For example, cutting 500 calories for 4 days is 2,000 calories. For example, 600 calories from a class over 3 days is 1,800 calories. If it adds up to more than 3,500 calories, you should have lost 1 lb. Losing 1 lb. in 4 days is very fast weight loss. If you continue this way, you can lose 2 lbs. by week's end. Losing 2 lbs. per week adds up to 8 lbs. per month, a healthy a noticeable weight loss goal. Although actual weight can fluctuate throughout the day, if you are losing inches on arms, legs, stomach or chest measurements, you are making good progress toward healthy and substantial weight loss. After you try on clothing or measure yourself with a fabric measuring tape, you can weigh yourself. Try to weigh yourself only once each week, at approximately the same time during the day. Keep in mind that while you burn fat, you may also be gaining muscle. Muscle building may keep the scale from dropping for a few days; however, muscle tissue burns more calories than fatty tissue, and you will see greater weight loss in the long-term.

Summary: Add up the calories you have cut from your diet over the past 4 days. Total the calories you've burned from exercise. Add food calorie deficit and exercise calories together. Try on clothing that was tight 4 days ago.

Universities and colleges often allow their faculty a regular sabbatical, but the exact requirements depend on where you are and what your position is. Sabbatical may require tenure, and is typically limited to a specific length and frequency for example, six months of sabbatical for every three years of work. An academic sabbatical typically involves independent research, although there may or may not be concrete requirements for what you have to show at the end of it. Decide whether you would like to write a book, perform field research, or work on a long-term project at another institution. Start looking at possible sources of funding early. Some grant-giving organizations, such as the Fulbright Scholar Program for U.S. scholars, provide funding for a wide variety of research abroad. Look into these funding sources as well as those relevant in your specific field. Write up a proposal to demonstrate what you'll use the sabbatical for, how you'll get the funding, and how this is all related to your field of research and the goals of your department and university. Include supporting documents if necessary, such as lists of possible funding sources. Bring a copy of your plan to your department chair, keeping another copy of all documents for yourself. Explain the sabbatical goals to the chair. If she seems hesitant, emphasize any exposure the research will get that may enhance the institution's reputation or bring in new contacts. In some departments, part of your salary during sabbatical may go toward hiring an adjunct professor or instructor to cover your coursework, while other departments may cover the cost themselves. Either way, if you have a good candidate in mind for the position, that can make your department's job much easier.

Summary: Know your institution's policy. Plan what you would like to do. Investigate funding sources. Put the plan in writing. Approach the chair of your department. Help find replacements to teach your courses.

In order to figure out the problem with a non-working Mac hard drive, you'll have to remove the drive from your Mac, plug it into a USB adapter, and plug the adapter into a working Mac computer. Most Mac hard drives will use SATA connections, so you'll need a SATA to USB or USB-C adapter. It's a menu item at the top of the screen. A drop-down menu will appear. If you don't see this menu item, first click the desktop or open Finder. You'll find this in the Go drop-down menu. The Utilities folder will open. Double-click the Disk Utility app, which resembles a grey hard drive with a stethoscope on it. Click the name of the attached hard drive in the left-hand sidebar to do so. If the hard drive doesn't appear here, it may be too damaged to read at all. You should take it into a repair service to have it checked for recovery options. It's a tab near the top of the window. You'll see this prompt appear at the top of the window. Once Disk Utility finishes scanning the drive, it will provide you with a list of drive issues, at least one of which may be responsible for the drive's failure. You will most likely receive a message saying that the hard drive is about to fail. If possible, back up the hard driveyou cannot repair it from this point. If your hard drive shows more than a couple of significant errors, chances are that it needs to be repaired physically. You'll need a tech professional to repair your hard drive for you. In most cases, the repair service will only be able to recover data off of the hard drive; you most likely won't be able to use the hard drive again.

Summary: Attach the non-working hard drive to a working Mac computer. Click Go. Click Utilities. Open Disk Utility. Select the attached hard drive. Click First Aid. Click Run when prompted. Review the results. Take your hard drive into a professional repair service.

Follow the guidelines of a job description for an open position you'd like to apply for. Submit a well-written and formatted resume and a cover letter that illustrates why you want this specific job and why you would be the best fit for it. Send in a digital or physical copy of your portfolio. For any newspaper you'd like to work for, read back issues or check their website to see the kind of stories they typically write and the style of photography they're used to. Try to show some of your work that most reflects their style, but be true to your own style too, and don't be afraid to surprise them with something they haven't seen before. Be on time for an interview if you're asked to come into the newspaper offices for a job interview. Be prepared for the interview by dressing professionally, being prepared to answer common questions about your photography work and experience, and have questions prepared for the newspaper staff. Even if you don't land your ideal job at your first-choice newspaper, stick to your goal. Keep checking job listing sites and talking to other photographers and journalists to make connections and be the first to know about new opportunities. Simply keep visiting editors to show them new images as you have them, especially if you know a photographer of theirs is leaving soon.
Summary: Apply with a resume, portfolio, and cover letter. Research the newspaper. Interview and meet the staff. Be persistent.