Question:

I read on here (not sure who posted it) that a pound of fat has 3,500 calories. So in order to gain a pound over night, you would have had to consume 3,500 calories the previous day. My scale is up and down by about a pound every other day. Hovering between 142 and 143. I'm assuming it's water weight (based on the fact that I'm certainly not eating that many calories) but my question now is....if I want to lose 15 lbs, and each pound of fat contains 3,500 calories, do I really have 52,000 calories to burn before I'll be at my goal?! I feel like I'm stuck because my scale isn't moving.....and that calculation certainly isn't motivating!