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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.
One pound of fat contains 3,500 calories. To lose a pound of fat, you have to either burn 3,500 extra calories to burn off one pound of fat, or you have to take in 3,500 fewer calories than you are burning. Water is the basis for every chemical reaction that takes place in your body, including the burning of fat.