Calories Burned to Pounds Converter
Convert calories burned (kcal) to pounds (lb), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.
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- pounds = kcal ÷ 3,500 = 1 ÷ 3,500 = 0.000286 lb
How to convert calories burned to pounds
1 lb = 3,500 kcal, so divide by 3,500 to go from calories burned to pounds (1 kcal = 0.000286 lb).
lb = kcal ÷ 3,500 kcal = lb × 3,500
Worked example:
pounds = kcal ÷ 3,500 = 5 ÷ 3,500 = 0.001429 lb
Calories Burned to pounds table
| Calories Burned | Pounds |
|---|---|
| 1 kcal | 0.000286 lb |
| 2 kcal | 0.000571 lb |
| 3 kcal | 0.000857 lb |
| 4 kcal | 0.001143 lb |
| 5 kcal | 0.001429 lb |
| 6 kcal | 0.001714 lb |
| 7 kcal | 0.002 lb |
| 8 kcal | 0.002286 lb |
| 9 kcal | 0.002571 lb |
| 10 kcal | 0.002857 lb |
| 15 kcal | 0.004286 lb |
| 20 kcal | 0.005714 lb |
| 25 kcal | 0.007143 lb |
| 30 kcal | 0.008571 lb |
| 40 kcal | 0.011429 lb |
| 50 kcal | 0.014286 lb |
| 75 kcal | 0.021429 lb |
| 100 kcal | 0.028571 lb |
| 250 kcal | 0.071429 lb |
| 500 kcal | 0.142857 lb |
| 1000 kcal | 0.285714 lb |
About the units
- Calories Burned (kcal)
- Calories burned, a specialised unit. Food Calories (kcal) of energy burned; converted to body weight only through the 3,500 kcal per pound rule of thumb, never to energy units. Definition: Wishnofsky M. (1958), Caloric equivalents of gained or lost weight, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 6(5):542–546 (the 3,500 kcal per pound rule).
- Pounds (lb)
- Pounds, a US customary unit. Definition: NIST Handbook 44 Appendix C (international foot and avoirdupois pound).