text: Eat less move more.  I eat once a day and when I take my daughter to the park or whatever I get up and play with her instead of sitting on the bench like all the other mothers.  The whole 2000 cal a day is too much for anyone, you can actually gain weight on 2000 cal a day. To lose weight you want to eat more like 1200 cal a day and 1800 to maintain. Make sure you eat a healthy 1200 cals. Don't eat empty calories.