going up and down same few pounds?

Same thing here, so i will be interested in replies

Did you take starting measurements? Chest, Waist, Hips, Biceps and Thighs?

If you are eating right and exercising you may be building some lean muscle (a good thing) as well as losing some of the fat.
Don't rely purely on scales as a measure of success.

I had a similar thing, in 20 days, my weight didn't change more than 2lbs, but I lost 5cm off my waist and lost some of my arms, thigh's etc too.

I first started on 1200 cal, with no bread, or pasta. Mainly fruits and veg. I barely lost anything. All thur the holidays I was good. I walked 3 days a week in the snow or cold, drank my water, but nothing was working. So now I'm down to 1000 cal with mostly protein. Breakfast/ lunch ( around 9;30) I have 2 eggs, bacon, cheese scramble. That carries me thur the day. Home at 4, I start dinner. One heart friendly steak 5oz from Kanas City for 140 cal , seasoned with onioons, sweet potote, and winter squash. for a grand total of around 1000 cal. I'm not hungary and finially I see wieght lost.

Are you eating back your exercise calories? If you eat 1500 but burn say 500, that means you're really only eating 1000 which is too low. MFP sets you up with a deficit already without adding in exercise so if you don't eat your exercise calories back, you may want to start and see if it helps.

I currently eat 1200 calories a day and i manage pretty well better i never manage to eat the full 1200 calories..i aslo try to work out more than i eat to. ive start drinks loads of water.. instead of fizzy juice and ive been told of alot of people not to have loads of bread or tin soup make your own soup.. ive only had my breakfast which was and replacement shake.. at 201 calories and the go ahead biscuits for a snack which i think is 248 calories.. and i also work out in the morning because i work 5-9pm and i use to be hungry when i came home but because i have my dinner at 3pm i make use i put more calories on there to make up what ill be using at work.. and now im never hungry..i lost 3 lbs last week but the weekend got me and i put 2lbs on but i know ill lose it again.. cause im at the time of the month (mpt)
Like someone said you need to change some of you excerises your body has got used to the one your doing all the time and is doesnt help at all.. ive taken up zumba for the wii and just dance 3 which has sweat points on it.. and im always full of engery now..

I do hope you find something that works for you.. oh for you running you should like jog then spirt then jog then spirt.. i heard its ment to be good for trying to lose weight to x

I think you need to eat more, heres why..

Generally someone with a BMI over 32 can do a 1000 calorie a day (2 lbs a week) deficit
With a BMI of 30 to 32 a deficit of 750 calories is generally correct (about 1.5 lbs a week)
With a BMI of 28 to 30 a deficit of 500 calories is about right (about 1 lb a week)
With a BMI of 26 to 28 a deficit of about 300 calories is perfect (about 1/2 lb a week)
and below 26... well this is where we get fuzzy. See now you're no longer talking about being overweight, so while it's still ok to have a small deficit, you really should shift your focus more towards muscle building, and reducing fat. This means it is EXTRA important to eat your exercise calories as your body needs to KNOW it's ok to burn fat stores, and the only way it will know is if you keep giving it the calories it needs to not enter the famine response (starvation mode).

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits

Good luck on your journey

^^this.
to find out your maintenance calories, in 'goals' there is an option to 'maintain current weight', choose this and it will show your calories, you can then set back to your loss goal.
if you only have 9 pounds to lose, then you should have your goal set as 0.5lbs per week (a deficit of 250 per day), so even at 1500 you are probably undereating. your body doesnt have enough fat left for you to lose more than this, which will result in burning muscle and making it harder to lose the lbs. As the calorie total MFP gives you already includes the deficit for this amount, it is important to eat back your exercise calories so you dont create too large a deficit.
Another way to do it would be to set your goals to maintain and eat at maintanence level, and use your exercise to create the deficit by not eating back exercise cals.
also take measurements - at the end of the day if you can get into the size clothes you would like, it doesnt matter what the number on the scale says. a pound of muscle takes up less space than a pound of fat so if you are exercising a lot, especially with weight training, you can quite easily go down a size but maintain or even gain a few lbs!
hope this helps x

Two things. 1. Open your food diary. 2. Get some more friends on here to hold you accountable. In regards to the food. You may be sticking to your goals but eating terrible food all day which will not help you lose weight. If people can see what you are eating, they can offer suggestions that might help you out in that area. That's really all I can think of since you are working out a fair amount, but it definitely couldn't hurt to try some other exercise. I started using the arc trainer at my gym and it is awesome!

Ive had a look on here and chose the maintenance option and it says that i should be 1560 to maintain?? if this is right eating 1500 wont help me lose weight!

Any thoughts anyone?

You are obviously quite small/light anyway then in that case?

I am 119 lb and need to eat 1670 to maintain. To lose I would need to eat between 1200 - 1450 ish

If you haven't got much left to lose try adjusting your settings to lose 0.5lb a week - so 250 less than you are currently = 1250 NET (so you MUST eat your exercise calories too or u will be starving and no energy to fuel workouts)

Hope this helps- the last 10lb are the hardest to shift.