You Need to Burn 7,000 Calories to Lose a Pound, Not 3,500

It has been always thought that losing a pound of fat off your body required the burning of 3,500 calories. But the equation used to calculate that number is actually flawed, and the reality is that twice the amount of calories are needed to burned in order to drop just one single pound. Along with this new equation comes a helpful calculator called The Body Weight Planner. It uses vitals like your weight, height and level of physical activity as a guide to help you with weight management. It was originally introduced as a research project, but is now available for use by the public. The calculator can personalize a calorie plan and gives you a breakdown of what type and level of exercise you need to complete to achieve your goal weight. Thanks to the calculator, you can find out what amount of calories to consume daily to maintain your current weight and how that should differ in order for you to lose or gain weight. It even tells you how many calories to eat once you've hit your goal, in order to maintain it! As for the new 7,000 = one pound equation, it was developed after a study found that overweight people lost only half of the weight that the old 3,500 calorie rule predicted in one year's time. So science finally caught up to what the human body has been trying to tell us for a number of years.   Try The Body Weight Planner and tell us your thoughts! Source: Vitals Do you follow us on Instagram? [caption id="attachment_99757" align="alignnone" width="100"] @BodyRockTV[/caption]