how many calories can I eat each day and still lose weight?

A: These easy steps can help you pinpoint that:

1. Estimate what your body burns through normal processes and activities. To do this, multiply your current weight in pounds by 8 and add 200. Answer: __.

2. Figure out how many calories you burn through exercise (No idea? Find out at www.healthcalculators.org). Answer: ___.

3. Add line 1 to line 2. Total calories per day: ___. That's how many calories you need to keep the scale right where it is.

4. To lose a pound a week (that's a good, healthy goal), you need to either cut 500 calories a day or increase your physical activity by 500 calories a day -- or do a combination of the two. So subtract 500 (or less, if you're going to burn more with exercise) from your "total calories a day" number and go by that.

Just remember that subtracting calories doesn't mean subtracting flavor! For instance, put soups and vegetables into meals that previously contained meat -- you'll scrimp on calories but splurge on deliciousness. Similarly, swapping sweet, sensational fruit for sticky traditional desserts leaves you satisfied rather than foraging for more later.

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