The body burns calories 24 hours a day. Any activity burns more calories than sleeping or sitting. Exercise burns the most calories. It melts away unwanted inches and pounds. Losing fat is a slow process that requires appropriate habits for both dieting and exercising.
Exercise is the key to successful and permanent fat loss.
Overweight people usually burn fewer calories than fit people. They are usually less active. Their bodies are less efficient at burning calories and more efficient at storing them. Fit people burn extra calories before any can be stored as fat in the body. Overweight people store extra calories as fat.