How many calories are we supposed to eat??

I come from a family that is very short. We are all between the height of 4’8”-5’4”

I personally am 4’10”

My sister who is 4’11” claims that because we are so short, we don’t need to eat as many calories as other people who are taller.

While I feel this is somewhat correct… she thinks we need to eat as little at 800-900 calories a day.

I personally eat around 1,580

My dad is giving up sweets for lent and also Eating better in general… but for 40 days he’s dropping what calories he usually eats, which is probably around 2,000 because he has wine every night.. to 900-1200 a day

I thought 1,200 was the minimum our bodies need to function… turn over cells, create antibodies, make blood cells etc… I thought that was the case regardless of how tall you are

Obviously someone 6 feet tall is going to require more calories than someone my size.. but there’s still a line that has to be drawn right???

I personally am on a weight loss journey and I am not currently exercising… I’m losing about 40 lbs before I start to add that in. I’m eating roughly 1,580 and losing 1lb a week. I don’t cut out anything except for my sugar intake because I have a really bad sweet tooth and that’s 90% of the reason I’m overweight… but I just swap out my treats for sugar free versions and it works for me. Other than that I’m making sure I get plenty of vegetables, fruit, and a healthy amount of protein and healthy fats. I eat everything in moderation and I’ve lost 25lbs since July.

My dads goal is to lose 40 lbs in 40 days. This seems obscene to me!!! But my whole family argued with me that because we are short, we don’t need over 1,200 calories

I don’t know about them, but if I ate 1,200 I would be starving!!!!!

My dad has always had a really unhealthy relationship with food and I found myself falling down the same path.. he has a habit of doing crazy diet friends like juice cleanses where he only has juice for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a week straight… or one time he tried going 2 weeks straight without eating ANYTHING.. only drinking water and he got soooo aggressive and moody, my mom made him leave the house and spend the night at our new house that they were working on renovating… but I digress

I’ve been trying to educate myself on nutrition to be better than him because it always just leads to binging and I’ve seen it time and time again with my dad.

But my whole family arguing with me has made me question everything!!!