Give or take, yes. Like you said, it’s a bit more complicated than that and every body is different. But burning roughly 3500 calories will result in the body

Give or take, yes. Like you said, it’s a bit more complicated than that and every body is different. But burning roughly 3500 calories will result in the body weighing roughly 1lb less (accounting for food and water intake and loss). If it didn’t work this way, every bodybuilder and fitness enthusiast on the planet would have a very different approach to their diet.