Then eat low-fat foods and burn plenty of calories. The body burns calories 24 hours a day. Activity burns more calories than sleeping or sitting. Exercise burns the most calories. Losing fat is a slow process that requires appropriate habits for both dieting and exercising.
Overweight people burn up fewer calories than fit people.
They have lower metabolisms. Their bodies are less efficient at burning calories and more efficient at storing them. Fit people burn up extra calories before they store any as fat in the body. Overweight people store extra calories as fat. Exercise changes metabolism.