I couple misconceptions about carbs here that needed correcting:
-Excess carbs do not turn into fat, excess CALORIES turn into fat, regardless of what the composition of those calories is.
- If you're running a calorie deficit, you will be burning fat, regardless of how low (or high) carb your diet is. Your body doesn't run on nothing and needs to get that balance of energy from somewhere.
- You don't "teach" your body to burn certain types of calories first. Your body is designed to work a certain way and there's no overriding it. Low carb just limits the availability of the energy sources your body prefers to use first (glycogen stored in the muscles). This is not a long-term adjustment and your body will use it's preferred energy sources as soon they're available- the minute you increase your level of carbs.

If your doctor is the one making the recommendation, can you can get a referral to a dietitian who will be able to help you develop an eating plan specific to YOUR needs? If you rely on this website, you're going to get a lot of advice that may or may not be appropriate for your specific circumstances. And the advice you get will vary from very well informed to people who don't really know what they're talking about- there's so much noise and misinformation in the world of nutrition that where your health is concerned, I'd see a professional.

Hi! Thanks for the responses guys!

I don't know how I could eat any less though. It gets a little dangerous to me. If I eat at 900 calories a day, my weight will shift, but I'm not happy with the result. (My lowest was a 117 from, in my opinion, undereating). Shifting back to 1200 calories a day, and my weight normalizes. Also I never exceed my RDI, I always replace meals. If I know I have to eat out for dinner, I won't eat earlier or I'll eat lesser.

But what bothers me is that I think the last 5 pounds are a bunch of stubborn fat (arms and belly), which can only be cured by exercise. :/ but belly fat has been a major problem for me, as I have been doing fullbody workouts and targeting major muscle groups. My legs are totally on the right track of getting toned but not so much my arms...

My other observation is that I havent really been sleeping well all this time haha. So i think that could contribute.

I was wondering do both of you know someone who managed to lose the last 5 pounds? Or ar that point is becomes a change of body composition? (Starts losing the fat but gain muscle) type of thing.

I have Googled information on weight loss, muscle building, protein powders, resistance training, etc., and many times have wound up on bodybuilding sites. Name calling, trashing people for asking "stupid questions", and rudeness seem to be the norm. Not all responders behave this way, but I have come across so many responses that are negative, call posters "fa**ot", "f*g", "p**sy" for trying to get information, that I cringe every time I have to go to one of those forum links to find my answer.

To mrspackrat: Bingo! When I started out at 194, I could eat close to 2000 calories per day and lost weight. Now at goal, it's more like 1200/day to maintain.

I hate to comment negatively in public, Marksmith. However, either you did not carefully read Mrspackrat comments, or you really enjoy dropping negative bombs into a conversation. In your first post all you can offer is, "This is absolute nonsense". In my humble opinion this is not the best way to start an intelligent conversation. Next you follow up with a comment that contains big words, and a 31 word long sentence that contains this muddled comment, "If you lose fat tissue and keep lean mass, your BMR should stay relatively the same minus the suppression of the metabolic rate due to the controlled starvation that is dieting" (You don't write for Obscure Science Weekly, do you?) Finally you wind up with another encouraging dialogue exchange with,"You're formula is complete nonsense" Smoooth comment Mark!

Mrspackrat absolutely correct in saying to lose weight you must decrease calories. In your reply, I am not sure what you said.
In addition,she qualified her opinion by saying, this is a rough estimate".
It looks from your picture that you are a body builder.(The hand clench in front of the crotch is a dead giveaway). We have many fine body builders on this site, both female and male. The body builder has different goals and strategies to obtain those goals. Most of us are not body builders, but we respect their methods and goals. We count calories and try to keep them below our Recommended Daily Intake RDI. (Now, see how easy that last sentence was to read).
We are a group of people, all of various stages of trying to lose/gain weight. We try to be civil to each other. I am one of the community and have commented on other comments. I have been wrong, and I have been called on my wrongness. But I also still felt OK after reading the correction.
Welcome to the Fat Secret Web Site Mark. (We often think of it as ours).I hope you can continue on with us. I bet you have a lot to offer.I hope to see your posts often here, and have a good discussion.
Glaun
This post was My opinion only