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how can i lose a pound a week

how can i lose 1 pound per week what should i do a day to lose  1 pound a week
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649848 tn?1534633700
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The easiest way to lose one pound per week is to cut calories by 250/day and burn an extra 250 calories/day for a total of 500 calories/day.  

500 calories/day X 7 = 3500 calories/week = 1 pound per week lost.

250 calories can be cut from the diet by eliminating sodas and snacks like chips, candies and other processed foods.  250 calories more can be burned by taking a brisk walk for 60 minutes or doing 60 minutes of housework, gardening or other strenuous activity daily.
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Losing weight can be one of the most rewarding things you ever do. Losing a pound per week needs an extra ordinary effort. An extraordinary effort means a particularly strict diet, as well as burning more calories through training because you can only cut your calories so far from food before you’re starving and suffering from severe hunger. You must burn at least 3,500 calories in addition to what your body normally burns each day. To achieve this fat loss deficit, plan to burn about 500 calories a day through exercise over a seven day period. The strategy is to get your daily deficit of 500 with a combo of diet and exercise.
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649848 tn?1534633700
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Safe weight loss is 1-2 pounds/week and can often be done simply by cutting out snacks, sodas and other processed foods from the diet and implementing a simple exercise regimen.  It rarely needs any excessive measures, unless you have underlying medical issues or other problems that prevent weight loss or cause weight gain.  Some medications cause weight gain or prevent weight loss, so be sure those aren't factors before trying to lose.
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It takes 3,500 calories to burn a pound. This means that you need to burn 3,500 calories more than you take in with food. Starving yourself is not an option to achieve your weight goal. Know that you will need to exercise in order to burn 10 pounds in one week. You can walk around, walk up stairs and even breathing.
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Try out sauna to reduce water weight from your body.
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