Lose Fat

How many calories needed to lose fat

Essentially if you consume 3500 more calories than your body needs it will be stored as 1 pound of fat. If you consume 3500 calories less than you need your body will burn 1 pound of stored energy, and you will lose fat.

A calorie is simply a scientific unit of heat measurement, as such when food is used it is 'burned' by the body giving heat energy measurable in calories. 1 pound of fat equals 3500 calories.

It doesn't matter which food group this energy comes from it is still dealt with in the same way. Our basal metabolic rate calculator - to calculate calories needed, and the diet-i.com site has some useful information to help you lose fat.