need help determining ideal calorie intake

i am an 18 year old female, 113 lbs, 163cm.
after restricting my diet to 1200 calories for 6 months i have achieved a much needed weightloss. problem is i didnt realise this was not good for my metabolism. this week i upped my intake to 1400 in attempt to increase its efficiency for further weight loss and future weight maintenence. i burn approx 450 calories 4 days a week. should i increase my calorie intake further? and if so should it be a steady weekly increase of like 100 calories? thankyou for any suggestions, i have tried online generators however am confused about the different recommendations for each site.

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  • now_or_never13
    now_or_never13 Posts: 1,575 Member
    Are you at your goal weight?

    Set your weekly goal to maintain and go from there. You may gain the first week or two due to the increase of food but it won't be fat gain so don't pay attention to it.
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Read this:

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

    ETA: I missed your height at first. I agree with the others in that you should really think carefully as to whether you need to lose weight. What is it that you are trying to achieve?
  • jayliospecky
    jayliospecky Posts: 25,022 Member
    Are you sure you need to keep losing more weight? Your BMI is 19.4. Any lower and you might be at risk of being underweigbt.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    What's your goal? Seems like you should be done losing weight at this point
  • brewitzer
    brewitzer Posts: 25 Member
    Thanks again Sara! You're such a great source of information....I appreciate all your research and time you put into the message boards and your blogs!! :happy:
  • thank you for your responces guys :) i am really happy with my weight so to say.. however there is some abdominal fat on my tummy that i really want to get rid of; its what i started losing weight to get rid of and what has remained :( i dont want to lose kilos just the fat storage there. thanks again.
  • thank you for your responces guys :) i am really happy with my weight so to say.. however there is some abdominal fat on my tummy that i really want to get rid of; its what i started losing weight to get rid of and what has remained :( i dont want to lose kilos just the fat storage there. thanks again.

    Sounds like you need to change your body's composition, not necessarily your weight.