1200 calories

First of all, 1200 calories is probably way too low. Second of all, you're probably vastly underestimating the amount of food you eat. If you were in fact exercising for 6 hours a week and eating 1200 calories, the chances of you not losing weight would be slim to none.

Are you measuring your food? I find I really underestimate how much I am eating and need to measure to get an accurate calorie count.

Honestly, there isn't much I can say without more information.

Only thing I DO know, is you can't expect much of a change from one week, especially with exercise.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/579575-today-i-hit-goal-doing-this-5-7-sedentary-female
second comment. Figure out these values and what they stand for. Eat under TDEE. Eat over BMR. This is how I got to my goal weight.

You're actually averaging a bit under a thousand per day, not even counting the exercise.

This might seem like a great idea now when you want fast results, but it's usually not a good long-term solution for a couple of reasons:

1) It increases muscle loss, which means that you often end up looking flabby even after you've lost the weight.
2) For most people, it makes it a lot harder to actually stick with it in the long-term.

Also, you seem to have your fats set to 15%. Is there a reason for this? I linked to page 2 of this because it's where the recommendations are:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/fat/NU00262/NSECTIONGROUP=2
but they recommend 20-35% of your diet coming from fat. I'd also recommend you read the section at the bottom of the page about "what about very low-fat diets?"

I think you're doing a great job getting your veggies and protein in.

I eat healthy, a lot of salads and vege with me recomended protein I know people say 1200 is to low but I eat a lot of good foods! I meausre everything i eat and stay away from sugars, bad cars, alcohol and oft drinks.

With doing my 1hr workouys a day I have lost 2.5kgs since starting. I guess i was just impatient haha!

I will open up my dairy anyways and you all can see what I eat My starting weight was 99.1kgs.

Thanks anyways,

Aimee

It does look like you're getting a lot of good, healthy food. The thing is, when people say you need to eat more, it's not just about the quality of the food, your body needs more energy (more calories). It needs a certain amount of protein, carbs and fat to function at its best. Most days you are undereating, even before you take exercise into account.

In the short term, getting less than your 1200 (net) probably won't stop you losing weight . The fact you can't see a change on the scale yet probably has more to do with water retention from all that exercise. Long term though, your body really needs more fuel, especially if you're getting a lot of exercise in. The body is very good at adapting to the amaount of fuel it gets, and if you consistently undereat, your metabolism will slow down to compensate. One of the ways it can do that is to reduce the amount of muscle mass, which is probably not really the kind of weight loss you're looking for.

My advice: don't worry, and see what happens after a few more weeks. Weight loss is not linear and your weight is constantly fluctuating anyway. Eat more, try to get to your 1200 a day, and when you exercise, eat more to compensate. That won't stop you losing, because you will still have a significant calorie deficit worked out by MFP.

In the meantime, you might want to look into the possibility of eating even more than 1200. Lots of people have found that they can eat more and still lose consistently, providing their bodies with optimal nutrition and maintaining as much muscle mass as possible.

You might be interested in some of these:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/546227-for-the-500-000-time-eating-more-works
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/395881-people-who-lost-weight-eating-more
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/3834-eat-more-to-weigh-less

I'll be honest.. a week isn't much time to decide whether or not something is working. Your body generally needs up to a month or so to catch up with what's happening and for it to decide whether what you're doing is working or not.

That being said, a lot of people find that 1200 calories is simply too low. Are you eating back any of your exercise calories? Weighing/measuring your food? If not, I would recommend doing both.

Most people think that having a large deficit will equal quicker weight loss. It'll start out that way, but eventually your body will realize what's going on and that it isn't receiving the proper nutrition. When this happens? Weight loss slows or stops completely. They key to healthy, successful, long term sustainable weight loss is to find that number where you're getting the right amount of nutrients AND your body still loses weight.

I would start with finding out your BMR (you can find that on this site!) and then I would find out your TDEE. Once you've done those two things, I would deduct 20% off your TDEE and eat at that point for awhile to see what happens.

dont worry,you'll lose it once the metabolism gets faster (:

erm...no. At 1200 calories you will drastically slow your metabolism DOWN.

Yeah, agreed. That original comment makes no sense in this situation.

I would ignore any response that isn't "wait longer than 1 week before declaring that nothing is happening"
Your weight can fluctuate up to several lbs IN A DAY.
1 week is not long enough to be able to tell anything.
Be patient.

Seconded! Only weigh yourself every 5 weeks- then you won't get hung up on small fluctuations. It takes time and dedication.