How do I know how many calories I need to lose weight?

Simply put you will want to determine your BMR and factor in your activity level, then you will subtract about 500 calories per day and that should result in roughly 1lb loss per week. This is a pretty simple way to know where to start with your diet, for a more in-depth view of this check out my other blog at

http://changeisachievable.blogspot.com/2011/06/diet-makeover-continued-day-2.html .