If a person had a daily food intake deficit of 500 Calories and a daily exercise expenditure of 200 Calories, how many days would it take to lose 10 pounds of body fat?

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To lose 1 pound of body fat, it's commonly accepted that you need to burn about 3500 calories. In this scenario, the person has a daily deficit of 500 calories from food intake and burns an additional 200 calories through exercise, totaling a 700 calorie deficit per day. To lose 10 pounds, they would need to burn 35,000 calories (3500 calories/pound * 10 pounds). Dividing 35,000 by the daily deficit of 700 calories gives 50 days.

If a Person Had a Daily Food Intake Deficit of 500