By the time a person reaches 400 pounds, there are probably other health factors to consider. Diabetes is a huge consideration. Eating too much or too little can have very bad consequences. A doctor really should be consulted to review the patient's complete medical history before deciding on a diet plan.
3500
No matter what the height of the person desiring to lose weight, the number of calories to burn off 1 pound is the same. One pound equals about 3500 calories.
It take 3500 calories to lose 1 pound. On average running a mile will minus you about 100 calories or so.
You should consume seven calories per pound to lose weight, so 1655 calories per day.
A pound of fat contains roughly 3500 calories, so provided your weight is currently stable, you should aim to reduce your calorie intake by 500 calories a day to lose a pound a week. Adding in extra exercise will help too.
You would have to consume 1200 calories and do regular exercises to lose the weight you desire
To lose a pound, no matter what weight you are, you need to burn 3500 calories.
If you want to lose a pound of fat and not water weight, it takes 3500 calories. So it takes 7 days of having a 500 calorie deficit to lose a pound of fat.
There are 3500 calories in one pound. Cutting 500 calories a day would make you lose one pound each week.
1890 a day
* yes about 5 pounds This is wrong. There are 3500 calories in a pound. You must "lose" 3500 calories through diet or exercise to lose 1 pound. It would take a reduction of 17,500 calories to lose 5 pounds.
You should check out a calorie calculator to see how many you are supposed to eat. you have to burn 3500 calories to lose one pound and an exercise reference chart would tell you what exercise burns how many calories.