is it true that burning 3,500 calories = 1 pound of weight loss?
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Yes it is correct.\nSome things to keep in mind:\n1. Yes, muscle is denser than fat, so if you had no muscle before, you might not see much of a difference on the scale.  Don't let this discourage you, because toned muscles take up less space than fat, and they give you body a nice toned look.  Also, the muscles, even when you are at rest, will burn calories faster than fat tissue.\n2.  Calculating calories burned is difficult.  Don't depend on a machine that tells you how much you have burned (i.e. treadmill).  If you are really overweight, you will burn far more calories doing the same exercise for the same amount of time as a skinny person.  Also, intensity and duration of the exercise is important.  If you are not exercising in periods of time more than 20 minutes, then you will burn less calories.   \n3.  Be diligent about figuring out how many calories you are eating.  If you are nibbling, tasting a lot while cooking, or just not counting that "one extra thing", those calories may be adding up.  Buy a food scale to help you with this.\n4.  If you are not eating enough food, your body will go into "starvation mode", which will eventually destroy your muscles while causing some fat to build up.  Go to a site like nutritiondata.com to get good info on how much you should be eating and how many calories are in common foods.
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Well not quite...\n\nThe following facts are things that you need to first understand.\n1 gram of fat contains 9 calories\n1 gram of carbohydrates and protein contains 4 calories\nThere is 454 grams in 1 pound.\n\nSo for the first question, 1 calorie is equal to 1 fat calorie.  Like someone else said no difference.  Its a unit of energy/heat.  The difference between 1 calorie of carbohydrate and 1 calorie of fat is that it take 1/4 of a gram of carbohydrate to generate 1 calorie and it takes 1/9 of a gram of fat to generate 1 calorie.\n\nFor the second question, it take 1 pound of fat generate 4086 calories.  454 grams / 1 pound  x  9 cal / 1 gram of fat = 4086.\n\nWhy is it not 3600 calories?  When you exercise, you are not only burning carbohydrates but also fat (sort of a simplification, alot of it depends of type of exercise, during of exercise, etc).  So when we say you need to burn 3600 calories to lose 1 lb this is making a reference to the fact that we are burning fat and carbohydrates.\n\nHope this help and understable.
65367
as a loose figure they say 1 pound of fat is equal to about 3300 calories.so run on a treadmill till it says you have burned enough calories to equal what u need.it will be alot more running then you think.
111551
losing 10 kilos in ten days is very very dangerous and unhealthy for anybody.  think about this:  a regular person consumes an average of 1500-1800 calories a day, and in order to lose 1 pound, you have to burn off twice that much calories.  in order for the body systems to function properly, you need a daily calorie intake of at least 1000 calories, and to burn 3000 calories in a day, you have to do about 6 hours of exercises.\n\nplease do not do this, it is very very dangerous to your health.  you'll be jeopardizing a lot more if you force yourself to do that.
58910
3500 calories equal one pound.
637722
Don't worry to much about the calories going in, but the calories being burnt.\n\n3000 calories burns 1 pound of fat.
649869
your body naturally burns between 1500=2000 calories a day without exercise. eat less than that or burn off the extra cals with exercise.
910836
You can't lose one pound of fat in a day. It takes 3500 calories to gain or lose a pound of fat. That is why it is a good idea to try to lose only 500 calories a day. That way, in one week, you will lose one pound. This way, you can eat healthy and still lose weight. It's all about eating right and exercising. There is no magic pill. It takes time and effort.
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id say between 1000-1500 calories. Becuase in order to lose weight, u need to consume less than u burn and people usally burn around 1500-2000 calories a day, and sleeping is 60 calories an hour (thats how much u lose)
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1. Burn more calories than you eat.  3500 calories = 1 pound.\n\n2. Combine calorie reduction with aerobic exercise.\n\n3. Low carb diets were shown to be dangerous when they were a fad back in the 1960s.\n\n4. It is dangerous to eat fewer than 1200 calories a day.\n\n5. It is dangerous to lose more than about 2 pounds a week.\n\n6. Make sure you get a balance diet.
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A pound of fat is 3,500 calories in excess of the calories your body burns. You can calculate your basal metabolic rate (the minimum number of calories your body burns just being alive every day) and then using a tool like Fit Day online to calculate how many calories you're expending with your life style and working out. Compare that to the number of calories you eat every day.  The chances are--if you're working out and not eating excessively, your weight gain is probably mostly muscle. \n\nThere are scales you can buy that approximate fat and muscle composition, but the only way to find out for sure is to get doctor's measurements like underwater weight testing (fat floats while muscle doesnt).  If you don't want to pay money for things like that and just want to be healthy--take repeated tape measurements of your chest, waist and other body parts. The location of inch decreases/increases will tell you where the weight is going. You may be losing fat while gain muscle mass.
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It's true that you have to burn more calories than you eat to lose weight.  If you eat more than you burn, the excess is stored as fat.  However, you use a fair amount just by normal daily tasks such as walking round, keeping the body warm and alive, etc.  Depending on what you do during the day, you will burn off 1500 calories or more.
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It's a simple formula. Every 3500 calories equals 1 pound. You decide how you want to get rid of it- diet, exercise or whatever (a combination is best), but you'll need to get rid of 3500 calories to lose 1 pound of fat in a week.\n\nJust eat healthy, and less quantity... Lots of exercise, water, and eating several small meals throughout the day is key. Doesn't matter what kind of cardio you do, just start burning those calories.
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Theoretically, about 3500 calories equals one pound. This means that you'd have to take in 3500 fewer calories than you need, over a period of time, to lose one pound. Keep in mind, this is in theory; what happens in the real world can be very different.\n\nOften, as we eat less, our bodies expend calories at a slower rate. Perhaps this occurs to ensure our survival, or just to defend a comfortable body weight. In any event, this slowdown is a real phenomenon, and has been proven in many laboratory studies — it's called diet induced adaptive thermogenesis. Most everyday people simply call it a decrease in metabolism. If your calorie requirement falls, it's increasingly difficult to take in few enough calories to lose weight. This can be quite a frustration and challenge to the person trying to shed some pounds.\n\nSo, while it's nice to have an equation that works in the lab, the 3500-calorie question is elusive to many of us. Unfortunately, our bodies don't work like a balance sheet or checkbook — what goes in and comes out doesn't always calculate. If it were that simple, the diet industry wouldn't be worth the billions of dollars that's being spent annually by folks in search of permanent weight loss.
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Depends on your age, gender and personal and family health history.  Cut back at least 500 calories a day from what you are eating now and add some exercise.  One pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories, so in 7 days, you'll lose 1 lb, just by eating less.  If you add exercise on top of that, you should be able to lose up to 3 lbs or so a week.
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its not 500 grams, i'm not sure how many grams are in a pound but 3500 calories equals a pound,
909952
It all depends on your weight and the calories your body needs to function.  Remember that 1 pound = 3500 calories.  So if your only taking in 1000 calories a day and exercising (may I suggest maybe running or aerobics rather than jumping rope) it should only take a month or so.