I'm not really sure yet either, yesterday's deficit of 749 had me feeling sort of hungry when I went to sleep but I figure it's not a bad thing as long as i am not starving when I go to sleep.

I'm trying to get myself losing after a long plateau so hopefully this works. The scale is kind of swinging all over the place. Very frustrating.

I am having that same problem..seems like every week i battle the same 5 pounds to lose :sad:

Like others I'm not sure yet. I haven't pushed my exercise boundaries yet like I could be so my deficits haven't been huge. Increasing my intake was my biggest focus this week and now that my energy levels are coming back I am finding the urge to do more activity and also seem to be hungry more often. I've been doing little things here and there for exercise that I don't log because I really don't know how. Like I work on the 4th floor so I started taking the stairs. Round trip over the course of the day I am either up or down them 4 times but mfp only has running stairs for a duration and it neither takes me any significant amount of time nor am I running, so I just don't log it, but to my body..yes I know it counts.

Not exactly sure yet either ( still worried about messing this up). Yesterday I have a deficit in the 800's ( not sure of the exact #). And like jrditt, I felt a little hungry going to bed . But not starving!!! Going to zig-zag cals like my MFPBF( Jeanine) . Hoping this continues to work for me!! I'm kinda at a stand still again:(. Oh the roller coaster ride this is) LOL

I think I try to aim for a 500 deficit. But I do have my 250 days. Sooo, right now I average somewhere in between.
I'd like to be more consistant at a 500 - 700 deficit. I'll work on that. I've just been hungrier since starting insanity and p90x before that.

I am in the not sure yet camp. I was pretty steadily eating around 1200 to 1400 calories on non-exercise days (and 1500 to 1700 on exercise days without hunger issues), so I am struggling to meet my 1540 BMR. On non-exercise days this is only a 400 calorie deficit, but on exercise days, I will regularly have a 1000 calorie deficit (and struggle to reach it as I have to eat around 2000 calories those days).

You should eat 1540 to 1640 on non exercise days. Since your maintenance is 2000, you still have close to 400 to 500 deficit meaning you would lose a pound a week around. And with the calculations, you don't want to see more than 540 in green when you exercise, so you would have to eat back exercise calories.
There are small ways to bump up your calorie count if you are having trouble. Make sure you are measuring everything to be sure of your calorie count. Tablespoon of olive oil on your salad or veggies. Change from no fat mayo to light. Have one or two tbsp of peanut butter as a dip for an apple. If you only have egg whites, have a full egg. Go from light bread to regular bread. Skim milk to 1%. Don't be afraid of fats. Certain kinds are great for you!
I know you are scared to eat more than you have been but give this a few weeks to see if it works for you.

I have been doing this for only three days and have been feeling good as far as not being hungry. I have to say though I have been eating more and it terrifies me. I have set my calorie goal to 1693 which is my (BMR X 1.3) but previously I was on 1200 calories a day. My BMR is 1303, should I have set my calorie goal to this number instead? Thanks for taking the time. :flowerforyou:

I think I've been leaving my deficits too high, right around or a little over 1000 on exercise days only, because I have a hard time mentally going back to eat more after I've already had dinner. I guess I need to be eating more throughout the day. Anyway, it showed on the scale because I didn't lose anything. I feel so much better on my non workout days and am still able to have around 700 deficit! Still working out the kinks!