How many calories in a pound?

christopherbrettwarren
christopherbrettwarren Posts: 23 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
is it true that there needs to be a deficiet of 3500 cals to lose a pound?

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  • jennifershoo
    jennifershoo Posts: 3,198 Member
    Yes
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    On average, 3500 calories for a pound of fat. Technically speaking you'll be losing water and muscle too so you won't find that a weekly deficit of 3500 calories comes out to exactly a one pound loss but that's the best estimate.

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