My last post as I’ve given up

That seems like a bit of a defeatist attitude - I also don't recall seeing previous posts from you, would you mind articulating again what it is your specific goal, what approach you've taken, and what you're struggling with? You mention not being able to hit 1200 calories, here is a great thread with suggestions of calorie dense foods:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10142490/a-list-of-calorie-dense-foods

kpaing121 wrote: »

I’ve calorie counted but struggle to eat 1200 in a day I’d like to find high cal bars food that I would be able to have spread out during the day 4 meals etc I’ve got to lose 10lbs by June and nothing has changed since I started month ago

What are your current stats?

Are you tracking all your food and all beverages that have calories?

Are you using a food scale to accurately measure out correct portion sizes?

Have you set a reasonable weight loss target that's not too extreme and unrealistic for your stats?

Why do you have to lose 10lbs by June?

And if you make your food diary public we can look at it and give you some input as well.

I have seen your posts before. I have this feeling that you are not understanding the advice that you have been given. Maybe we weren't understanding what you are looking for.

Have you been logging your food on MFP? If so maybe if you opened your diary we could give you better advice. You need a plan to follow and if we could see what foods that you are eating maybe some of us could help you put one together.

You mentioned high calorie bars...are you wanting to just eat bars and and/or meal replacement shakes? That is not a long term solution and I don't think that would give you a 10lb loss by June.

With what information that you have given us we can't help you. Could you give us more information about yourself...how much you weigh, how many calories that you are eating?

I am sorry that you feel as if you have to give up.

Whats in June?
How much do you exercise?
Have you tried to drop the carbs, and have high protein, ( It works for me, it may work for you).

I agree with Teaby... You haven't been at this long enough to decide it can't work for you. Maybe you just need to change your approach. You know how to eat more than 1200 calories, and eating fewer than that is of no benefit to most people. If you are not losing weight, you are eating more than maintenance.

Buy a food scale. Plan some meals. Have healthy snacks available and if you have extra calories left at the end of the day, its ok to have a small treat or not. Just don't think you need to live in misery.

The first thing you need to get a handle on is determining how many calories you are eating. You can weigh & measure which is by far the most accurate, or you can learn to estimate (this takes time & practice). For example 4oz of chicken is about the size of a standard deck of cards. A typical serving is usually 6-8oz. Fruit like bananas, a cup of grapes & apples are around 100 calories each. A cup of popcorn or half a cup of ice cream is WAY smaller than you think it is. Bread is very caloric with an average slice coming in at ~70 for white bread, 70-80 for wheat bread and as much as 120-130 for whole grain bread. Sauces, condiments and cooking oils can drastically change the calories, don't ignore them.

When you look through the MFP database, don't just pick the lowest calorie option, if you do, you are lying to yourself. Same with MFP exercise/calorie burns. Most people, even with a hard effort, don't burn more than 10-12 calories per minute, don't count on what MFP claims. This is another area where you can overestimate causing your weight not to move or even go up. Calories in vs calories out, it isn't linear and there are fluctuations, but the basics are sound.

This may sound tedious, but it doesn't have to be you just need to do a little planning and find a system that works for you. If you are serious about losing weight, this works. This is my second time on here. I followed the system and got down to 105. Then I got lazy and stopped logging and exercising and I got back up to 160. I do estimate my food now, but I had lots of practice weighing and measuring and I'm comfortable with my estimations. I use a Garmin to track my calorie burns, but I only eat back half. I am still losing weight, but at a maintainable rate, which tells me I'm on point. (Unless you look at my diary for the last 7-8 days, I was sick.)

Best of luck.

kpaing121 wrote: »

I’ve scanned my food then done my portions I find it hard to get to 1200 but get close to within 50 cals maybe I’ve a wedding in June the dress I’ve got no longer fits I eat chicken rice haddock brown bread geese on toast nut bars smoothies and I have taken on board what’s been told to me but it’s so confusing and different people have different ideas

Get a food scale and weigh your food. The barcode scanner is full of user created entries and is not accurate. I guarantee you're eating more than you think which is why you're becoming full on what you think is 1200 calories and not losing.

kpaing121 wrote: »

I put the post up to say by to the girls that helped and yes I’m leaving as one I got shut down for posting and as nice as it is to hat I feel asking advice got to much I’ve not shared my diary as I struggled and weight has not budged

This is really hard to understand, maybe you're using a phone keyboard?

Anyways, best of luck to you OP.

OP, we've pointed you to the Most Helpful Posts threads pinned to the top of each forum.
We've asked you if you weigh all your food and if you are carefully choosing the database entries you are using.
We've asked you to temporarily make your diary public so we could help you trouble shoot.

You can ask as many questions as you want, but if you never give us any real information, we can't do much more than guess that you are eating more than you think. Comments you got previously were suggesting that maybe you should stop asking questions and start giving us more info, not suggesting you leave.

Best of luck, I hope you figure it out.

I am glad to see you sticking around. Hopefully tomorrow if there are places for adjustment the community here can help you nail them down.