to lose weight, do you have to burn more calories, than you consume a day?

Answer 1

NO, not by exercising, anyway. That would be impossible. You have to use some calories for walking around, talking, housework, bodily functions like digestion, even during sleep. No matter what you are doing, you are using calories. For example, I eat 1500 calories a day, I exercise 1 hour a day and am losing a steady 3 pounds a week. On a cross trainer machine, I burn 600 calories an hour (The less you weigh the less you burn and I am a plus size woman, so if you are average size like a 10 or 12, you would burn closer to 400.) So do you think it's helthy to do 4 hours a day on the cross trainer? Not likely. I say an hour a day of purposeful exercise is plenty. The last thing you want to do is exhaust yourself

Answer 2

The generally accepted math is that you must burn 3500 more calories than you consume to lose 1 pound. I don't recall there being a time frame on that equation, but it is recommended that you would burn 500 more calories than you consume each day to burn 1 pound a week. However, if you eat 500 more than you consume 1 day and then you burn 1000 more than you consume each of the next 2 days, then its the same thing. So don't sweat it if you go over 1 day here and there.

Answer 3

Yes. On average you burn over 2000 calories doing nothing a day so if you want to lose weight you should eat between 1500 and 1800 calories per day.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Well, not necessarily. To lose weight, you have to burn 3500 calories for a pound.

According to your question if you ate 1500 calories a day, you'd have to burn over 1500 that day, which would be nearly impossible, to lose weight.

Answer 6

yes in order to lose weight you must burn more calories than you are consuming but to stay at a specific weight level you must eat as many calories as you consume.

Answer 7

i am not completely sure about this and i was wondering the same thing but you would think so, right? but there are good calories and bad calories and i think the bad is what you have to burn to lose weight like when you read the nutrition facts i think where it says calories from fat, i think those are what you need to burn whenyou eat. but dont trust thins tto much unless someone says im right b/c i am not positively sure about this. sorry.

Answer 8

Contrary to what many diet products will tell you, yes, the only way to lose weight is to burn more calories than you consume.
It is scary that so many do not understand this simple concept.

Answer 9

Yes. Weight Loss is basic math. If you consume fewer calories than your body needs for energy expended, your body will then obtain energy from fat already stored in your body.

Answer 10

it helps.but it is also good to eat more in the morning and afternoon rather than at night because you dont burn as much.i recommend to get in the habit of not eating after 8 so that your body has time to burn the calories.