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page:  my weight is 180 lbs to lose 40 lbs how many calories do
i need in 12 weeeks  Posted by saba  Answers (2) Sort by: Newest
first | Oldest first  Are you planning on losing 40 pounds in 12
weeks? That seems like a very unrealistic goal and the only way
you could do this is to starve yourself and exercise all day,
every day. Plan on losing one to two pounds every week  and
eating around 1400-1600 calories a day. Also plan  on exercising
for at least 30 minutes every day. That way you might be able to
lose 20 pounds. Maybe.  One pound is equal to 3500 calories.
Simply and mathematically speaking, you would need to have
roughly negative 1500 calories between diet and exercise each
day to acomplish this.   So, if you need 1800 calories each day
to live - reduce it to 1300 calories from food (-500) and burn
1000 in exercise (approximately 1.5 hours of jogging on a
treadmill) for example.  It's tough and a lot of hard work and
dedication, but it can