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How many calories represent one pound of weight (not fat)?
This is a question that has been bugging me for a long time, and now that I'm watching what I eat in detail, I was wondering if there was an official answer, or if it's just a subjective process.
The "standard" answer of 3500 calories per pound only relates to body fact directly, not to the water that is associated with it.
At this site http://www.annecollins.com/healthy-weight-informat... under "Weight of Water Content", it mentions that stored body fat is roughly 50% water.
If that's the case, then all things being equal, a net of 3500 calories plus or minus on a diet should eventually result in 2 pounds of weight change in a person. Thus, the number of calories per pound of weight should be *1750*, and you could adjust your caloric intake, exercise, etc. to get to your target weight more accurately.
Is this correct?
[I've searched all over the place, but I'm not an Histologist, so I don't understand cellular processes enough to find the exact answer.]
3 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Well, I know that 600 calories for a pound of muscle and 3,500 calories for a pound of fat, so I guess it depends on how much of your weight gain/loss is from muscle and how much is from fat to get your answer.
HTH : )
- collingtonLv 44 years ago
once you lose 1lb of fat plus say 2lb of water, that's all lined interior the three,500 energy. even although you're dropping 3lb, you're nevertheless basically dropping 1lb of organic fat for each 3,500 energy.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
3500 calories :)