How many calories in a pound of human fat?

[amdforever2]

As in, let's say a really fat person takes a knife to their stomach, cuts out the lard, weighs a pound of it.

Someone eats it.

How many calories did they just eat?

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: amdforever2
As in, let's say a really fat person takes a knife to their stomach, cuts out the lard, weighs a pound of it.

Someone eats it.

How many calories did they just eat?

that's disgusting. go search google dahmer jr.

 

[Mookow]

Originally posted by: amdforever2
As in, let's say a really fat person takes a knife to their stomach, cuts out the lard, weighs a pound of it.

Someone eats it.

How many calories did they just eat?

~3,500, IIRC. It's somewhere in the 3 thousand range.

 

[jagec]

Why do you need to know?

Are you a cannibal on Atkins or something?

 

[MacBaine]

3500 calories per pound of fat is not an absolute amount, but it's very close.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: amdforever2
As in, let's say a really fat person takes a knife to their stomach, cuts out the lard, weighs a pound of it.

Someone eats it.

How many calories did they just eat?

~3,500, IIRC. It's somewhere in the 3 thousand range.

Well..

There are 28.34g in an oz. There are 16oz in a lb.

There are 9 calories per gram(I think that should be right)..

So there are about 4080 raw calories in a lb of fat?

Not sure if the kind of fat(pig, cow.. human..) changes it or not.

 

[lobadobadingdong]

BAN

 

[3chordcharlie]

A pound of fat is 454grams times 9 calories per gram = 4086.

But asking this question about human fat seems pretty ill-advised.

 

[FoBoT]

isn't fat == fat == cow fat == pig fat == human fat ?

going cannibal?

 

[TheBDB]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
isn't fat == fat == cow fat == pig fat == human fat ?

going cannibal?

Not exactly.

 

[Tiamat]

Maybe the OP wants to lose 1 pound of fat. Burning 4000 cals is not gonna be easy.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
isn't fat == fat

hahaha yeah.... That's the only reason any of us know the answer at all...

 

[Turkish]

Why is this sick? Its perfectly understandable for a person trying to lose fat. It can be used to calculate how much of a calorie deficit is needed per day to lose weight. Its around 3600 calories if i remember correctly.

 

[MacBaine]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: amdforever2
As in, let's say a really fat person takes a knife to their stomach, cuts out the lard, weighs a pound of it.

Someone eats it.

How many calories did they just eat?

~3,500, IIRC. It's somewhere in the 3 thousand range.

Well..

There are 28.34g in an oz. There are 16oz in a lb.

There are 9 calories per gram(I think that should be right)..

So there are about 4080 raw calories in a lb of fat?

Not sure if the kind of fat(pig, cow.. human..) changes it or not.

But a pound of fat is not all fat. It's about 10% water. All of our body tissues--fat, muscle, bone, skin--contain some water. And water has zero calories.

 

[3chordcharlie]

Originally posted by: XietyCOM
Why is this sick? Its perfectly understandable for a person trying to lose fat. It can be used to calculate how much of a calorie deficit is needed per day to lose weight. Its around 3600 calories if i remember correctly.

Then why wasn't the question 'how much of a calorie deficit would I need to lose a pound of fat?'?

 

[Megatomic]

While phrased in a grotesque fashion I understand the intent. The accepted number is 3500 cal/lb.

 

[FoBoT]

Originally posted by: XietyCOM
Why is this sick? Its perfectly understandable for a person trying to lose fat.

read the OP, it isn't about losing fat

"takes a knife to their stomach, cuts out the lard"
"someone eats it"

 

[amdforever2]

I've become so tired of excercise and diet, I'm going to stop eating.

It is possible.

Since you're supposed to consume 2000 calories a day, I suppose that means the body uses 2000 calories a day.

Therefore, I will lose a pound every 2 days. 3.5lbs a week. 10 weeks for 35lbs.

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: Tiamat
Maybe the OP wants to lose 1 pound of fat. Burning 4000 cals is not gonna be easy.

However, cutting your daily caloric intake back to a lower level, and mix it with moderate amounts of exercise isn't that difficult.

 

[Megatomic]

Good luck with that. You'll end up really sick or dead as a result but it's your call chief.

 

[amdforever2]

Tell me starving africans aren't skinny.

Tell me Mary Kate isn't skinny.

Health going bad because I'm a fatass or health going bad because I don't eat anything is all the same. At least I'll feel better about myself.

Now, since 3.5lbs a week is not acceptable. . . how many miles would one have to bike to burn 5000 calories.

If I can somehow burn 7000 calories a day and eat nothing, success!

 

[FoBoT]

fasting won't kill you (for a while anyway), if you keep taking vitamins and drink much water. as long as you don't do it for more than 1-2 months

 

[Kenazo]

Originally posted by: amdforever2
I've become so tired of excercise and diet, I'm going to stop eating.

It is possible.

Since you're supposed to consume 2000 calories a day, I suppose that means the body uses 2000 calories a day.

Therefore, I will lose a pound every 2 days. 3.5lbs a week. 10 weeks for 35lbs.

ha ha.. that reminds me of Office Space
how did the quote go:

dude 1: We're going to an occupational hynotherapist... He helped my wife lose weight
dude 2: She's Annorexic
dude 1: Yeah, he's good!

 

[Megatomic]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
fasting won't kill you (for a while anyway), if you keep taking vitamins and drink much water. as long as you don't do it for more than 1-2 months

It's insane to even think about it. Most people (that I know of) who fast do it for 1 day a week and they do it for spiritual reasons. He said 10 weeks to lose 35lbs., that's not going to be very healthy.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Mookow

Originally posted by: amdforever2
As in, let's say a really fat person takes a knife to their stomach, cuts out the lard, weighs a pound of it.

Someone eats it.

How many calories did they just eat?

~3,500, IIRC. It's somewhere in the 3 thousand range.

Yup. That is the quoted fiture.

Originally posted by: amdforever2
I've become so tired of excercise and diet, I'm going to stop eating.

It is possible.

Since you're supposed to consume 2000 calories a day, I suppose that means the body uses 2000 calories a day.

Therefore, I will lose a pound every 2 days. 3.5lbs a week. 10 weeks for 35lbs.

Well again the quoted figur efor a man is 2500 calories. For a woman it is 2000 calories. So you'll need to up your numbers a bit.

3.5lbs a week will be tough going unless you eat REALLY REALLY poorly and really cut it up nicely. Then exercise like a freak. 2-3 weeks will be easier but to get the same results after about 5 weeks will be dam near enough insane to be losing 3.5lbs a week still after 5 weeks!

Koing