Myth or Fact? Simple Math: 3500 calories = one pound? Eat

PoleBoy

to be honest I'm struggling to stick to eating my target calories. I recognised I was overdoing it, so for the last 3 weeks I've been sticking to it, but I'm not enjoying putting on weight. I'm going to stick to it until the end of March, but if I'm still gaining by then I'm going to give it up as a bad job.

My Ki Fit (UK name for BodyMedia's BodyBugg) tells me I have an average daily deficit of 1300 calories when I eat 1500, but I've put on two and a half pounds this week. Some of that will be muscle, but I'm not convinced that the Omron is right when it says I've lost two pounds of fat

epeebes

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hanna541

yes ITS TRUE ASK A DOCTOR 3,500 IS ONE POUND

pyro13g

Science never said 3500 = 1lb fat. Science said 3500 = 1lb weight loss. Marketing spread the lie of it all being fat.

bevpulse

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callipygianchronicle

Missed this the first time around. Thank you for this thorough explanation.

edorice

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Fesse

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mikeyml

This is a great post and I'm kind of sad that I didn't get a chance to read it sooner. I think all people trying to lose weight on this site should read this.

abihaila

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charityateet

Thank you! Saving to reread later.

mustnothrowcantelopes

Hey, would you be able to provide me a link to the post(s) regarding the question on whether to eat your excercise calories or not? It's something I've been wondering about as well and had trouble finding it.

shannonshock13

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ladyhawk00

Hey, would you be able to provide me a link to the post(s) regarding the question on whether to eat your excercise calories or not? It's something I've been wondering about as well and had trouble finding it.

Here are some that discuss it (or metabolism in general), but there are many more.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/3047-700-calories-a-day-and-not-losing

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/61706-guide-to-calorie-deficits

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/186814-some-mfp-basics

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/10589-for-those-confused-or-questioning-eating-your-exercise-calo

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/173853-an-objective-look-at-eating-exercise-calories

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/117726-eating-exercise-cals-slowing-your-weight-loss-read-this

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/23912-links-in-mfp-you-want-to-read-again-and-again

LMP1979

Very nice post!

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BerryH

Great post Robin. I'm a science journalist, and it''s great to see such a well-written, researched and reasoned post.

happybunnysbabe57

thank u for the info i love to learn new things to help me out.

gcineas

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afcparker

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xaintes

Saving this to refer back to. Thank you!

bbush18

bump...the baby just woke up and i don't have time to read this right now!!

jocelynlewis

great post! thanx for the info!

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liveinbliss

Thanks so much that was really interesting information.

melham

Good stuff. I'm one of those "light" people trying to shed fat. Don't really care about what the scale says at this point (I just figured that out today, I think), I just want the extra fat gone. My new goal is under 20% body fat, maybe in the 18% range if I can get enough training in. Thanks and kudos to the OP!!

TourThePast

Thanks Robin, what a well written article, it's a relief to hear that I'm on the right track. Fortunately, as I'm very short and haven't yet built any significant amount of muscle, I'm not invested in the idea of losing weight very quickly; I'm in this for the long term.

Really good post Robin. Likewise from a purely thermo-chemical standpoint. the ignition of 1 pound of fat would indeed yield the energy (approximately) required to raise 3500 Kilos of water 1 degree Celsius at one standard atmospheric pressure (air pressure at sea level)

Err... you mean 3.5Kg of water, surely? Or is lack of chocolate befuddling my brain?

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MotherofDREAMS

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coppercurlz

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