How many extra calories must I consume in order to gain at least one pound?
609341
3500 calories equals about 1 lb.\n\nSo you'll need to consume 3500 more calories on a weekly basis.
822653
No, you need to eat quite a bit to put on weight.\n\nIn fact 8000 calories = 1kg of Fat\n\nmost if not all of that would be just used up in your daily living needs (2000 - 3000 cal) and that meal would have = less than 400 calories or 50 grams of fat if it was all converted to fat which meals never are.\n\nyou will actually probably have lost weight.
858131
Weight loss CANNOT BE TARGETED.\n\nHowever, muscle gain can.  Know that your body will "eat" fatty deposits as you take away callories.  3500 calories equals a pound.  If you can cut 500 cals a day from your diet, you will lose 1 pound a week.\n\nAdd in 500 cals of exercise a day, and you can lose another 1 pound a week.  Two pounds a week is a healthy target.
248032
You don't HAVE to gain, but it's common to put on about 10 pounds.  It's not because you quit that you gain, it's usually because you feel the need to have something in your mouth!  Try having a lot of low-cal snacks around, like carrot sticks and celery.  You'll be fine.  Congratulations for quitting!
22421
It takes 3500 calories to make a pound of fat. How many calories of gum do you eat daily? do the math. \nfor example:\n10 calories x 3 per day = 30 calories per day\n3500 / 30 = 116 days to gain one pound\nso you can gain 3 pounds a year just by the gum\n\n100 extra calories a day will give you 10 lbs a year!!!\n\nExtra exercise (maybe even chewing???)would help balance the extra calories, or drink water instead of juice/soda\n\nGum sweetened with xylitol has fewer calories, and will help reduce cavities. Ask your dentist!
1048947
1 pound = 9.74351079 × 10^15 calories
904636
Losing weight is a simple equation: if you burn more calories than you eat, the weight will come off. Start off by estimating how many calories you burn each day using the calorie calculator (http://www.straighthealth.com/pages/tools/caloriecalclb.html). This will give you an idea of how many calories to eat. Healthy weight loss is 1-2 pounds per week. To lose 1 pound per week you need to create a calorie deficit (bur more than you eat) of 500 calories per day. To lose 2 pounds a week, you have to double the deficit to 1000 calories per day. You can achieve this by eating less, exercising more or a combination of both. For more information on diet, weight loss and exercise, visit http://straighthealth.com
1175527
3500 calories equals one pound so just up your calories depending on how much you want to gain.
615937
Your request is impossible.  One pound lost means you burning 3500 calories to get it off.  3500 OVER and ABOVE waht you are eating have got to be burned.  At a 1000 calorie deficit per day, that is still only 3.5 lbs. a week.\n\nInstead, try losing it about as slowly as you put it on.  I KNOW you didnt' gain 10 lbs. a week!\n\nEat less, exercise more.  It will slowly and steadily come off.  The steadily is the crucial word here.  Don't play w/ your health trying to lose weight fast.
118301
To gain weight, you need to take in more calories per day than you expend physically each day. \n1 lb is approximately 3500 calories. To calculate your BMR I recommend going to www.caloriesperhour.com. Once you know your BMR for resting state (this means what your body uses to function: eat , breathe, keep your organs running, talk etc.)you will know how many calories required to MAINTAIN your weight. \nAfter you know this information you can develop a higher calorie (more protein for muscle building) diet to follow.\nThen I would recommend strength and muscle building exercises using this site with great demos and pictures with each muscle in the body: http://exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html.\n\nAbout.com (http://nutrition.about.com/od/dietsformedicaldisorders/f/GainWeight.htm?terms=gain+weight)\nhas some great articles on weight gain the healthy way.\n\nGood luck and may you gain! =D
1014550
You use almost exactly 15 calories per pound per day.  This is a really good estimate for you.\n\nIf you're very very active, maybe almost 20.\n\nIf you're a complete, and I mean complete, couch potato, about 10.
370122
Weight and calories are two different things.\n\nFor example, one pound of fat contains 4,081 (kilo) calories but one pound of sugar contains only 1,814 (kilo) calories.  Compare this to one pound of water which has no calories.\n\nThe calories you burn come from the food that you eat - if you eat one pound of food and perform enough exercise to burn off the calories in that one pound of food you will have neither gained or lost weight.\n\nTo look at it another way, you would need to be engaged in about 2 to 3 hours of intense physical exercise or about 6 to 10 hours of moderate exercise to loose one pound - that's assuming that you don't compensate for the energy used by over eating.
1181056
It takes a calorie defecit of 3,500 calories to lose one pound of fat.  Your body needs 2,000 calories a day (approximately) to maintain your current weight.  So if you scaled back calories, lets say to 1,500 a day, in one week you would lose exactly one pound.  It's not easy, it's not quick, but it is guaranteed to work time and time again.  There are no shortcuts, although excercise will help you to lose weight by burning off additional calories, helping you reach your 3,500 defecit quicker.
1125754
To see the best results and to increase your metabolism you should aim for between 1,500 and 1,700 calories per day while eating at least six times a day. Eat a meal replacement bar for breakfast and before lunch eat a fruit of your choice, keep in mind that berries increase the amount of calories your body burns and celery and cucumbers use more calories digesting than they contain. Each lunch, lean more towards healthy then taste, but to get both try a Lean Cuisine, Smart Ones, or Healthy Choice frozen meal selection for lunch and before dinner have another fruit of your choice. Lastly, eat dinner but try and keep it simple; meat, some carbs, and a salad instead of fried foods. But, above all else portion control is the key to any diet. If you manage to stick to it this one works, I've lost ten pounds in the past two weeks.
828213
No, because it depends on WHAT you eat.  Fats, carbohydrates and proteins all have different caloric values. \n\nYou may be one pound heavier INITIALLY after eating one pound of food but once your body starts breaking down everything the actual contents of the food will dictate weight gain.  Remember that 1 pound is equal to 3500 calories.  So it all depends on what you eat.\n\nOne pound of raw vegetables does not equal one pound of sweets.  The pound of sweets has a much higher caloric value and will contribute to the 3500 threshold needed for weight gain of another pound.  Does that make sense?
336516
one pound is 3500 calories\nso u need to get ur a** on a treadmill and burn 7000 calories! in one week that's a lot, u can still do it, just don't dehydrate!\nbut u look healthy, u don't need to lose weight, actually u need to gain like couple pounds, i think u're perfect like that...
1093596
well 3500 calories = 1 pound of weight , in order loose about a pound a week you would need to lose 500 calories a day, 1 pound a week is a healthy schedual to go by