Or basically how many calories do you need to burn to equal one pound loss of body weight?
2006-09-01 01:23:09 · 11 answers · asked by drokk 2 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
3500 calories burned = 1 pound of weight loss....basically you would need to lower your calorie intake by 500/day OR burn 500 calories/day
2006-09-01 01:24:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A pound (of fat tissue) is about 3'640 calories.
If you wanted to lose that in a week, you'd need to be short 3'640 / 7 = 519 calories a day.
That's a lot and if you wanted to do it only from eating less, you'd find a bit disagreeable. Not impossible, but disagreeable.
Better to couple this with a bit of extra exercise. For example jogging, for a man of average weight and size, burns off about 120 calories per mile. So to get to those 520 calories, you could run 2 miles each day burning off 240 calories, and eat 280 calories less (bread, for example, is 1150 calories a pound).
Hope this helps
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2006-09-01 01:30:01 · answer #2 · answered by AntoineBachmann 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
one pound of body weight can be different calorie amounts depending on whether it is a pound of water, muscle, or fat...
To burn one pound of fat you would have to burn 3,500 calories more than you consume because a pound of fat has 3,500 calories..
Muscle has 2,500 calories per pound and water has 0 calories per pound.
You can lose a pound of water in less than an hour just by exercising without drinking...
But of course you'll gain that right back at the water fountain.
2006-09-01 01:27:20 · answer #3 · answered by Andy FF1,2,CrTr,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Burn 3500 calories a week, or 500 lbs a day to lose a 1lb. Or reduce your caloric intake by 500 calories.
2006-09-01 01:25:12 · answer #4 · answered by Momin2005 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You must burn 3,500 calories to drop one pound of weight. So, 500 calories per day.
2006-09-01 01:28:55 · answer #5 · answered by Adios 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YOu need to burn 3500 more calories than you eat to lose 1 pound.
2006-09-01 01:29:18 · answer #6 · answered by First Lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
3,500 calories == 1 pound.
So, if you eat 500 less calories per day, you lose one pound in one week.
Might be better to eat 250 less calories, and exercise for the remainder.
2006-09-01 01:26:45 · answer #7 · answered by Christopher C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry to say, it is 3,500 calories per pound.
2006-09-01 01:25:10 · answer #8 · answered by ElOsoBravo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
u need to burn 3,500 cal. to lose one pound.
It is recommended, by doctors, to lose 2 pounds per week
no more than that.
2006-09-01 01:25:28 · answer #9 · answered by pagemitre 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
3500 UNDER your normal calorie intake.
2006-09-01 01:26:07 · answer #10 · answered by Babs 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋