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Simple Ways to Cut Calories

Lose Weight the Easy and Healthy Way

Lose Weight the Easy and Healthy Way

Looking to lose a pound or two (or ten)? It might be a lot easier than you think. Cutting just 500 calories each day for seven days — through a combination of diet and exercise — can mean safely shedding up to a pound a week, experts say. Just remember, said Christine M. Palumbo, RDN, a registered dietician from Naperville, Illinois, there is no magic bullet to weight loss. “You have to make changes to see changes,” she said.

By Jennifer Lazuta. Published on January 6, 2014. Updated on December 14, 2015. Jennifer Lazuta earned her Master's degree from the Medill School of Journalism and is a Dakar, Senegal-based freelance writer.