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Also muscle does not weight more than fat. A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat.
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Of course a pound of fat will weight the same as a pound of muscle, you cant compare them by WEIGHT! Muscle is far more dense than fat is, so it weighs more per amount eg: in3, cm3, cup, whatever. What you are saying is like "A pound of styrofoam peanuts weighs the same as a pound of lead" Its great that they weigh the same, but you will have a mountain of styrofoam peanuts, and a 2.5 inch square block of lead.
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Just for clarification. 1500 calories is not average, it is almost the lowest amount of calories you can consume to maintain basic functions, even 2000 is pretty low, but that's what many of the RDA allowances are calculated. you want way more than 1500 if you want to put on weight.
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1500 calories a day would be about the average requirement for a 5'2" sedentary female. The RDA's are all based on 2000 calories, as that is an average number for average people looking to MAINTAIN their weight. Its differant for every person. To origional poster: You did not provide us with anything as far as age or activity level, but if you are 20+ and active, and you would like to get to your "desired" weight (which is 175lbs btw), I would recomend at least 2800 calories per day. For someone your height, unless you are completely sedentary, as in the only exercise you get is walking to your driveway, then into the office, the very LEAST you should be eating is 1800 kcals per day, anything lower than that and you will start losing muscle mass and body weight.