Help! How many calories a day should I be eating to lose....

[me23]

to lose 2-3 lbs a week?
I really need to get down to 8.5 stone am 10st now lost 7lbs so far.
At the moment I'm not going over 1,500 calories a day but think maybe I should have less.
any ideas?

don't lower it too much... do you do any exercise?

I have 9 month old dd, so no time or energy for exercise apart from walks with her.
is 1,500 calories too much?

i wouldn;t have thought so.

I use a site called weight loss resources. You tell it your weight, height etc and what you want to weigh and it allows you to loose a maximum of 2lbs per week and tells you how many cals you should eat per day. I was on 1100 per day, which was the lowest you could go.

Best thing about the site is that it has a food diary where you enter everything you eat and drink and it tells you that exact cals and fat content so you can see exactly what you have left. I lost 2.5 stone in 10 weeks using this site, it is bloody brilliant! There is a 3 day free trial or £7-£9 per month.