The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely moving (2019)

Re:The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely mov... by IncRnd on Friday August 20, 2021 @10:34AM (#28246488)

> A lb of fat is ~6000-8000 calories.

A lb of fat is always 3,500 calories.

Edit: Thanks to abfan1127 for pointing out my age. 4,100 it is!

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Re:The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely mov... by abfan1127 on Friday August 20, 2021 @10:38AM (#28246543)

and I wouldn't say always:

"Pure fat has a very high energy content, or about 9 calories per gram. This amounts to about 4,100 calories per pound of pure fat.

However, body fat is not just pure fat. Body fat consists of fat cells, called adipocytes, which also contain some fluids and proteins in addition to fat.

Therefore, the calorie content of body fat is going to be a bit less than the calorie content of pure fat."

[1] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/calories-in-a-pound-of-...

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Re:The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely mov... by abfan1127 on Friday August 20, 2021 @10:37AM (#28246522)

Not on the moon! Seriously though, I couldn't remember its exact value.

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Re:The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely mov... by IncRnd on Friday August 20, 2021 @10:52AM (#28246721)

Great point! One lb on Earth is .17 lbs on the Moon, which leads to 5.9 * 4,100 = 24,118 calories per lb of fat on the Moon's surface.

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