Angelos: Messenger. This is a Greek form of Angelus, which is a Latin name derived from the Greek word angelos, meaning messenger. Is your name Angelos? T
You need to burn 3500 calories a day to lose a pound. A human burns about 2000 a day on average. If you eat 1500 calories a day, you're burning about 500 a day without changing your routine. Which means you have to burn 3000 more calories that day to lose a pound. Not impossible but very difficult. Aerobic workouts like Richard Simmons (don't laugh.
Okay, you will burn, roughly, 100 calories a mile. There are approximately 3,500 calories in 1 pound of body fat. So you will have to have a calorie deficiency of 500 calories per day to lose 1 pound each week. You can do this by several ways: 1. Run 3 miles and cut out 200 calories in your diet daily for 7 days a week. 2. Run 5 miles a day / 7 days a week.