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Originally Posted by JohnP
This is very much correct. Fat loss is an equation of energy. While the amount of calories varies with the individual coach and exact food choices of a dieter there seems to be a range of about 700-900 calories per day of food eaten on Phase 1.
If you're a 400 lb man your energy needs might be 4000 calories a day and so you could lose just under lb of fat per day. (Lb of fat has 3500 calories)
If you're a 150 lb woman your energy needs might only be 1500 calories a day and if you're eating 700 calories a day you would have a weekly deficit of 5600 calories (800 daily deficit x 7 days) which means about 1.5 lbs a week on average.
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That is such a great way of thinking about it John. I never saw it put that way.
