I was wondering above would be a lot of calories, but I don't know, I'm new at this. I have a calorie counter on my iPad, I put in my body weight and it figured up like, 2000 calories a day.
I believe I gave you a good guideline for beginners in another post :3 , no problem here comes some more knowledge:
First, the way to loose fat is simple and dominated by the energy principles of Calories, in summary without science so its easy to get , you have a standard number of Calories your body needs to survive and exist a day without gaining or losing wait, this is known (with just its standard calculation) as COMA Calories or BMR , coma because if you were to fall into a coma , this would be the calories that would keep your body alive without altering weight. Find a calculator online , theres many , if not here's the formula:
English BMR Formula
Women: BMR = 655 + ( 4.35 x weight in pounds ) + ( 4.7 x height in inches ) - ( 4.7 x age in years )
Men: BMR = 66 + ( 6.23 x weight in pounds ) + ( 12.7 x height in inches ) - ( 6.8 x age in year )
Metric BMR Formula
Women: BMR = 655 + ( 9.6 x weight in kilos ) + ( 1.8 x height in cm ) - ( 4.7 x age in years )
Men: BMR = 66 + ( 13.7 x weight in kilos ) + ( 5 x height in cm ) - ( 6.8 x age in years )
Now that gives us a starting point , the activity calculators are not gonna really be in need for a beginner since you dont know how many calories you are actually burning up and usually in a well done cardio session around 300+ , so lets just say you get your bmr and aim at it dayly. Thus calorical deficit will be created by excercise and you wont be eating more than you need, if your only and main concern is fat loss this should be ideal.
Healthy eating:
Base your diet of higher Protein intake, why? Because unlike Carbs Protein doesnt cause (or causes a lesser) Insulin spike, take my word for it or actually do some research. Besides 1 gram of protein can be said to be 4 kCals or 3.2 in recent debate.
Keep complex carbs in your diet since also they have a low GI and cause lower insulin spikes! And give longer lasting energy.
Keep fats in , but preferrably in controlled amounts and along the lines of Sat Fat , Poly Sat fat , Mono Sat Fat. Remember 1 gram of fat = 9 kCal , since they are so calorically dense , try to eat leaner sources of protein and carbohydrates to be able to maintain lower calories every day.
Now for dieting , you can either go with Carb Cycling , IF (Intermitent fasting, takes a lot of willpower when you are new to dieting...idk if you would like it) or a Keto genic diet , are easier to follow along for a beginner.
Easy read on Carb Cycling and mainly a generic version of it:
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For Higher intensity read Lyle McDonald ultimate 2.0 diet.
Now for IF , theres many types, ADF, LG, etc.:
Heres the info on Lean Gains:
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How to set up the diet Macronutrients:
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and finally FAQ if you didnt get any of the above:
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Please conduct your research, take care of it and ask more in depth questions , we are here to help (some of us) , but mainly you gotta do this , its your body, take control of it!!

If anything else I might have missed I'm sure the guys will pitch in with more info or smack me if I missed something obvious ;p!!