how many callaries = a pound?

Answer 1

3,500 calories is equal to one pound. For example, if you eat 250 calories per day fewer than your maintenance rate requires and exercise enough to burn an additional 250 calories each day, you will lose approximately one pound per week.

Answer 2

First - calories is the correct spelling

Second - A calorie is the amount of energy, or heat, it takes to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1 degree Celsius (1.8 degrees Fahrenheit). One calorie is equal to 4.184 joules, a common unit of energy used in the physical sciences.

Third - a pound of what? A pound of sugar will have more calories than a pound of celery. So, if you are on a diet, eat more celery.

Answer 3

You need to burn 3500 calories more than you consume to lose 1 pound of bodyfat. One gram of fat= 9 calories. 28 grams= 1 ounce. 16 ounces = 1 pound. My math says 4032 so I must be missing something.

1 gram of protein=4 calories
1 gram of carb= 4 calories

Answer 4

1300 calories to a pound

Answer 5

If u r asking, how many calories are required to maintain body weight at its present condition, it is: Body weight in kg x 28 =the calories required per day.
However, u need to take second opinion about it-!

Answer 6

1000

Answer 7

a pound of what ? calories vary by the food not just weight. see cyberdiet.com for a great food chart.

Answer 8

Its 3,600 calories= 1 pound. I read health and fitness magazines alot and thats what they all say.

Answer 9

1 callary = 26.52 pounds... ..ofcourse the calculation is a result of cutting edge research.. .by me...so pls free not to publicise it.

Answer 10

depends how much of the calories come from fat content. most calories from sugar are burned off right away.