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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.
This is the total number of calories you would need to maintain your current weight. Calculate Calories to Lose Weight. One pound of body fat is equivalent to 3,500 calories â which means a person must cut that many calories from her diet to lose a single pound. By eliminating 500 calories a day, she will lose one pound in a week. So, if your daily caloric need is 1917.9875 to maintain your weight, subtract 500 from that, and you'll have the number of calories you can consume each day and still lose a pound in one week. In this case: 1,417.9875 calories.