Weight Loss Basics

• Calories Taken In - Calories Burned = Weight Loss/Gain
•  3,500 Calories = 1 Pound
• 3,500 Calories Burned = 1 Pound Loss
• 3,500 Calories Taken In= 1 Pound Gained
• When you burn more calories than you eat (2,678 burned/2,246 taken in) it is called a calorie deficit.  Deficits cause you to lose weight.  When your deficit calories reach 3,500, you have lost a pound.
• When you take in more calories than you burn (2,246 calories burned/2,678 taken in) it is called a calorie surplus.  Surpluses cause you to gain weight.  If your surplus calories reach 3,500, you will gain a pound.