I am newish here :0

Hi everyone, My name is Aisha and I started this site a while back hoping to maintain my calorie intake and lose some weight!

I am changing weight from 169-172lbs roughly. Like at one point I was 165lbs and then went back up to 174... so it's really all over the place! I am 5 foot 2 inches and 19 years old. 20 in April.

I woke up one day and looked at old photos of me from a long time ago. I was so fat and just plain ugly and it's not a life for a teen to have. I decided this is it. I am going to do it. I swear I must of been at least 180 something lbs and Ive lost some over the year as ive improved my diet.

I still am at a loss where to start on really shedding those pounds and keeping them off. I know every diet and lifestyle tip in the book yet it's so hard getting started on it all and sticking to it. I want to lose enough so that I lose my belly, arm and leg fat ect. I just want to be thin... but not stick thin and wear the clothes ive always wanted to!
I live with my mom only and we find it hard to balance what we do and pay for. I don't have a job and mom works for very little and we cant afford fancy fresh foods every week.
Some days I will go out and some I stay at home all day and do nothing and then there is days I will do 10 minute zumba in the evening.
How many calories should I be eating every day? I will try my best to cut down if I am going over...
when I use my calorie counter I never go over though so I hope that's a good thing ^_^
Anyway I am just rambling on. I am not sure what else to say.. ask any questions if you need to know more~
Nice to meet you all