How many calories a day should I be eating?!
Question:
How many calories a day should I be eating?
I am 17 y.o. weigh 132 lbs and Im 5'10". I work out at the gym a few times a week where I run for like 20 mins and do some ab work and weights... How much would I have to eat if I wanted to maintain? What about if I wanted to lose 2 lbs a week or so?
Answers:
Losing weight would be a bad idea for you as you are already below the fat percentage for your height. (I know, I'm your height). As you are active and very young, you can eat about 2400 calories per day, and the more active you are, the more you can eat.
If you become a couch potato and do nothing but sit around then for every ten pounds you weigh 100 calories would keep your weight the same - so 1320 calories for a sedentary lifestyle.
Enjoy the fact that you are tall and athletic and therefore, can eat a lot more food then most women - I've always considered it a blessing.
You are below weight now - try gaining about 5-10 pounds, if anything.