It is going to depend on you age and the is just an estimate but to maintain your current weight with little or no exercise you would need to consume roughly 3400 calories. To lose weight you would reduce you caloric intake from 500 but not exceeding 1000 calories for health reasons. Adding in a half hour of exercise per day such as just walking would greatly help in the burning of those calories also. there is 3500 calories in a pound of body weight. So if you reduced you caloric intake by 500 calories over the course of a week you would lose 1 pound. (500 calories per day)X(7 days)=3500 calories. The idea is just to burn more than you consume. There are various calorie calculators on the internet that will help you pinpoint your daily caloric intake
How many calories should you eat per day if you are 5'1 and weight 150 pounds and are trying to lose weight?
350000 a week
1,500 calories a day
About 1500 calories
In order to lose weight you should create a calorie deficit. In order to lose 1 pound a week you should cut 500 calories a day from your diet or burn this amount of extra calories a day.
600-800 Calories
You would have to consume 1200 calories and do regular exercises to lose the weight you desire
you would die if you ate that many calories. to lose weigh find out how many calories you should be eating for your current weight and then find out how many calories you should be eating for your target weight. slowly inch your calories down to that target weight range. and really you should ask your doctor about weight loss. to see if you even need it.
Multiply your ideal weight by ten and that's how much calories you should consume daily to lose the weight.
Before you start to lose weight you will need to look at the (body mass index). That will help you to see if you will need to lose weight or not. If you do need to lose weight, its best that you talk to your nutritionist and they can help you to decide how many calories you should have each day, what foods you should be eating, and what foods you shouldn't be eating regularly.
You should eat 10 times your goal weight. So if you want to be 120 lbs, you should eat 1200 calories a day to get to your goal weight and stay there.
It takes 3500 calories to lose a pound