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What should I eat to lose weight after recovering from an eating disorder?

Hi, sorry but this is another metabolism question.
Last year I lost weight eating cereal in the morning and then 500 cals at dinner. I wasn't really hungry and it worked pretty well, I wasn't sick, etc. I came out of this starvation mode the wrong way and put on some weight. Right now I'm about 5'4'' and 135-140lbs and I'd like to lose 20-25 in 3 months.
My BMR is about 1400 and my metabolism has recovered enough that I can eat 1000-1200 calories without gaining weight I think, and probably more.
My question is, to lose the weight I want, how much should I eat? If I have a BMR of 1400 and eat 1200 that's only a deficit of 200 a day! I want to lose at least 2lbs a week so I need a deficit of 1000 a day. I know you're supposed to multiply that BMR by 1.55 if you're active like I am (so I have a rate of 2170), but that has ALWAYS been too much for me.
If I only burn 500/day working out, how can it be so much higher?
So, how much do I eat a day to lose this weight?
Thanks so much!!

I would talk to a doctor before I did anything because you could mess up your metabolism more.

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