Calories, What to Know and How to Use Them

• What a Calorie is and Why you should care.
• Calorie to Bodyweight conversion, 3,500 Calories = 1 lb Bodyweight
• Unit of Heat (Energy)
• Calories in – Calories Out

What to know, 1 pound = 3,500 calories. Unit of heat (energy). Calories In – Calories Out. Calories burned by category, physical activity 20%, thermogenic effect 10%, resting metabolic rate 70%.