Women who are 5'8 looking to maintain

okay, so I am 20 years old, 5'8, 127 pounds and looking to maintain.  I put my stats in the expenditure calculator with moderate activity and it said I should be eating around 2500 calories!  I work out everyday, so that could be right, but it seems so much. To lose weight I ate around 1400-1500 calories.  So I was wondering if any one around my weight and height could tell me how many calories they are eating to maintain.

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i'm 19, F, 5'8, 123 lbs. and i'm trying to figure out maintaining as well. i'm trying to slowly increase my calories, but i don't know when i should slow down. i read on a site you should multiply your body weight by 10 and that should be around your resting rate. so i would need 1230 calories a day if i just sat on my butt all day and did nothing.

how many calories were you eating when you were trying to lose weight? The 1230 calories a day is probably your BMR, which is the amount your body needs to just function and keep itself alive, not accounting in any activity. Most adults need anywhere from 11-16 calories per pound, depending on there activity level.  I work out everyday, so I probably need closer to 14 or 15 calories per pound.  YOu can also use the expenditure calculator on this site.  I think I am going to increase my calories by about 100 every week or so, see how that goes. Let me know how it's going!

I am 36 yrs old. I'm also 5'8" and weigh 135 lbs. I just became a Lifetime member on Weight Watchers this year. Following their plan, my minimum weight for my height for any adult, any age, is 132 lbs, so I am 3 lbs away from their 'minimum.' So I am trying to figure out how much to eat daily to try and maintain. I was doing their point system and lost 48 lbs to my current weight. I am not sure how much food to add. I have been adding 2 WW points each time I lose, to try to balance it. I think 2 WW points is about 100 calories per day. My CC expediture says 1900 calories per day would do it. I am going to try and add more 'regular' yogurts and cheeses, plus healthy nuts to my diet, to try to add that balance. I was exercising quite a bit, but now I find myself in the 'light' activity area. I'm finding that maintaining is just as hard as losing! Good luck! ~Kim