Find out a comfortable calorie count for your daily eating plan - we say 10 calories/pound is a maintenance diet - so if you are 175 pounds - 1750 calories would keep you stable - you'd have to drop about 250 calories and then exercise to burn 250 calories a day to achieve a one pound loss per week.  That's an exampleof the math.

I'd recommend about 1400-1500 calories daily - eating the superstars of each food group and begin an exercise program - about 30 minutes a day and work up to 60 minutes most days of the week.

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