How many calories should I cut to lose the Freshman 15?

How many calories should I cut to lose the Freshman 15?

Hawley Almstedt (Professor, Loyola Marymount University) gives expert video advice on: How long does it take to lose the Freshman 15?; What's the best diet to lose the Freshman 15?; Should I take diet pills to lose the Freshman 15? and more...

It's recommended that you cut down 500 calories. Create a 500 calorie negative energy balance in order to lose a pound or two per week. So you can do this by cutting a little bit of calories and increasing your energy expenditure a little bit. I recommend doing both so then there is not too much preoccupation on one or the other. So a combination of reducing calorie intake, a little bit, a few hundred and increasing energy expenditure, a little bit. Maybe an extra half hour per day together can pare up to about a 500 calorie deficit.