Eat more, lose more?

I was frustrated to say the least when I got on the scale this morning only to see 237.0.  (Yes, up .6 from yesterday.)  I've been eating OP for almost two weeks, no cheating.  I've also been exercising at least 30 minutes, six days a week and chugging water like someone that has been in the desert and the scale has been steadily going up.  WTF???

So... I looked around on the net this morning and I think I may not have been eating enough.  WTH?  I found out my Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR - the number of calories that your body burns at rest, just existing). Then according to how active you are, you come up with how many calories that you can eat a day to maintain (for me that is 2,466).  So, in order to lose weight you simply eat less calories than your maintenance calories.  I've been eating right around 1,200 calories every day for almost two weeks now, which I thought was great.  Was I wrong?  I just discovered this morning that is is not recommended to go 1,000 calories lower than your maintenence calories each day (for me that would be 1,466) and that you should never go below 1,200 calories a day, that is considered to be unhealthy.   That being said, and even though it seems very weird to me, I'm going to actually UP my calories to about 1,400 a day for a few days and see what happens.  Confused yet??  I know, me too.

I don't know if I'm on the right track or not, but I guess i will find out.  Have any of you ever come across this same thing?

Let's see how this little experiment works.  Wish me luck!

If you're interested in checking out the BMR calculator you can find it here.  Once you find your BMR you can check your daily caloric needs for maintenance here.  Then you can find your caloric intake to lose weight here.