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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.
When you're active, your body uses more energy (calories). And when you burn more calories than you consume, you lose weight. 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).