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I don't work for Fitclick, so these are my assumptions. As far as I can tell, your BMR is calculated based on your sex, age, height, weight, and activity level. You can change the imputs for all those factors. To change activity level click on "account" at the top of your screen, then "My Activity Level" under Diet Preferences - and it'll give you the options. Note that BMR is what you would burn if you just sat perfectly still all day - no one does that so Fitclick is adding calories on top of the BMR to account for normal (non-workout) daily activity and that net number is what's showing as BMR on your homepage. The activity level that you select from the settings determines how much is adding on top of your true BMR.

On a brighter note, I don't know if the folks who tested your BMR told you this - but you can actually change your BMR, there is absolutely NO reason to just accept a sluggishly low BMR. If you have a low BMR and try to lose weight just by eating a lower number of calories than your BMR (say 1000 a day in your case) you will actually end up decreasing your BMR even more...fighting a losing battle that won't be any fun at all as you have to get more and more restrictive with your diet. When you restrict calories, your body responds by burning less calories to conserve the energy you do have....and when you eat less often you lose the metabolism boost that eating provides. There are many things you can do to increase your metabolism and if you make those actions a part of your regular pattern of life, your BMR will actually increase in time too. Here's what you can do:
1) eat more often--each time you eat, your body increases metabolism to digest that food and when it's done digesting metabolism goes back down. If you spread your calories out over more, smaller meals, you'll be burning more calories - and your metabolism will be elevated for more of the day.
2) eat more fiber--fiber takes longer to digest...so boosts your metabolism for longer
3) eat less sugar and refined foods (which are full of sugars) - the body runs on sugar (glucose)...it is working to convert the calories you eat to glucose fuel - if you feed it sugar it doesn't have to work as hard to convert it, which means it burns less calories in that conversion--plus you're more likely to overeat with refined foods which leads to your body converting the excess glucose to fat stores
3) work out! raising your heart rate is synonomous with increasing your metabolism. Pump some iron, workout hard enough to get out of breath. Do some interval cardio (hard work for 1 min, followed by light work for 2 mins, and repeat repeat repeat) to yo-yo your heart rate and make your metabolism shoot up
4) work out in the morning--if you are a morning person and can do this you get an extra boost - your metabolism stays slightly elevated for several hours after working out, so if you work out in the morning it's up for most of the day
5) do strength building/muscle increasing exercises - the more muscle you have, the higher your BMR - muscles use up more glucose/fuel on a daily basis than fat does

Thanks so much for replying to me!
You gave me lots of great ideas.
I do work out - and my problem is exactly as you say- I've gotten into a long term routine of skipping bkfst, lunch, and then eating relatively well - but late at night. I trained my metabolism to be low.

I actually signed up to fitclick to track my food and force myself to eat throughout the day. It's actually a struggle for me to get the calories in... but I'm doing it AND I am actually loosing some of my last 25 to get to my ideal weight. AGAIN - thanks for your response, it's very encouraging to see someone would take the time to respond so thouroughly. God Bless You!!!