What would you do at 219lbs calories wise?

What are you eating? I can't see your diary so difficult to comment on this but what you eat can really make a difference to how full you feel. How much exercise are you doing? What I do when i feel hungry and really feel the need to eat more is do the exercise that gives me the calories I need to be able to do this. You should always eat your exercise calories back; are you taking your exercise calories into account and logging them?

Exercise I am renovating a closed guesthouse which is ploads of painting lifting heavy furniture lugging heavy rubbish to the dump walking alot all day I dont drive so walk everywhere,I know lots wont class this as proper exercise but I never ate exercise calories with ww and lost more?

Hmmm...yeah I know what you mean, it IS exercise but you'd be afraid to eat the cals, I would be too.

I always lost less with WW, I hated it. Maybe do WW at the same time as MFP. Count points AND calories? Once you have the little folder from WW you don't really need to go to meetings. Was it points you did with WW or propoints? Propoints works out pretty much the same as on here, you get 29 propoints a day (roughly 1200 cals) but you also get 49 weekly propoints so long as you walk 30 mins 3 times a week. It helps if you binge at weekends (like me) or like a few glasses of wine (also like me).

I could never stick WW though, and prefer to log on here.

Sandown

it would help if you open your diary
and as active as you are you need to eat back your calories
you should never eat under your BMR

message "helloitsdan" he is very helpful

it sounds like your weightloss has stalled and you need to reboot it

you can also message "heybales" he is good at helping you figure for sure what your BMR is

I think if you're going to bed sick from hunger, you aren't eating enough no matter what.

I'm 215 and I'd be sick from hunger at 1200 even if I spent the whole day staring into my computer. Hell I have it set for 1450 and I still end up slightly over on my rest day due to hunger. (I eat the exercise calories back.)

I think if you're going to bed sick from hunger, you aren't eating enough no matter what.

I'm 215 and I'd be sick from hunger at 1200 even if I spent the whole day staring into my computer. Hell I have it set for 1450 and I still end up slightly over on my rest day due to hunger. (I eat the exercise calories back.)

i definitely believe she is not eating enough
Sandownit would be better to lose the weight slower than to make yourself misrable, no wonder you can't maintain

and this is from me who has lost nothing:bigsmile:

Your BMR is the calories you would burn if you stayed in bed all day, just from operating your body. At your age and weight (I'm not sure about your height), it's likely about 1700. So if you eat 1300, you're at a 400 calorie deficit even with NO activity.

Your TDEE is the amount of energy you ACTUALLY spend to maintain. Try the calculator here: http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html

I'd guess you're at either moderate or heavy exercise, based on your self-description of what you're doing every day. When I put in moderate, I get that you're spending at least 2600 calories. When I put in heavy, I get that you're spending about 2900.

Either way, you're running at a calorie deficit greater than 1000 calories, which makes you REALLY hungry. I would try increasing it a bit and see how your energy and weightloss respond.

Edited to add: I don't see anything WRONG with your food. It looks like a nice mix of veggies and meats to me. I just think there really isn't enough of it.