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TimeOut · 04-05-08, 04:58 PM

I'm 23 years old, female, 5'7, 370, and usually pretty sedentary, although the past week I've been trying to exercise for at least 20 mins daily. (My version of exercise is what for most would be light-moderate, but for me is strenuous.)

I'm trying to figure out what my daily intake should be. I've been playing around with various calorie calculators, but most are saying I should be eating around 2500 calories a day to lose weight. That doesn't seem right. But then again, I've never been able to successfully drop weight despite many attempts, so I've obviously been doing something wrong.

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TimeOut Newbie Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4	minimum amount of calories needed while trying to lose weight? I'm 23 years old, female, 5'7, 370, and usually pretty sedentary, although the past week I've been trying to exercise for at least 20 mins daily. (My version of exercise is what for most would be light-moderate, but for me is strenuous.) I'm trying to figure out what my daily intake should be. I've been playing around with various calorie calculators, but most are saying I should be eating around 2500 calories a day to lose weight. That doesn't seem right. But then again, I've never been able to successfully drop weight despite many attempts, so I've obviously been doing something wrong.