Im new too and was looking to see how many calories i need to lose weight. it says i can eat 1600 to loose a pound/week. I never ate as low as you but im so used to eating 1000-1200 and 1600 sounds like soooo much. HOWEVER. im trying to break the cycle of starving on 1000-1200. like you said, we live on planet earth and thats not maintainable lol, and i always ended up bingeing on everything. SO im with ya! Lets try and do this the right way this time