How many calories please help!!

When i first joined i couldent work out how many calories to have and i still cant i am atm putting myself on 1700 a day is this too much?? im 5ft 3 male. Also i see some people have what they call diet buddys how do i find a diet buddy?

How much do you weigh?

How much do you want to weight?

How old are you?

And as far as the buddy thing goes, just ask around.  I'll be your buddy, but you may want to find a guy as well since you'll go through more similar things...

 i dont think thats too much... it kind of depends on your weight too... and your usual intake.... are you exercising too? any calorie reduction with exercise is bound to work.

sorry yes shouldhave said im 27 years old i would like to get down to 154lbs i am now 205lbs so i would like to lose 51lbs i dont mind if my buddy is male or female as its for diet support only :)

look above at the links you can use. click on Tools....

then Burn Meter.....

then...the above link Calorie Target.

put in the info it asks for, but no date at the bottom.

it will calculate for you how much you should eat everyday,

and your aproximate date you should reach your goal. try it. let

me know if you were able to find what you were looking for. i'll be notified when you respond by email. i think the gal above was suggesting you may want a male buddy because it would be another guy, with more similar issues. you will lose the most the first week as you'll drop a lot of water that first week. men lose weight faster than women do too. i need to lose 51 lbs. i've lost 6 already since dec. 28th, 07. i couldn't wait until the beginning of the year. keep checking out this site. you'll get use to navigating it soon.

Check out this calculator:

http://walking.about.com/cs/calories/l/blcalc alc.htm

yes, deedee that was exactly my point!  However, I am more than willing to help however I can! :) (FYI, I'll be 27 in March)

I put your stats into the calculator, and sedentary it says you burn 2300 cals a day.  So for about a lb a week, you should go for about 1800.  So 1700 is probably ok...if you are sedentary.  One way or another, it is definitely not too much...if anything, if you are quite active, it may be too little. (The joys of being a guy...I would be eating about 1800 to MAINTAIN).  BTW, I added you to my friends list :)

thankyou everyone looks like 1800 is about what i should be haveing so 1700 i will do for one week if weight goes to fat i will up it by 100.

im still getting used to this site i no bad after how long i been a member lol

It really does vary between your heigth and weight as well as how much you want to lose

 

I'm on 500 - calories a day for a week to really kickstart my diet and I'm only 5'2 lol, but as everybody will say it's not really healthy. the minimal you should go to is 1500 anything below 1000 will kill you

 

have fun dieting buddy