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Fat is approximately 3500 calories per pound. If you are gaining 15 pounds per year you are overeating by 3500x15/365 calories per day. If you would like to ins
by mjfl 10y ago
Fat is approximately 3500 calories per pound. If you are gaining 15 pounds per year you are overeating by 3500x15/365 calories per day. If you would like to instead lose 30 pounds per year, reduce your caloric intake per day by 3500x15/365x3 = 432 calories/day.
- falcolas 10y agoOnce you cutout the obvious high calorie culprits like sugar, 400 calories is a pretty decent sized, healthy meal. Cutting out a meal a day is really hard to do. Hunger sucks, and had a lot of negative impacts on the rest of your day.
- mjfl 10y agoYes, losing 30 pounds in a year will involve skipping about 1 meal per day and is not easy at all actually.
- akurnids 10y ago(Anecdotally) It gets easier as time goes on, and you can use intermittent fasting [1] to halve the amount of days with restriction and still maintain a net loss. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13825676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13825676
- sn9 10y agoOr you could just eat more low calorie and nutrient dense vegetables to be satiated at a lower calorie count.