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6 weeks of working out - no loss

I've joined a gym and began working out almost 6 weeks ago.  I do 45 minutes of cardio a night on either the elliptical or bike and then about a 1/2 hour of nautilus concentrating on upper body/abs because I tend to bulk up in my legs.  I'm 44, 5' 3" and weigh 175.    I wasn't eating a clean diet to begin with but was trying to stay in the 1200 to 1400 calorie range.  The last week I've begun eating only raw type foods (chicken breast, veggies, etc).    I'm discouraged because the scale hasn't moved at all (and no change in how my clothes feel).  I anticipated that going from no exercise to that much would at least show pretty quickly on the scale.   I'm not sure what to tweak at this point to get the weight loss going.
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Thank you for the feedback!   I'm working out 6 days a week.   I'll try the recommendation of more calories....that seems like a lot of food as I trying this clean eating!
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Your calories are much too low. I'd eat at least 1500 a day- you don't want to go into starvation mode. How many days per week are you exercising? You need at least 1 day of rest!
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