CALORIES!?!

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My calorie intake per day was set to 1400 but i don't know if i'm going to lose weight successfully with this many calories, i dont want to eat 1200 calories because i think that my body will go into starvation mode and if i want to eat more calories once i'm happy with my weight i will put on all the weight i have lost. I just don't know how many calories to eat, i'm 5'2 and 134 pounds, i don't do any hardcore exercise i just walk about a mile or 2 everyday, how many calories should i be eating to lose 20 pounds and maintain this weight loss??

marcusriedner

5'2" @ 134lbs is a normal weight for your height, and unless you are particularly fine boned you probably don't need to lose any weight.

Figure out your basal metabolic caloric needs and then take off 5-10% if you really feel you need to lose weight. If you are finding your weight is slowly creeping upwards at your current eating habits look into the foods that may be causing metabolic disruption and remove them all, then slowly add them in to see which ones are causing the problem (grains, dairy, eggs, mild nut allergies, refined carbohydrates, fructose are the easy culprits).

Branstin

Here is a calulator to help you figure it out.

http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

diannethegeek

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/819055-setting-your-calorie-and-macro-targets

See also:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1234699-logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide