how many cals?

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how many cals do all the dieters out there eat in a day?? and is there a good way to figure out what you need and what you should be having?

about 8000 today but am not very good at counting so it could be even worse?

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It will probably be a lot higher than you think it should be as we have all spent years reading about 1000 calorie a day diets etc. It will give you a daily calorie number to maintain your current weight. If you are looking at losing weight, try substituting just 300 calories from that total and then give it a couple of weeks and then reassess. Remember to lose FAT not MUSCLE then weight loss should be slow.

Try here
www.foodfocus.co.uk/
If you plug in your details, you'll get a guide on how many you should eat depending on whether you want to lose 1 or 2 lbs a week.
Its also a brilliant site for keeping your food diary.
I should go back on it as it really helped.