can you gain 1 pound in a week?
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Healthy weight gain of 1-2 pounds per week can be expected when reasonably increasing energy intake. It takes an excess of about 2,000 to 2,500 calories per week to support the gain of a pound of lean muscle and about 3,500 calories per week to gain a pound of fat.
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Current guidelines say 0.5 to 2 lb a week. This is based on a daily calorie deficit of 500 calories. As one pound of fat contains 3,500 calories, an individual should technically lose 1 lb over seven days. However, while a well managed calorie deficit is encouraged, a dramatic one can be very harmful.
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It takes 18 months to recover although you will not likely gain weight throughout that entire time period. From the time at which you begin weight restoration to the time at which your body weight stabilizes, the average per week weight gain is around 1-2 lbs (0.5 to 1 kg).
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This rapid weight gain (of around 1-1.5 kilos, or 2-3 pounds) soon drops off, and thereafter a helpful rule-of-thumb formula applies: you can expect a gain of 0.5 kilos (approx. 1 pound) per week for an additional 500 calories per day above maintenance levels.
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Most experts believe that you should not lose more than 2 pounds per week. This can mean that you are losing water weight and lean muscle mass instead of stored fat. It can leave you with less energy and cause you to gain the weight back. Try taking a food habits survey.
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The theory goes that if you reduce your daily caloric intake by 500 every day of the week, in 7 days you'll lose a pound of fat. Conversely, if you overeat by 500 calories a day, you can gain a pound of fat in a week.
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The safest weight loss is around 1 pound per week if you weigh under 150 pounds, and 1 to 2 pounds per week if you weigh over 150 pounds. This will be a 500-calorie-per-day deficit through a combination of exercise and cutting calories.
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To gain 0.5-1 kilogram per week, you'd need to be consuming roughly an extra 2000-4000 kilojoules each day." In calories, this equates to an additional 500 plus calories per day that our body doesn't burn off, which isn't much at all.
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If you're starting pregnancy at a healthy weight, expect to gain 1 to 5 pounds in the first trimester and about 1 pound per week for the rest of your pregnancy.
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Generally, it is recommended that pregnant women gain only 1-4 pounds during the first 3 months of pregnancy, and 1 pound per week during the remainder of the pregnancy.
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After weight gain goals are achieved a healthy but lower fat diet is recommended. An increase of at least 500 to 1000 calories each day will promote a one to two pound weight gain per week. It takes an extra 3500 calories to gain one pound of body weight.
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Underweight women should gain 28 to 40 pounds. And overweight women may need to gain only 15 to 25 pounds during pregnancy. In general, you should gain about 2 to 4 pounds during the first three months you're pregnant and 1 pound a week during the rest of your pregnancy.
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Aim for a weight gain of 1/2 pound to 1 pound a week during your third trimester. By the end of your pregnancy, you should have put on a total of about 25 to 35 pounds (your doctor may have recommended that you gain more or less weight if you started out your pregnancy underweight or overweight ).
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Yes, if you eat a pound of something, you will immediately weigh one more pound, as your body has not had a chance to digest it and process it as needed. However, that doesn't mean that you will have gained one permanent pound. ... For your main question, 3500 calories per pound of food is very calorie dense.
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In order to gain a pound of fat, you would need to add about 500 calories a day on top of your normal diet, every day, for about 7 days.
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If you weigh yourself every day, you might have noticed that the number on the scale might shift between two to four pounds. That's just water weight. It takes longer for fat to register on the scale. To gain just one pound of fat you'd have to eat 3,500 calories more than what you need.
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Even slow weight loss is hard, and you should feel good about slow progress. In general, 1-2 pounds a week is healthy. Anything more is gonna be muscle mass and leave you feeling unbelievably weak. If you are just starting out, you could see 5+ pounds off the first week because of water weight.