How Many Calories to Burn to Lose a Pound of Fat?

Even if you work out the exact amount it will do you little good. I found that cutting down on bad things one at a time and increasing the good at a similar rate helped. I guess you could use a fat binder (just been talking about them) but your best bet is to revamp your life style and review your poundage two to six weeks later after the end of the revamp.

Here comes the geek to spoil things for you. The numbers should be used only as a guide to scale rather than anything more reliable. Things such as metabolic rate, conversion of energy (sugars to fats) and other issues complicate things. If you were to work out (swim, run, jog, cycle, walk the dog, hike or something) for at least ten minuets everyday you would burn off 250 to 500 caleries. Bring your intake down to meet it say 250 in fats and sugars and you should find that your loss is greater than the number might indicate.

Remember it is easier to store as fat than use stored fat. Sugars and fats in our diet stand in the way of that convert process but being highly active burns the sugars and uses up the fats.

In theory a sufficiently active (and I mean sporty) person might need to consume twice the RDI of calories and fats to be healthy. Chat to your GP about it as I’m no medical expert but the theory I’ve been using has worked well for me and I still eat cake at tea time and a greasy takeout once every 14 days.

Have you ever consider Herbalife to help your problem

That is a great starting point, but it would be much easier for you to lose weight if you did a combination of eating less calories and exercising like I talk about in my calories post. It sounds like you are starting in the right direction, though.

The more I learn about weight loss, I realize that playing with only calories doesn’t work.

What I eat is one of the most important factors in weight loss, but there are more elements, like exercise and watching what kind of food I’m eating. Simply cutting 500 calories a day doesn’t work well.

@Cassie,
6,500 calories a week is about 1,000 calories a day. Don’t you think you are eating too little?

I also learned that eating too little actually hurt you. It might seem beneficial in a short term, but it will actually do more harm to your body. Don’t you think so?

it may seem that i dont eat alot but what i am eating consists of a breakfast, lunch and a good dinner. i have cut out all the crap that i eat but if i do fancy i bag of crisps(which is my weak point) then i go for the likes of quavers or weight watchers which are all low cal and low fat. thanks for the comment though.