Trying to find a good calorie match for me

blacksagephoenix

I started up again on Monday, January 6th at 232 lbs. I am 5'1", 25 years old. I wasn't active at all before I began, but now I walk atleast 60 minutes a day, atleast half of that being fast paced, atleast 5 days a week. I use a FitBit ( //www.fitbit.com/user/29M7Z8 if you would like to add me), and almost always hit 10k steps/4 miles a day, five days a week. Except it doesn't show that for today because my FitBit died on my around 11am.. lol

Anyways, I have set my goal in MFP for 2+ lbs weight loss and it shows I should be eating about 1330 calories a day. I am always within +/- 100 calories of this, and generally keep my carbs/fats/proteins/fiber under the goal, but relatively close to it. I haven't gotten on a scale since the 6th, but plan to in the morning.

The last time I used MFP for tracking my food, I believe I started out around 1250 calories and wasn't losing much, but increased it to about 1600 calories, and actually started to see some progress. I understand why, my body being in starvation mode with the 1250 calories, but don't know if the 1600 is where I should be eating, or more or less. I don't feel that I want to eat back the calories burned with exercise. Can anyone give me some guidance as to what I should be eating? I looked at the TDEE calculators, but feel that it is estimating too high for me..

I have set my diary to be public, so you can all see that. Please forgive the croutons I had for breakfast today. I was running late for work and forgot my breakfast, and it was the only thing around the office I could find. lol.. Also, I eat a lot on the go, but try to choose the healthiest options. And in about two weeks, I will be starting Shakeology for my breakfast replacement..