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The Importance of Healthy Weight Loss

Here's a brief guide to understanding the relationship between calorie intake (from eating) and calorie burn (from activity). Keep in mind that the chart below is not a precise tool. It is based on estimates, and cannot account for the differences in the way our bodies manage calories. At WebMD, we don't believe in "one-for-everyone" weight loss plans.

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Fat/Calorie Burning Chart

The most important thing to remember about your weight is the relationship between calorie intake (from eating) and calorie burn (from activity). To lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you're taking in. To maintain your weight, intake and burn should be equal.

You need to burn off 3,500 calories to lose one pound of fat. That means if you walk four times a week for 30 minutes each, you'll lose a pound of fat in less than six weeks. Add that walking to a diet that cuts 500 calories a day from what you've been eating and you'll lose about seven pounds in six weeks.

Check the chart below to see how many calories a 175 pound person burns off in just one 30-minute session:

activity	calories burned
Aerobic (low impact)	198
Ballroom Dancing, slow	119
Cleaning, general house	119
Hiking, cross country	238
Line Dancing	179
Running (9-minute mile)	595
Sex, light	40
Skiing (cross-country)	222
Skiing (downhill moderate)	238
Stair-step machine	357
Step Class (depends on step height)	200-300
Swimming (moderate crawl)	318
Tennis, singles	318
Walking (3.5miles/hour)	151
Yoga	99

Source: www.caloriesperhour.com

Reviewed By Kathleen Zelman, MPH, RD.
Medically updated July 25, 2007.

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