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Please can i get some advice?, i am a 20 year old male. if i eat 2500 calories a day and burn off 600 with excercise. can i lose weight like this ?

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Possibly: You need to burn off approx. 3500 cal. To lose 1 pound.

Answered 4/29/2014

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