Sunday, March 18, 2007

How many calories do you need to eat to lose 2-3 pounds a week? -

I m on a diet, and I figure around 1000 and 45 mins exercise three times a week at a gym is ok... what do you think? also, do you have any good weight loss tips?

A pound of fat contains 3200 calories. 2 pounds would be 6400 three pounds would be 9600.Note that you ll commonly see a notation of 3500 calories per pound rather than the 3200 that I list. However, if you read the lable on a package of butter, cooking oil, lard, or any other 100% fat in the store, every last one of them calculates 3200 calories per pound. The number of calories that you consume per day depends on your weight (the more weight you carry around, the more calories you burn) and the amount of exercise you perform. If you are not very active, you might only burn 1500 calories per day. If you are quite active, it might be 2500 per day. If you only burn 1500 calories per day, then you would only be able to eat 1500 X 7 = 10500 calories per week to maintain your current weight. If you want to lose 3 pounds per week, then you can only eat 10500 - 9600 = 900 calories in an entire week. That s only 8.6% of your current intake. However if you burn 2000 calories per day you re willing to settle for a 2 pound weight loss per week, then the math is 2000 X 7 = 14000to maintain your weight 14000 - 6400 = 7600 calories per week (that s 1085 calories per day). You can see that a bit of exercise a reasonable weight loss target will be easier to achieve than an aggressive weight loss target with little exercise. good luck

no never go below 1200 caloriesif you only eat 1000 calories and exercise your going to feel really tired throughout the dayeating 1200 calories and working out 4-5x per week will increase your energy and help you lose more weight

try the sacred heart diet!!!!!!!! and yes you can lose weight with what you are doing

for every pound you want to lose burn 3500 more calories than you consume.