I don't know if I'm eating enough?

I'm an 18 year old girl, 5'8 and weigh 195, but I want to get down to around 160. For the past six days I've been eating healthily & exercising and haven't felt hungry. But today I actually added up the calories I've been eating and realised I'd only been getting around 1000 a day! This is what I've been eating:

Breakfast: 1 boiled egg, 1 piece of toast

Snack: Big slice of pineapple

Lunch: Salad sandwich (wholegrain bread)

Snack: 25g plain air popped popcorn

Dinner: Lean cuisine (around 350 calories)

I don't do very strenuous exercise, just a brisk 30 minute walk every day. Is this enough food for the amount of exercise I'm doing? Thanks for your help!

Sorry hun, not even close.

1500 is the BARE minimum for anyone under 21. Given your height, weight, and activity level you will need a lot more.

Use this calculator:

http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/healthyeatingcalculat or/eatingCal.html

You should probably be more in the neighbourhood of 2200 ish to lose weight. Please up your calories and soon, you can do a lot of damage to your metabolism by eating this way.

lilabloom

OMG! Same thing here. I thoughy I was doing good @ 1000 cal. But im 215, 5'6 and I work out

you need some protein baby girl!

oh my...i counted and you're basically starving:

Breakfast: 1 boiled egg, 1 piece of toast (140 total)

Snack: Big slice of pineapple (100-150)

Lunch: Salad sandwich (wholegrain bread) (140 plus veggies 35) 

Snack: 25g plain air popped popcorn (100)

Dinner: Lean cuisine (around 350 calories)

about 800 cals? that's really really bad actually and i think you know you're not eating enough or you wouldn't have asked. please eat more and FAST! 1500 minimum hun.

You're making a common mistake which is to think that you have to starve to lose weight successfully.  Rather than guessing and ending up feeling ill and miserable start by working out how much you need to maintain your weight.  http://www.bcm.edu/cnrc/bodycomp/bmiz2.html  This link (specially for younger people) would say you need between 2500 and 3000 cals a day just to maintain your weight.  And so you could start losing weight nicely on 2000 cals a day.

Next step... keep track of your food intake using the CC food log.  Weigh and measure foods rather than guessing.  Prepare your own foods as much as possible rather than using packets, ready-meals or buying food in cafes etc. (then you'll be sure what you've eaten).   And base your meals around vegetables & grains using things like lean meat, dairy, eggs, nuts, fats etc. to fill in the gaps.  Then what you eat will be nutritious & satsifying.

If you're aiming for 2000 a day you could split it down 400 breakfast, 500 lunch, 600 supper and 500 cals of snacks...   So your breakfast could be 2 boiled eggs, 2 slices of toast and small glass of OJ on top.

Much more pleasant and much more effective... Good luck