I too, agree with the lowering your calorie intake, at 5'4ish I eat 1220 to lose! Granted, that's now I'm at a lower weight, but even when I started MFP gave me a figure of 1350. Accurate measuring is definitely key for me, my old scales were out by about 100g sometimes, as is accurately logging foods. For instance, if I search for 'rice' some of the figures in the MFP database are for 100g of cooked rice and some are for 100g of dry rice and it's very easy to confuse them!
Good luck!