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Weight Loss: How Many Pounds? How Many Calories?

How many times have you wondered just how much exercise is needed to burn off that extra slice of pie you didn't mean to eat?

Have you lost several pounds of fat, but are still frustrated? Perhaps it will help to know just how much work goes into losing even a single pound of fat.

How many pounds/kilos have you lost or do you need to lose?
   Pounds  Kilos

You entered 0 pounds (0 kilograms).

0 pounds is the average weight of 0.03 30-year old men.

How Much Fuel Is That?

To lose that amount of fat would mean to burn 0 calories or 0 KiloJoules! That is the equivalent of 0.03 gallons of gasoline. Humans, however, are far more efficient than cars, getting about 912 "miles to the gallon". If you could dump this many calories into the tank of a Honda Civic, you would be able to drive it about 0 miles before running out of gas!

Let's see how your goal would convert to other forms of fuel. 0 calories is equivalent to:

  • 0.03 gallons of gasoline, or
  • 0.03 pounds of coal, or
  • 0.03 pounds of oven-dried wood, or
  • 0.03 gallons of propane

This amount of energy would ...

  • Brew about 0 pots of coffee, or
  • Light a 60-watt light bulb for 0 hours ( 0 days = 0.03 years)

Cutting 0 calories is the same as saying "no" to:

  • 0 apples, or
  • 0 bananas, or
  • 0 cups of cabbage (whew!), or
  • 0 baked potatoes, or
  • 0 large eggs, or
  • 0 cups of 2% milk, or
  • 0 pounds of ground beef, or
  • 0 glasses of wine, or
  • 0 Snickers bars, or
  • 0 Clif Bars ( 0 Luna Bars), or
  • 0 cans of Coke, or
  • 0 pints of Guinness beer, or
  • 0 Big Macs, or
  • 0 Quarter Pounders with Cheese, or
  • 0 Whoppers, or
  • 0 Subway 6" Oven Roasted Chicken Breast sandwiches, or
  • 0 Taco Bell crunchy tacos, or
  • 0 slices of pepperoni pizza from Pizza Hut

What it Takes to Burn 0 Calories

To burn 0 calories, a 190 pound male would have to:

  • Backpack for 0 hours (0 days) nonstop, or
  • Walk for 0 hours (0 days) at 3 mph straight, or
  • Walk 0 miles (0 kilometers), or
  • Bike for 0 hours (0 days) at 10 mph, or
  • Bike 0 miles (0 kilometers), or
  • Play basketball nonstop for 0 hours 0 days), or
  • Play billiards for 0 hours (0 days), or
  • Go bowling for 0 hours (0 days), or
  • Stay on the golf course for 0 hours (0 days), or
  • Spend 0 hours (0 days) playing competitive football, or
  • Jump rope for 0 hours (0 days) straight!

You would have to walk the length of England about 0.03 times to burn 0 calories.

How Long it Will Take?

The range for safe weight loss is about 1 to 3 pounds of fat per week. It could take anywhere between 0 to 0 weeks (0 to 0 months) to safely and reasonably lose that amount of weight.

If this is how much you've already lost, congratulations! If you are looking to lose that amount, we wish you the best of health and success with your quest.

A great place to start your journey would be with our series called "10 Fat Mistakes" It shares the ten most common mistakes people make and how to overcome them.