Want to lose a pound a week? It is not as hard as you might think.

Each of these weight loss tips cuts 500 calories. Choose one a day for a week and you’ll be down 3,500 calories, or a pound of fat.

Change your breakfast Trade in your daily bagel with cream cheese and coffee with cream and sugar. Instead, have a toasted English muffin with lowfat cream cheese and coffee with skim milk, suggests NYC nutritionist Joy Bauer.

Switch your soda Swap two 20-ounce regular sodas for diet, seltzer or — better yet — water.

Build a better sandwich Use two slices of whole wheat bread in place of a typical sub roll, use spicy mustard instead of mayo and choose turkey breast or lean ham in place of roast beef or bologna.

Pick alternate appetizers Have six pieces of shrimp cocktail instead of two crabcakes, suggests David Zinczenko, author of The Abs Diet.

Desert your old dessert Instead of pecan pie à la mode, satisfy your sweet tooth with five chocolate kisses or two small chocolate chip cookies. [source]