Lose 5 pounds

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Perhaps there is a special event on the horizon like a high school reunion or your best friend’s wedding that makes you want to drop 5 pounds. Everybody’s metabolism is different but in a general sense, you need to consume 12 calories per day for every pound you ring up on the scale to maintain your current body weight. To lose weight in a permanent way, a deficit between the calories needed and those consumed must be achieved. To lose one pound you must expend 3,500 more calories than you take in. The goal of permanent weight loss can be achieved by increasing the number of calories your body burns with additional exercise or by reducing caloric intake. Better yet, a combination of the two will provide quicker, more manageable results. To lose 5 pounds the average total caloric deficit needed is 17,500. Considering trading in those high caloric burgers and fries lunches for a more sensible meal of a right- sized salad topped with low calorie dressing. Add a daily walk to your routine (walking for an hour will burn around 300 calories); take the stairs instead of the elevator at work; go back to the gym. Add this dream to your list now. Once those 5 pounds are gone you’ll look better and feel better too.

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