Counting

When MFP told you to eat 1480 calories daily to lose weight, how fast did you tell it you wanted to lose weight? Maybe this wasn't you, but many people pick the fastest loss rate the settings offer, 2 pounds (1 kg) per week. If that's what you did, try reducing the speed of loss. That will give you more calories.

Another option, if you already picked a less aggressive loss rate: Add activity. That doesn't need to be some extreme, punitively intense exercise: Any kind of enjoyable movement increase burns calories. Log that activity in MFP, and it will give you more calories to eat on the day you're active. (Less intense exercise is less likely to spark counter-productive fatigue or appetite.)

Also, if MFP said 1480 calories it meant 1480 calories, not "1480 or less". It's a goal, not a maximum. Whatever calorie level your goal is, try to average pretty close to that on a weekly basis (or that plus the exercise calories).

Fast loss isn't necessarily the best course. Yes, we need to eat fewer calories than we burn in order to lose weight. But fast loss increases health risks, and is more difficult to stick with long enough to use a meaningful total amount of weight.

Sometimes a slower weight loss rate a person can stick with will get them to goal weight in less calendar time than a theoretically fast loss rate that causes deprivation-triggered overeating, breaks in the action, or giving up altogether because it becomes Just Too Hard.

Final thoughts: I agree with Tom that 4-6 weeks of trial will tell you whether that's the right calorie level or not. However, if that goal's too tough a thing at the start, you do have the option to cut down gradually as you review your diary, notice what keeps you full and happy, and modify your routine eating habits. Both what we eat, and the times of day we eat it, can make the process easier or harder. (Pick "easier"!) You can work your way down to a tolerable calorie level, revamping habits as you go, then run the 4-6 week trial to see what loss rate results.

Context: I joined MFP at 59, class 1 obese, severely hypothyroid (medicated). I'd been overweight to obese for around 30 years before that. In just under a year, I was at a healthy weight, and I've been at a healthy weight since, now age 68. I'm not a special unicorn. I'm a hedonistic aging hippie flake. If I can do this, I think you can do this.

I'm cheering for you to succeed, because in my experience the quality of life benefits are more than worth the effort. Best wishes!

I need an accountability partner to help me stay on track with logging my food and staying within my calorie range.

Mostly just carbs and now I am going to try watching the calories. I would like to lose 10 more but am struggling to stay with it. I feel hungry and want food, but am trying to be good and not eat. My calorie intake is 1200 a day. If anyone can suggest best things to eat when my tummy starts growling that will not affect the calorie count too bad but helps with the hunger let me know please.