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Report Abuse. You have to eat 3500 calories less than the body requires to loose a pound. If you take your weight (say 200 lbs.) times 15 = 3000 cal. Therefore you would take the 3000 calories times 7 days which would = 21,000 calories. For every 3500 calories you eat less in one week represents 1 lb.
Because 3,500 calories equals about 1 pound (0.45 kilogram) of fat, you need to burn 3,500 calories more than you take in to lose 1 pound. So if you cut 500 calories from your diet each day, you'd lose about 1 pound a week (500 calories x 7 days = 3,500 calories). There are other factors that can influence this equation. Because of changes that occur in the body over time, calories may need to be decreased further to continue weight loss.