Nikihampton's Journal, 11 February 2015

Stick to the 1200 cals per day and what you need to do to lose weight is exercise. Without it, weight loss is VERY slow for a woman your age, no offence, and if you have too many calories just a few days a week you will get into a plateau.  

Fatsecret is a little generous in it's calorie calculations if that's where your getting numbers from. You could try some other sites to see what they suggest for an RDI and also estimates for calories burned each day. IIFYM dot com is one good site for that but there are several. Hang in there, sometimes as our bodies change and adjust we have to figure out what we need to do to adapt. I'm in that process myself.  

i used a few others that's where 1500 came from. I truly cant eat that much if its healthy food. I even on days I eat out, I still stay 1200-1500 in the day. but normally 1000-1200. I am on the go all the time. even though I don't get on a bike or treadmill. I get plenty of a workout. example last night I had to unload a ton of pellets for the pellet stove. not to mention normal activities during week with kids. I think my big problem is I am now chained to a desk. im used to moving and going. im thinking about taking some metabolism supplements and see if that helps. something has to give. 

don't starve yourself either. Starving your body will cause it to "hold on"/store any calories it DOES get instead of metabolizing them. Stored calories = body fat. You'll know when you're starving your body when you are VERY hungry for an extended period of time. Eat smaller meals (a Larabar™ here, a small lunch there, another Larabar™ in between maybe...just keep your body fed JUST enough to not be hungry) If your body knows it'll get more calories (energy) before it starts to starve again, it'll metabolize more calories, store LESS fat, and you will be able to lose weight faster. 

Try a cup of lowfat chocolate milk to tip the calorie count over 1200. Calcium helps and it's actually a fairly good carb to protein ratio.  

I love chocolate milk. mmmm.. I do eat also a little all day. I spread it out. very seldom do I actually feel hungry. on occasion I do get hungry, but its just that I cant get to a meal right then or it hits at 10:30 at night. ugg. don't think I should eat then. :) sometimes will break down and eat an apple if I get to hungry at that time of night.  

Majority of carb intake should be in morning but make sure to get plenty of protein as well. Then make sure to continuously feed your body until it gets used to having the energy fed to it rather than hold onto everything you put in your body. Go no more than four hours apart without eating something of value including good fats, tons of water, vitamin, and remember the success is in doing it, not in the progress you see or even feel. Doing right will bring results, use the scale as only as tracking device not a measure of progress. I reached 250 at 5'7", at the end of 2014, and today i weigh 219 and have the past 3 days but my goal is 2 pouqareper week, I know without a doubt no more the plateaus I can adjust intake, sleep, exercise and my future body has 7% body fat. Oh, and if I get a late night craving, late for me is after 5 pm because I'm on an intermittent fasting diet... I have raw Stevia that has zero calorie and is ok for my wife who has one kidney with strict food restrictions and I just mix lemon juice and water for that sweet drink that satisfies the craving and the water is filling enough to suppress the appetite and if you do jumping jacks for say at least 5 minutes you can suppress appetite due to a biological chemical released by up and down motion in stomach. Good luck with it all, and remember you don't have to be perfect to change your life