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It all depends on how many calories you are in deficit to start with. If you are at 1400 calories and set to lose a pound a week, you would need to only eat 1400 per day to achieve that goal. But if you exercise 300 calories worth, then you can eat that back and still be in deficit. Having said that - be careful about…

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You can buy a body fat scale - go to Amazon and search for "body fat scale" and you'll get several results.

I'd recommend not eating back your exercise calories until you start to lose.

Try Jazzercise. You'll get a full-body workout - cardio plus strength. You'll burn fat, build muscle and build endurance. And your metabolism will go up as you add muscle. It's also FUN, dance-based fitness that doesn't get boring because the music is always changing and current. As for food, I stick with the rule of…

It doesn't take 3,000 calories a day to maintain being overweight. I'd venture a guess that they can eat much less than that to maintain their weight if their basal metabolic rate is low. There are ways to rev up your metabolism, but truth is that some people have a harder time losing or keeping weight off and they have to…

Seriously? Why do people ask these types of questions? A picture says absolutely nothing about you.

I look for the choices with the highest number of confirmations. Or, I enter the info myself from the food label and that way it's always in the "My Foods" list.