How many calories per pound of body weight should you eat per day?

Answer 1

It is first dependent on gender. For a woman it is 10-12 calories per pound of body weight dependent on physical activity. A sedentary lifestyle would only require 10 calories per pound, where as a highly active lifestyle would require 12 calories per pound of body weight.

For a man, 12-14 calories per pound of body weight is required. The lifestyle variations are the same as for a woman. Consume the lower amount for a sedentary lifestyle and the higher amount for an active lifestyle.

Elite athletes would need more calories due to their the high level of physical activity.

Answer 2

You need to burn or lose 3500 calories to lose one pound of body fat. There are 453.5 grams to pound, 3500 calories divided by 453.5 grams = 7.717750827 calories per gram of, 7.717750827 x 453.3 = 3500 calories per gram of fat. that only works if a grams of fat is 7.7 calories per gram. If a gram of fat is 9 calories per gram then 453.5 grams per pound x 9 = 4081.5 calories per pound of fat. Is a pound of fat 3500 calories at 7.7 calories or is pound of fat 4081.5 at 9 calories. 4081.5 - 3500 = 581.5. Is a pound of 3500 calories or 4081.5 calories.

Answer 3

It's really hard to lose a pound of fat a day, especially while being healthy. Here's a quick rundown. There are 3500 calories in a pound. So that means you need to have a 3500 calorie deficit per day to lose a pound a day. Most avg people eat around 2000 calories a day. So you'd either have to eat nothing and burn 1500 calories or eatwhatever and burn even more... Not gonna happen! (Unless your extremely obese) then maybe you could pull it off

Answer 4

3,500 calories to 1 pound 3,500 calories to 1 pound

Answer 5

the body typically gets about 2000 calories per day.