Not losing

You can manually adjust the calories. Maybe try taking off 100 calories and see if that helps. Sounds like you're more in a maintenance mode than a losing mode. Everyone is different. And, while MFP seems to be fairly accurate, your body may be a little different, and thus you can manually adjust the calorie count up or down. I'd shave off 100 calories and see how that works.

Where are your fruits and veggies? I didn't see many of them there. Increase those! How's you water intake? You eat a lot of processed stuff ... that doesn't help with weight loss!

You can manually adjust the calories. Maybe try taking off 100 calories and see if that helps. Sounds like you're more in a maintenance mode than a losing mode. Everyone is different. And, while MFP seems to be fairly accurate, your body may be a little different, and thus you can manually adjust the calorie count up or down. I'd shave off 100 calories and see how that works.

I would do the opposite, it appears you are not eating enough and are netting less than your 1200 goal. Here is a guide for setting weekly weight loss goals:

If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal,
If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal, and
If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal.

On top of choosing your goal this way be sure to eat back most of the cals burned from exercise.

You can manually adjust the calories. Maybe try taking off 100 calories and see if that helps. Sounds like you're more in a maintenance mode than a losing mode. Everyone is different. And, while MFP seems to be fairly accurate, your body may be a little different, and thus you can manually adjust the calorie count up or down. I'd shave off 100 calories and see how that works.

No no no. You are currently set at the minimum caloric value recommended my most docs. 1200 is very few calories. Please do not decrease. If anything try upping your calories to give your metabolism a lil boost.

Any thoughts on my food diary too? I'm HARDLY losing (like 2 lbs in 6 weeks!!!!)

Add sodium to your diary values. This showed me how much processed food I was eating. Processed food is very high in sodium. Add more fresh veggies, fruits and healthy proteins, to your diet. Your choices, while may stay in the calorie range, are not that healthy. You may lose weight , but it will be hard to maintain.

this is what I was going to say ... monitor your sodium as well

Any thoughts on my food diary too? I'm HARDLY losing (like 2 lbs in 6 weeks!!!!)

Yours does not look bad to me actually. How much more do you need to lose? How over weight are you? If you are close to your goal, then it is harder to lose weight. I have been here 2 months and have lost 2 lbs, but I am under 120 lbs and it takes me longer to burn calories because of my size. If you have more than 20 lbs to lose then you may want to see a doctor and have some blood work done.

I would suggest eating more meals a day. Try a few small meals a day rather than only 2 meals/day. Also, add some fruits and veggies into your diet. You're managing to stay under your calories, but your food choices aren't really the best options out there. Try adding more protein, fruits, veggies, etc instead of processed foods, carbs, etc. I try to eat a well balanaced meal every morning, as my fuel for the day, and then pick up with a few small meals the rest of the day. Feel free to add me if you want more support.

I went back a few days & your diary seems fine to me, try upping your calories for about 3 days, I did that when my weightloss ground to a holt ( I went up to 1800 max ) & it kick started my weightloss again. If that doesn't work, then try reducing your calories to 1200, try different things to see what your body likes best :] -- You're beautiful btw!

I am in the exact same boat. I exercise to eat because my calories are set so low 1200. I say eat more often, don't skip meals, add in more fruits & veggies..having said all that, I do those things and still have a hard time losing a few pounds. Good luck & stick with it..eventually it's got to pay off, right?

Any thoughts on my food diary too? I'm HARDLY losing (like 2 lbs in 6 weeks!!!!)

Yours does not look bad to me actually. How much more do you need to lose? How over weight are you? If you are close to your goal, then it is harder to lose weight. I have been here 2 months and have lost 2 lbs, but I am under 120 lbs and it takes me longer to burn calories because of my size. If you have more than 20 lbs to lose then you may want to see a doctor and have some blood work done.

I am 118 right now and want to lose about 10 or so more pounds. I am only 5' 3" and felt great around 110-ish. I've been as high as 135 (after my freshman 20) and as low as 103 (but that was after almost 3 weeks eating nothing when I had mono...).

Could it be my calorie burn is inaccurate? I have held onto the treadmill as I've run for a while. Might that have reduced my heart rate....and calorie burn?? OR... am I not eating enough???... or... could it just be those last few pounds that are hard to lose? lol..."typing out loud"

Okay, yeah, its going to take some time. I am 5'3.5" and am at 116 right now. It is taking me forever to lose down to my 114 goal. I got down to 112 last summer and that was way to thin for me (I am 43) but now I can fit into the clothes that I bought when I weighed that much, so at the moment, the scale is not that big of a deal to me.

Just hang in there and make this about life long choices. As long as you are fit and healthy, that is most important. Throw some ab work in there after your runs, I suggest the Winsor Pilates 20 minute work out after a good run, it helps with stretching as well.

I would venture to say that 112 to 113 is going to be where you look and feel the best, dont kill yourself to try to be 108.

You can manually adjust the calories. Maybe try taking off 100 calories and see if that helps. Sounds like you're more in a maintenance mode than a losing mode. Everyone is different. And, while MFP seems to be fairly accurate, your body may be a little different, and thus you can manually adjust the calorie count up or down. I'd shave off 100 calories and see how that works.

No no no. You are currently set at the minimum caloric value recommended my most docs. 1200 is very few calories. Please do not decrease. If anything try upping your calories to give your metabolism a lil boost.

I didn't look at her diary, so it was general advice. I don't know how someone could eat 1200 calories and not lose weight. So, that's a mystery. Even if I ate only 1200 calories of twinkies everyday, I'd still lose weight.

Lower your loss expectations per week to one pound. Up your calories and eat back nearly all of your exercise calories. I was where you are 9 days ago--1200 calorie diet, weight training 3 x a week, cardio every day, and I bounced the same 5 pounds up and down for six weeks. Almost a week and a half ago, I found the "New Rules of Lifting for Women." I paid attention, upped my calories, changed my workout routine and in eight days, I lost three pounds-- for a total of nearly 8 pounds lost.

DO NOT go lower than 1200, whatever you do. As it is, I doubt you're even giving your body enough good nutrition to maintain its Basal Metabolic Rate.

No wonder you're not losing.