Thread: 7000 calories=1pound

Originally Posted by LW83

Why is a pound of fat not 4082.3 calories, and a pound of muscle 1814

No clue, thats just how I've seen it. Maybe there is a damn lot of cell structure in the subject that was used, or who knows I remember 454g per pound though thanks to Mac n Cheese boxes

say you are maintaining your weight eating 3000 calories a day, if you then for 1 week only eat 2500 you will loose a pound

Originally Posted by Trusted Employe

say you are maintaining your weight eating 3000 calories a day, if you then for 1 week only eat 2500 you will loose a pound

its not as simple as that there are too many other factors

I think this is all pointless, but to add to this confusion:

If you could actually just straight burn off fat, it would take 454 grams which is 4086 cals of pure fat. So I guess it would be safe to say in order to burn 1 pound of fat off in a week you must burn more than 4000 calories more than you take in for the week. Problably need some overhead there because the chances of just straight burning off fat and not glycogen aren't good.

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