I’m sorry to hear you are struggling! It sounds like you are doing a lot of work and being very diligent about your calories and exercise and not seeing the results you hoped. I can completely relate. I’ve been dieting exercising for 7 months and the weight does come off – it is just incredible slow for me too. I’ve had periods of over a month, the worst was 2 full months, where I was on/under my calories and exercised 45-60 minutes of cardio daily, and did not lose anything. It was maybe 2 pounds over the course of 2 months – but after those 2 months I could fit into a pair of capris that were super tight 2 months earlier, so things were changing but it was not on the scale.

Speaking from experience, 1000 calories a day is very low and if you’ve read the forums on MFP (I’m on there too) you’ll see a lot of threads about low caloric intake. Mine is set to 1200, plus any exercise calories and I usually try to only eat back half of those. I’ve had days and longer stretches under 1000 calories and I tend not to lose weight. I understand the temptation to go super low calorie and hope to get a big loss, but it usually backfires on me. I usually eat 1500-1600 a day with exercise, which balances out to 1200 net (which the calculator on MFP set as my goal). There are days I’m under but I try not to be consistently under.

My weight fluctuates 1-4 pounds daily depending on water, exercise, what I ate the day before. I also weight myself daily (its so bad) so your being down 4 pounds may not have been a fluke. It sounds like you are doing everything right with your tracking and FitBit – just keep at it! Mixing things up is always good too. Our bodies are very adaptable and can quickly adjust to a new routine. Good luck and keep us posted!