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Report Abuse. You have to eat 3500 calories less than the body requires to loose a pound. If you take your weight (say 200 lbs.) times 15 = 3000 cal. Therefore you would take the 3000 calories times 7 days which would = 21,000 calories. For every 3500 calories you eat less in one week represents 1 lb.
If you're curious about how much exercise it would take to burn one pound of body fat. You can use an online activity calculator to help provide the answer. You need to burn about 3500 calories to lose one pound of weight. These activities would help a 150-pound person burn roughly enough calories to lose a pound. 5 hours of running (10-minute mile) or roughly 40 minute per day. 14 hours of walking ( 3.0 miles per hour) or 2 hours per day.