metaljmz

Hello, i'm new to these boards.

my new years resolution was to quit drinking and loose some weight.
i'm 24 years old, 6ft 2, around 200lbs and have decent metabolism.
I normally watch my fat intake, rarely eat junk foods, rarely eat red meat, almost never eat fast
food. However, i was a very avid beer guy. drinking alot of heavy ales and stouts.
For the last few months or so of 2005, i kinda let myself go. I was unemployed, drinking 5-7 drinks per day. that coupled with lots of chineese food, and very little physical activity, made me gain about 15 pounds in maybe 3 months or so.
So new years day, I stopped drinking completely and decided to go on a diet.
only i did the stupid thing and didn't get any advise on dieting.
Instead, i just cut down my calorie and fat intake. I also walk/jog 4 miles or almost every day.
I've only been dieting for 8 days, and i think i lost at least 4 lbs. i've been told that is too fast.

I've been keeping strict track of my calorie intake daily.
its looking like this

1/3/07 - 1325 calories 18 grams of fat (4 mile walk)
1/4/07 - 1380-1400 calories 17.5-20 fat (4 mile walk)
1/5/07 - 1250 total 8.5 grams
1/6/07 - 1440 calories around 20 grams of fat (4 mile walk)
1/7/07 - 1545 calories (4 mile walk)
1/8/07 - 1255 cal
1/9/07 - 1395 cal 20g fat
1/10/07 - 1080 cal around 22 grams of fat (4 mile walk)
1/11/07 - 1100 cal 24 grams of fat (4 mile walk/jog)

i haven't exactly been starving myself. just eating 4 meals a day with low cal foods (tuna, salad, organic bean soups, fruit, veg, water, herbal tea, etc).
i was told that i'm eating too little in terms of my calorie intake, and that my metabolism will go down from eating like this.

i found this calorie calculator online
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it suggests for fat loss that i eat 2156 cal per day.
does that sound about right? have i hurt my metabolism with 8 days of calories counts this low? Any recomendations to what i should do to keep my metabolism high, and loose weight at a healthy pace?