Pounds to Calories Burned Converter
Convert pounds (lb) to calories burned (kcal), with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.
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- kcal = pounds × 3,500 = 3,500 kcal
How to convert pounds to calories burned
1 lb = 3,500 kcal, so multiply by 3,500 to go from pounds to calories burned. Going the other way, 1 kcal = 0.000286 lb.
kcal = lb × 3,500 lb = kcal × 0.000286
Worked example:
kcal = pounds × 3,500 = 17,500 kcal
Pounds to calories burned table
| Pounds | Calories Burned |
|---|---|
| 1 lb | 3,500 kcal |
| 2 lb | 7,000 kcal |
| 3 lb | 10,500 kcal |
| 4 lb | 14,000 kcal |
| 5 lb | 17,500 kcal |
| 6 lb | 21,000 kcal |
| 7 lb | 24,500 kcal |
| 8 lb | 28,000 kcal |
| 9 lb | 31,500 kcal |
| 10 lb | 35,000 kcal |
| 15 lb | 52,500 kcal |
| 20 lb | 70,000 kcal |
| 25 lb | 87,500 kcal |
| 30 lb | 105,000 kcal |
| 40 lb | 140,000 kcal |
| 50 lb | 175,000 kcal |
| 75 lb | 262,500 kcal |
| 100 lb | 350,000 kcal |
| 250 lb | 875,000 kcal |
| 500 lb | 1,750,000 kcal |
| 1000 lb | 3,500,000 kcal |
About the units
- Pounds (lb)
- Pounds, a US customary unit. Definition: NIST Handbook 44 Appendix C (international foot and avoirdupois pound).
- 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).