thank you norm z! i don't want to do crash & burn, either. i've been eating about 2000 or 2100 calories because i didn't want to eat too little, but i was worried that i was actually only burning that much, so i'd just maintain my weight. yay, more food! thanks for the clarification
oh and i put "bed-bound" because the calories it said i burned seemed waaaay too high, and i do a lot of sitting. hehe.