Hammock, M.S., R.D. We're going to say this right up front — sticking to a 1,300-calorie diet nutrition plan for a week is not going ... on the side. On the menu today: a classic peanut-butter ...

We found that diet ... calories you can consume to try to lose an inch in four weeks*. It tells you how many calories you need each day to maintain your weight, and you should reduce that figure ...

If you have an overweight BMI and want to lose weight, you can do so safely by cutting up to 500 calories ... per week. But what does this mean – and how many calories will it actually burn?