How many calories do you need to burn to lose 1 kg of body weight?
Many years ago, scientists discovered that a human fat that weighs less than half a kg contains as much as 3,500 calories. However, does burning 1 kg of body weight means we have to burn at least 7,000 calories? Wait a minute.
According to a study quoted by The Huffington Post, the fat burning scenario is not that simple. In the study, two men who were underweight and obese were planning to eat and exercise for a week. In the planning of eating and sports, researchers designed such that they consume 3,500 fewer calories than they burn in sports.
At the end of the week, it turns out the skinny has a weight loss of a quarter of a kilogram, while obesity loses 1.5 kilograms. The difference is that thinness loses weight from muscles, while obesity loses weight from fat and water.
From this result, Pamela Peeke M.D, the scientific adviser on Elements Behavioral Health, and also the author on the health website, The Hunger Fix, stated that the calorie deficit in each individual was very different in variability.
The most important factor that causes this difference in body composition. According to him, more fat is in his body, he loses weight faster. But if the body has an ideal body weight, when the calories burned are reduced, the muscles. Our body will store fat and sacrifice more muscle to burn.
So anyway, there will still be fat in the body. If you exercise and aim for a calorie deficit, which is important for reducing weight, the body parts that will disappear are muscle, fat, and water. The harder you exercise and manage your meal, the more you feel the impact if you have a lot of fat and water in your body.
In addition, a low carbohydrate diet is also faster to lose weight on the fat one. Why? Because when someone reduces carbohydrate intake, that person will reduce the amount of water in the body. In the body, every gram of glycogen (carbohydrate) is stored with water. So when a person consumes low carbohydrate intake, the body's metabolism will release the glycogen for energy. This causes us to release more water through urine.
This further shows that someone who is fatter will lose weight more easily because the water in the body is wasted even more. So, there has never been a measure to burn how many calories so that one kilogram of body weight can be lost. The energy or calories you need will be less when you are fat and will be more when your body weight is ideal