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.
A Focus on Fat Loss. To lose fat, you need to consume fewer calories than you burn, which means eating less than your maintenance level. To see 1 pound of fat loss, you need a deficit of 3,500 calories. By reducing your maintenance intake by 500 per day, you'll lose 1 pound each week; by reducing it by 1,000 each day, you'll lose 2 pounds per week. Building muscle requires a surplus of calories, meaning you need to eat above your maintenance level.