Confused regarding calorie targets and exercise :/

I'm 5'4 and weigh 140lbs and want to eventually get back to 112lbs, although at the moment my goal is 120lbs. 

Using the calculator it recommends that I eat 1200 calories however that would be quite a struggle for me, except on days where I'm just not hungry...which are about once a week.

So if I eat more than that but exercise, will I still see results?

For example, if I ate 1700 calories, exercised enough to burn 500 then would the overall be 1200? Or does that not work?

Because I think 1200 is unrealistic for me personally, I'm happy to eat around 1600 and exercise if that doesn't ruin my goal. 

But also, would the exercise push up my general activity level and change my calorie target? :/

I would much prefer to exercise more and eat more, but I want to be as accurate as possible with my calorie information otherwise there isn't much point in attempting to keep track of it all. 

Thanks for the help! :)

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Robert Downey Jr at the LA premiere of Iron Man 3

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what the heck is making me fat?

Lately i seem to be putting on more belly fat despite going to the gym 3-4 times a week and walking at least 40 minutes a day with my pups? I was away for two weeks and all my clothes felt loose I've now been back for almost two weeks from traveling and i feel swelled and fat. while we were away we didn't eat very much due to being on the go all the time. since i got back I've been eating my normal 1800 cals but I'm getting fat! the only difference in my eating is for the past two weeks I've had White rice twice a week. I've added two tbsp of peanut butter a day to my daily intake and sometimes it's chocolate peanut butter besides these two additions my foods been the same so why am I getting fat? Ps it's not my time of the month and its not in my head its quite clearly on my tummy! Please help or advice!

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Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Garner out in Los Angeles

We're still trying to work out if Tobey Maguire and Jennifer Garner are unlikely pals, or whether this photographer got the jackpot and somehow managed to capture the two stars as they passed each other unaware in the street yesterday. Maguire looks far more interested in playing with son Otis, anyway, doesn't he?

BEN AFFLECK GIVEN HONORARY DEGREE

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Faith May Complement Treatment for Mental Illness

Patients with stronger belief in God did better in small study

By Robert Preidt

HealthDay Reporter

THURSDAY, April 25 (HealthDay News) -- A belief in God may boost the effectiveness of short-term treatment for mental illness, according to a small new study.

The study included 159 psychiatric patients whose levels of depression, well-being and self-harm were assessed at the start and end of the study. The patients also were asked about their belief in God.

Patients with higher levels of belief in God were twice as likely to respond to treatment as those with no or little belief in God. Even among the more than 30 percent of patients who said they had no specific religious affiliation, those who had a moderate or high belief in God had a better response to treatment than those with little or no belief.

The study appears in the latest issue of the Journal of Affective Disorders.

"Our work suggests that people with a moderate to high level of belief in a higher power do significantly better in short-term psychiatric treatment than those without, regardless of their religious affiliation," study author David Rosmarin, a clinician at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., and an instructor in the psychiatry department at Harvard Medical School, said in a hospital news release. "Belief was associated with not only improved psychological well-being, but decreases in depression and intention to self-harm."

A strong belief in God may boost patients' conviction that treatment will help them and their expectations of success, the researchers suggested.

Although the study found an association between belief in God and increased response to psychiatric treatment, it did not prove a cause-and-effect relationship.

"Given the prevalence of religious belief in the United States -- more than 90 percent of the population -- these findings are important in that they highlight the clinical implications of spiritual life," Rosmarin said. "I hope that this work will lead to larger studies and increased funding in order to help as many people as possible."

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what's a good everyday source of protein?

I'm 16 and don't work so I can't exactly buy supplements or go out to get special foods. Are there some things my parents might be buying that I'm just missing? Please help!:)

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MUSIC: This Week We’re Loving…

Why The XX's new track is the bell of Gatsby's ball. Plus, Sigur Rós sells free singles with their scented candles, Charli XCX's anti-pop wins me over, Daniel Johnston writes a comic soundtrack about space ducks (really) and introducing Waxahatchee...

The XX

Track: Together

From: The Great Gatsby Soundtrack, Out 16 May 2013

Wholly unsurprisingly, I'm completely in love with the new XX track: a beautiful, orchestrally-enhanced reimagining of the sort of down-turned, darker works from their Co-Exist album. No, they haven't reinvented their own wheel especially for Baz Luhrmann's long-awaited adaption.  Instead, they've played it to a shrill, echoing click and stuck some dramatic, sweeping string sections in among their usual breathy minimalism to create a powerfully emotive piece that we cannot stop listening to. The other great triumphs of the fabulous Gatsby soundtrack? Lana Del Rey's haunting Young & Beautiful and Jack White's gut-wrenching, Django-appropriate cover of Love Is Blindness. Sure, there are a few clangers on there, too. And they have, once again, wheeled out Emeli Sandé for a number (got to be a running joke now, surely). And what's up with that will.i.am track? And we agree with this man about that Beyoncé cover, too. But over-all, this Jay-Z-produced musical spectacular looks set to give the movie itself a serious run for its money. If it ever comes out.

Sigur Rós

Track: Ísjaki

From: Kveikur, XL Recordings, 17 June 2013

Any band that releases a scented candle that evokes the smell of a campfire lit by a rosy-cheeked lad deep in the heart of an Icelandic forest as a genuine piece of buyable merchandise is alright by me. Sigur Rós transport us to the otherworldly, out-of-body, post-rock hinterland once more with their undeniably beautiful follow-up to last month's single release, Brennisteinn. Ísjaki will be the lead single from their forthcoming album, Kveikur, which is out on 17 June. And, to show they're not all about extracting money out of fans for atmospheric homeware, it will be available as a free download for all those who pre-order the 'collection'. 

Charli XCX

Track: Various

Album: True Romance, Warner, Out Now

Look, it's grown on me, OK? Like a bubblegum-pink vine covered in decapitated Barbie dolls, metal spikes and old Backstreet Boys memorabilia. Charli XCX's (albeit second) debut album has come about at exactly the right time. She embodies the on-trend aesthetic of the 90s, the attitude of the revival genre of the moment, grunge, and the sound of now: quirky street-pop layered with spaced-out electro and littered with attitude-packed, teetering-on-the-edge-of-socially-acceptable expletive lyricism. Oh, and she's well into Tumblr, too. She'll be fine! Essentially, I applaud those in popular music who 1) Write their own songs, 2) Make them interesting and 3) Manage to carve a niche for themselves in the X-Factor-saturated commercial market. And Charli ticks all of those points. Download the album here and make up your own minds. And watch her You (Ha Ha Ha) video below, too.

Waxahatchee

Track: Brother Bryan

From: Cerulean Salt, Wichita, TBC Summer 2013 

Brooklyn-born, gravel-voiced Waxahatchee emerged as one of the most talked-about stars of SXSW festival when it hit Austin, Texas like a tornado of sound and secret performances back in March. And, with her down-beat, minimalist sounds and soulful, lyrical whimsy, it's not hard to work out why every  blog from her to Beirut was banging on about her. Luckily for us, she's not exclusive the US: having just signed with indie label Wichita, she's set to release her album Cerulean Salt in the UK sometime this summer. 

Daniel Johnston

Track: Space Ducks

Album: Space Ducks, Out 29 May 2013

WHAT. THE ACTUAL...  Just press play. You'll know what I mean. New album's out Monday. It's Daniel Johnston's first record in a good four years (he was the guy behind the Hi, How Are You? record, the band T-shirt of which Kurt Cobain wore in this famous photograph). It is the soundtrack a 24-page, self-drawn comic called Space Ducks: An Infinite Comic Book of Musical Greatness. You'll either think it's the greatest thing you've ever seen/heard or the most irritating piece of music in the universe. Utterly polarising stuff. Personally, I freakin' love ducks. And space. So the combination of the two plus a concept album is a winner in my unashamedly geeky (comic) book.

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CHARLI XCX - ON HER DREAM HEADLINERS, ROCK STAR RIDER & ULTIMATE INSPIRATIONS

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SHE'S SO COOL! OUR ODE TO THE ULTIMATE FRONTWOMAN, KAREN O

OZZY OSBOURNE & MISS PIGGY? THE STRANGEST MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS. EVER.

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