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**AlexanderDrew** · 03-19-2007, 09:37 PM

To lose 40 pounds, you have to reduce your caloric intake by 140,000 calories. Stretched out over a years time is more than achievable. That only works out to 384 calories a day. So if you normally take in 3500 (wich is high) then by cutting back 11% will get you to that magic 40 lbs.
If you wanted to lose 40 lbs and not change your eating habits at all, then you would need to burn that extra 140,000 calories. Brisk walking burns 300 calories per hour. So you would have to "brisk walk" for 467 hours to burn off 140,000 calories (40 lbs) Thats 90 minutes every single day for a year.
By combining the two you can cut your caloric intake by 200 calories every day (21 lbs of fat) and "brisk walk" for 40 minutes every day (19 lbs of fat) to achieve your goal.

It's all a numbers game. Every 3,500 calories = 1 lb of fat.

03-19-2007, 09:37 PM	#10
AlexanderDrew Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 609 Senior Member	To lose 40 pounds, you have to reduce your caloric intake by 140,000 calories. Stretched out over a years time is more than achievable. That only works out to 384 calories a day. So if you normally take in 3500 (wich is high) then by cutting back 11% will get you to that magic 40 lbs. If you wanted to lose 40 lbs and not change your eating habits at all, then you would need to burn that extra 140,000 calories. Brisk walking burns 300 calories per hour. So you would have to "brisk walk" for 467 hours to burn off 140,000 calories (40 lbs) Thats 90 minutes every single day for a year. By combining the two you can cut your caloric intake by 200 calories every day (21 lbs of fat) and "brisk walk" for 40 minutes every day (19 lbs of fat) to achieve your goal. It's all a numbers game. Every 3,500 calories = 1 lb of fat.
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