New Member, New Diet, any advice?

Ryan4698

Hey everyone, just recently joined and now I decided to switch from the fitness thread, to the nutrition thread to ask a few questions about my diet. I'm brand new to dieting and i'm having a fairly hard time trying to keep my calories in order. I'm always eating much less then what I should be eating for some odd reason now. When I was still eating like a pig, I was eating about 3000 calories a day, when I started the diet I was barely getting past 1,000 calories, now I'm up to around 1,900 calories but it seems like eating that much won't allow me to lose weight... i'm drinking tons of water (at least 7, 16.9 fl oz bottles a day). I'm also going to the gym 5 days a week and i'm trying to figure out what else I could do to make this diet work to its maximum capabilities. In case any information is needed, I'm currently 250.6 pounds, 6' 0", and plan on losing 2 lb + a week. So far, my diet has consisted of multiple vegetables (Tomatoes, lettuce, mushrooms, peas, green beans, etc..etc..) Multiple fruits (banana, apple, orange, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries etc..etc..) whole grain bread (for sandwiches) Whole grain pasta, light yogurt, fat free milk, lean meats (Wild salmon, Wild Cod, lean beef, chicken etc..etc...) and many other different things. The only time I eat the whole wheat bread is for my sandwich which I eat for lunch (whole wheat toast, low fat low sodium lunch meat, almond cheese, lettuce). Any advice would be great and I hope on getting this diet maxed soon! Thanks - Ryan