How many calories per day to lose 4-5lbs a week

I use a stationary bike every day. If you aim for 500 Calories on it. I base time as 10 calories per minute, so 100 is 10 , 500 is 50 minutes. I give myself 1 hour. A 2000 calorie deficit is required for 4lbs which is what ive been doing for the last 8 weeks, HOWEVER, people on here dont recommend it... (But it Works )

4-5 is fast. And will most likely be water and a lot of muscle if acheived. 1-2 a week is a good goal.

Exceptions for very large people.

that is way too high a goal for safe weight loss. I have no idea of your current weight or height etc but a guidline would be 2 pounds a week if you are the obese end of the scale, if you have only a small amount to lose 1/2 a pound a week may well be the realistic thing to avoid muscle loss and stay healthy. there are loads of calculators out there (and one here as well) that will let you figure out some important info
TDEE - what you need to eat in Calories to maintain your weight based on your activity level
BMR - Basal Metabolic Rate - the only true number would be done by a doctors test but calculators may be close - it is what your body burns if you were to just sleep for 24 hours

BMI will tell you if you are overweight or obese

to lose 2 pounds a week you need to consume 1000 calories less than your TDEE (which needs to include the activity so if you base your TDEE on Sedentary then you need to add in all calories burned through exercise) - For me sedentary lose 2 pounds a week comes in at 1220 but I actually eat 15-1600 to offset the exercise i get daily

I have stated I AM NOT going to do this, im just curious to know, that's all...I just want to know how many calories would you need to eat a day to lose 5 lbs a week...I don't understand this 1700 calorie deficit thing

there is no answer without the stats you are just trolling then
have a good life

can someone please just give me a simple reply on how many calories to eat a day to lose 5 lbs a week

Not without knowing your height weight and activity level.

Rigger

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Somewhere between 700-1000 calories depending on exercise, and likely in the hospital in very short order. Hopefully this satisfies your curiosity, and don't try it, you'll have a heart attack or stroke out, literally.

Rigger

Somewhere between 700-1000 calories depending on exercise, and likely in the hospital in very short order. Hopefully this satisfies your curiosity, and don't try it, you'll have a heart attack or stroke out, literally.

Rigger

Thank you, and no, I will NOT be doing it, if anyone doesn't believe me, fine.

I'm serious about this dude, that kind of deficit and rapid loss WILL damage your heart and shorten your life, don't do it.

Rigger

Wants to know how to lose 4-5 pounds per week, yet promises not to do it? :huh:

Wants to know how to lose 4-5 pounds per week, yet promises not to do it? :huh:

Agreed, I'm skeptical, but I'm going to go with it, could just have some moron of a friend like I do who thinks it's not such a bad idea.

Again OP, this can kill you.

Rigger

If you maintain on XXXX calories, you lose roughly 1 Lb per week consume 500 calories per day less than that...1000 calories per day less than that to lose 2 Lbs per week. Anything beyond that is extremely destructive.

I have stated I AM NOT going to do this, im just curious to know, that's all...I just want to know how many calories would you need to eat a day to lose 5 lbs a week...I don't understand this 1700 calorie deficit thing

Figure out your TDEE first. After that, cut calories to determine how many pounds you want to lose.

3500 = 1 lb
cut 3500 calories a week lose 1 lb
cut 24,500 calories a week lose 5 lbs