It's OK to Cheat on Your Diet Can you eat chocolate on a diet? You betcha! Published on March 22, 2009 by Susan McQuillan, M.S. in Cravings When it comes to calorie crunching to lose weight, health experts know that a 1,500-calorie diet is healthier than a 1,000-calorie diet. That's because, in the space of1,000 calories,…
What It Takes to Lose a Pound http://www.caloriesperhour.com/tutorial_pound.php A pound of body fat equates to approximately 3500 calories. So if you have a calorie deficit of 500 calories (meaning that you burn 500 calories more than you eat each day) you would lose approximately one pound per week: 500 x 7 = 3,500 It's…