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for the first 5 foot of height, 100 pounds. With 5 pounds for each inch over 5 f
oot.
2.20
2.27 kg's per inch or 2.54cm
.89 kg's per 1 centimeter
900 grams or .9 kg per 1 centimeter over 5 foot
152.4 cm's = 5 foot
100 lb or pounds = 45.35 kg's
To lose 1 pound of body fat it takes 3500 calories, or to lose 2.2 kg's.
So, 1 kg of body fat takes 1590 calories.
Does it take walking 35 miles to lose 1 pound of body fat...yes, since 100 calor
ies is expended to walk 1 mile.
Calories per kilometer.
100 calories / 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) = 62.5 calories per kilometer.
So, if it takes 100 calories to walk 1 mile (1.6 kilometers), to lose 1 kilogram
would require walking (whatever distance consumes 1590/1600 calories) 25.45 kil
ometers.
i.e. 25.45 km's x 62.5 calories (per kilometer) = 1590 calories (which is burnin
g of 1 kilogram of body fat).
popular questions...
1) can i rev up my basal metabolic rate...
yes, the more functional lean muscle mass...this inherently increases the BMR
Weight and muscle mass being different things, adding pounds/kilograms IF (repea
t IF) in the form of lean muscle mass...will increase the bodies basal metabolic
rate.
So,by having lean muscle mass...you can eat more calories per day. Only if funct
ional lean muscle mass is added.