn’t the most accurate way to estimate calorie intake. Most of us have a really hard time Eye-balling accurately because our expectations of portions are so off by the huge servings everywhere.

A food scale is the the best way for solid foods, weighing everything before cooking. The scales have a “tare” function and you put one thing in, Press tare to reset to zero and add the next and “tare” and so in.

Here’s an example from a month or so ago about the importance of food scales. I bought a bag of frozen crinkle cut fries ( I love my potatoes, too!). When I brought them home, the serving size was something like 115 grams or about 22 fries. The pre-MFP me would have counted out the pieces and called it good. But the MFP me got out the food scale and put fries on it until I hit 115 grams (also made for a fun game of Jenga!). You know how many fries made up the serving? Six. SIX!!!!!! Six stinking fries (yes, I am still bitter about The Great Potato Deception of 2018). But if I had just counted, I would have eaten almost four servings when I thought I was eating one. Each of the fries was roughly the same size, so the labeling was off in that regard. The bag still had the approximate number of servings going by grams. Pieces? About two servings instead of nine.

Anyway, you’ll be largely horrified by how small the measured servings are (and be prepared to cry if you like peanut butter). But you will be pleasantly surprised sometimes, too. A serving of the black beans I like when weighed is more than the half cup measure. Cherish those times.

You're eating more than you think. You don't appear to be really weighing any of your foods. Foods should be weighed in grams. Weigh the foods accurately and log the calories accurately. 1 medium piece of fruit could be any weight - you don't really know the calories unless you weigh it.

Here's what jumps out just glancing over the last two weeks or so: I see several things not weighed, including calorie dense items like peanut butter and mayonnaise. I see some generic entries for items and also some "home made" items. If you make a recipe yourself, use the recipe builder instead of searching the database for a similar item. The database is user-generated, so you really have no way of knowing how their recipe really compares to yours and the calories will almost certainly be off. I see a few days missing any logging, so that indicates some consistently issues. I see some restaurant entries, so you should just assume those are calorie estimates since those can be off.

With consistency and accuracy, the weight would literally be falling off regardless of the exercise at 1200 calories. I just need to be honest. I lost consistently at 220 by eating about 600 calories more than you. Tighten up your logging for 4-6 weeks and see where you are.