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> Very roughly, there’s 3500kcal in 1lb of body. Given that fact plus your current weight and calorie intake, you can build a spreadsheet in 30 mins to compute the calories per day to make your body any weight you want in a reasonable time frame

emphasis on the very roughly ... a significant part of body mass is tissue you do not want to lose: bone, brain, organs




1lb of fat is ~3500 calories and that is simply 9 calories per gram of fat X 453 grams in a pound. its actually closer to 4000 but people just use 3500 because that means you would need a 500 calorie deficit per day to lose a pound a week.


It’s even easier in the metric system, where a 500 kcal (daily) deficit should roughly amount to a 500 g (weekly) weight loss.

And AFAIK this is calculated based on body fat actually corresponding to around 7.7 kcal per gram, not 9 (that is for food).




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