Help please? How many calories ..?

nicole__marie

I am 5'7, 17 years old, and 325 lbs. I was consuming around 1200 calories and I lost quite a bit of weight, but recently I haven't been losing anything even though I'm eating way under my BMR (which is about 2300 according to the calculators I've used.) For the past 2 days I've been eating around 1800 calories in an effort to keep my metabolism strong and to feel good throughout the day. Is this the correct amount to be consuming? I don't exercise much.. I don't have an excuse really, I just want to start out dieting because it's a big enough change in itself. I just want to lose weight in a healthy way, but at the same time I feel like 1800 calories is way too much to be eating on a diet. Thanks so much.. sorry, I'm kind of clueless. Any help would be really appreciated.

pastryari

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

1ConcreteGirl

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

I ran your numbers and came up with 2200 as your target calorie goal for weight loss.

Also, you should check out sparkteens.com, as admitting to being 17 with an MFP account is liable to get your account shut down on a site where the terms of use specifically say you have to be 18.

Good luck!