[pixiegurl]

I am 20 years old, female and currenty weigh 76kgs. I want to lose 13kgs. I do very little exercise because I work fulltime and spend 8 hours a day standing on my feet. I am just wondering how many calories I should be eating each day to lose around 0.5kgs a week?
I am also an emotional eater. At the moment I am recordig everything I eat so that I can pinpoint the times when I need to make better food choices. Any ideas or thoughts about either of these things would be greatly appreciated! Thanks :)

[hollylovesbrandon]

Well, I generally eat around 1200-1500 calories a day and that has helped me to lose 28 lbs so far. I am also not exercising because I stand on my feet 9 hours a day so I understand too. But you have to realize that at some point your body is going to need to exercise to continue losing weight. That's where I am right now. I am holding steady until I start exercising.

Recording what you eat is a great idea. That way when you go back and look you won't only see the bad choices you made but you will also see how often you've been eating. Then you can decide when and where to substitute healthy snacks.

You might want to consider making some lifestyle changes too. That's what I did. I stopped buying things like white bread and switched to %100 whole wheat. I also no longer drink soda. I only drink water and milk. And instead of keeping snack cakes and chips in the house I only have lettuce and apples so that I really don't have a choice in what I snack on.