How many calories do you need to burn to loose body weight?

Answer 1

More than you take in.

Answer 2

3500 calories is a pound (except that as you lose weight you'll also lose water weight, which doesn't have calories). So for every 3500 calories you burn above what you eat, you should lose a pound or a little more.

The question is how many calories you are burning just by being alive and breathing, and that depends a lot on your metabolism, age, weight, etc.

But if you take a look at what you currently eat and cut out 500 calories per day, you should start losing about a pound a week, which is quite a bit -- don't go for more than that!

Answer 3

About 3500 calories per pound more than you take in. So, if you want to lose two pounds a week (and I would not recommend any more than that), you need to burn about 7000 calories more than you take in.

Put another way, if you change nothing about what you are doing now (in terms of exercise), you will need to eat about 7000 calories less per week than you are now. That is about 3.5 days worth of food for a person with a 2000 calorie per day diet, so I would recommend cutting back on what you eat a little and exercising more. I hope it goes well. May God bless and keep you.

Answer 4

more than you eat

Make a food diary . Include everything you eat for 2 weeks . You will be shocked ( as long as you do not cheat )

Then cut out saturated fats , fried foods , sweets and processed foods .

Eat fresh veg , fruit , protein , some carbohydrates ( never after 7pm )

Weigh yourself at the same time each week ( same amount of clothes on/off etc )

It hard getting started but once you get yourself into a routine and get past those first 2-4 weeks of changing your diet it does get easier .

Eventually you can treat yourself to a Chinese meal or pizza . AS your body is able to burn calories easier .

Enjoy

P.S check out www.bodybuilding.com ( sounds a bit pretentious but it is a really good site with diet information and good exercise with diagrams)

Answer 5

You need to burn off more calories per day than you take in. To do it properly, you need to be aware of what your daily calorie intake should be e.g. if you are quite a physical person with a physical job, this could be 1500 for a woman, but if you are more sedentary, 1200 would suffice. It should work out then that you burn off more than you need.

I did a very successful calorie controlled diet & lost 24lbs in just under a year. I managed to do it mainly by being more aware of what I was eating & drinking & changing the way I cooked my meals. Instead of drinking regular Coke, I drank diet Coke; semi-skimmed milk instead of full-fat milk; grilled meats instead of frying etc etc.

Answer 6

It depends on how many you are taking in now, If you are on a 2000 calorie diet and are stable at the same weight, try dropping down to 1800. Don't go from 2000 to only 1000, that could casue some serious problems.

Answer 7

Simple. It's like money. If you need 2000 calories a day to maintain your body weight, (men need about 2,500) then anything less than that will eventually lead to weight loss. 1 lb = 3500 calories.

Answer 8

Burn 3500 calories more than you need - Lose 1 pound

Answer 9

You need to burn 3500 more calories than required for daily living to lose a pound.

Answer 10

You need to burn more calories than you take in.
for instance, if you ate a sandwhich with 300 calories, you would need to burn over 300 calories.

Answer 11

It's going to be more than 2000 calories a day unless you eat more than what you need to. Either way it's going to have to be 4000 calories a day or more. Well has to be more than you eat a day.