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How Many Calories Do I Need To Burn And Consume A Day To Lose 4 Ponds A Week?
To successfully lose weight, you must carry out a plan that balances the calories you eat every day with your activity and exercise. Ideally, dieting should be done by eating a nutritionally balanced, low-calorie diet and increasing physical activity.
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Weight loss - intentional; Dieting - fad diets; Fad diets; Weight loss diet
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Diet: calories
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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