How many calories should I consume in a day approximately?

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It really depends on your height, weight and activity level. There is no blanket answer.

I am trying to delete the question but I cant I found a calculator online.

Go by what your body is telling you is right. General guidelines are 2000 to 2500 calories per day. It also depends on how active you are.

I can never tell I either feel like I have went way over or haven’t had enough. I found a calculator online so I can be sure now.

If you don’t know, write down everything you eat and calculate the calories daily in a food diary. After you have a good idea of how much you are eating, you can stop writing it down.

I am 5’1” and I need to eat about 1500 calories to maintain, and 1,000 to lose. It really does vary from person to person.

I’ll do that. I felt a little guilty after inhaling 4 pieces of pizza and 2 pieces of twisty bread yesterday. Thought to myself well I definatley went over today… HAHA Its time to start watching.

Im starting to eat like a dude. Not even funny anymore.

Do remmber the occasional overindulgences don’t matter. It’s when it becomes a consistent pattern of overeating.

Ya I don’t constantly eat like that. Just more lately then usual. Its scaring me a little. I can’t help it, I love food.

Me too. I went to a nutritionist a while ago and she taught me the food diary technique. It will help you if you are honest about writing things down. (That’s how I stay so svelte! :-))

“A little less than you would like to” should be just about right.