how many calories must i burn to lose 1 pound of body fat?

Answer 1

That is a good question, but it is not actually "how many calories you must burn" to lose 1 pound of body fat, rather your total caloric intake must be 3600 calories (give or take) less than your output of calories to lose one pound of fat. Here's an example; lets say your caloric intake is 2000 calories per day and you live a fairly sedentary lifestyle and only burn 2000 calories per day, your weight would not change. Now if you wished to begin "burning fat", all you would have to do is decrease your calorie (kcal) intake by 200 (stop drinking soda for instance) and walk off 300 calories per day. now you are losing 500 calories per day and this may not seem like much but over the course of a year it amounts to over 50 pounds (500 cal x 7 days a week = 1 pound per week x 52 weeks = 52 pounds lost). you may be tempted to go overboard and starve yourself or exercise too much, this simply doesn't work in the long run because it is impossible to maintain this type of regimen. 1-2 pounds per week is safe, healthy, and doable. Thru small lifestyle changes you can definitely lose weight and be healthy, please avoid fad diets and pills, they don't work and they can really harm you. my advice would be to talk to your school nurse or health teacher to get started. good luck.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

alot more than what u think 3600 for every lb u have to know what u burn normal high burners can lose 2200 n low metabo can only burn 600 or 700 without exercise dependsn on ur eating habits if u eat alot u burn more if u eat lite u burn hardly anything as m weird as it sounds.basic metobolic rate is take ur weight lbs and mulipy by 9 for lite or no activy alot of activity muliply up to 12 and thats ur calories for a normal eater if ur lite or heavy u must subtract 500 for lite and add 300 for hevy exercise.

Answer 4

3500 calories ...aim for at least 500 a day for 7 days and no pigging out and you will lose a pound a week.

Answer 5

3500 calories is equal to one pound

Answer 6

3,500 calories to lose a pound.