teens: how many calories do you eat?

it's really a matter of curiosity, and trying to figure out whether what I've read is true.

so gimme your height, weight, and the number of calories you eat a day.. and the number you burn through exercise if you want.

¡gracias!

5´11 , 165 pounds,  when dieting 1500 cal, normaly 3100 cal, calories i burn at the gym 1300-1500 not sure.

you burn 1300 at the gym? whoa! what do you do?

14 y/o, 5'5, 107(ish) pounds. I'm aiming for 1600 right now, but I'm working my way up to 2000

last month, iv been eating nothing over 400ish calories a day and lost 15 pounds. i know its not healthy but it works. 

13/14 y/o...5'7''ish (maybe 5'8'' dont really know) and 123 lbs. Aiming for 115 in the long run. I eat 1200 cals a day.

5'4 189lbs 18 years old... I eat around 1500 cals a day..

i'm 16. 5'3. currently 118, but it's been fluctuating. it happens. i eat about 1400 calories a day and burn off 200 or less, usually.

18 years old, 5'6 and 175 lbs, trying to stay bet. 1000-1200 calories. Mess up some days though :/

15 years old, 5'4", eat 1200-1600 calories, and sometimes less, but try to stay around 1200-1400. I burn 300-500 calories when I exercise, on average.

16, 5'1 and I eat 1500

Age 14.
Height 5'8
Weight 180
I eat 1500-2000
I burn around 210 calories, daily walk.

Whoa... many of you are eating below 1800 calories, which is the recommended minimum for the average teen.

This is your peak time for building lean mass - after age 20 it is not so easy to build it. You want to eat enough calories and stay active to encourage peak bone-building and muscle-building. It'll never be any easier to do this. The more bone and muscle you have as an adult, the easier it is to maintain your weight. Not to mention you look better (fit looks good at any age) and it's of course healthier.

By "enough" calories I mean that you don't really want a deficit at all. You want to eat just enough - or even just a little more, so that the extra can be used to build bones and muscle. And you need to get active in weight-bearing exercises so that your body understands what it is supposed to do with the couple hundred extra calories.

Also your brains are undergoing amazing growth right now - growing more now than when you were an infant. So at this very critical time you would not want to starve your brain, which incidentally can't run on stored body fat. It prefers glucose, i.e., from the foods you eat. If you don't have enough circulating in your system, your brain gets grumpy and starts breaking down your muscles, because it can use that for fuel.

Oh, and please wear your sunscreen, and don't drink and drive. This has been a message from your mother. Thank you! :-)

I'm 17 years old, 5'4", weigh 100lbs, eat 550 calories a day, burn at least 1000 calories a day. 

I guess i am technically still a teen... i am 5'7" and weigh 125-130lbs.  I've been trying to listen to my body more (regarding hunger) and I've found that my calorie intake really bounces around - anywhere from 1000 to 2200 cals per day, depending on hunger. It seems to balance out (I haven't had a major weight change in 2 years). As a teen i think it's really important to eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full, because our bodies are still developing and sometimes they need extra energy!

I'm 5ft 3 and 123lb :). Atm i'm eating around ermm.. 1100 calories a day. I don't do that much excercise at the moment though, about an hours walking a day i'm not sure how much that would burn off.

5'6" 18 years old, 111 pounds (trying to gain).

I eat 2,100 calories a day, and I gain very slowly, at most 2 pounds a week.

I eat around 1600 but I'm not rigid about it, I don't log calories, I just work it out in my head and estimate. I know I can eat up and over 2000 calories without gaining but I don't like to eat that much.

i eat from 3,000 to 5,000. i am very,very active in sports(football,basketball,baseball,track,tou rnament paintball, training)  O and i am 6'2" 150

I'm female, 5'2 and 109 pounds, and I eat 1500-2000. I'm very very active though

well when i started back in october i was 17, weighed 145, i ate around 1200 and when i exercised i burned around 400 calories. now i weigh around 115-120, still eat 1200 but unfortunately don't exercise as much. might burn around 200 cals on the treadmill.