Drakkie, I'm not quite sure to be honest...I went over my calorie limit for a few days straight while on vacation, so logically I should not have lost. Oh well, I'm certainly not complaining haha! :D My overall plan is 1200-1400 calories a day, with at least half an hour of exercise a day (usually just powerwalking on treadmill, up to an hour of that) and some beginning weight lifting at home with dumbbells.