WEIGHT LOSS - BURNING CALORIES - DIETING

THE ENERGY BALANCE

The energy balance is the key to your weight situation. People who eat more calories than they burn become overweight and obese over time. People who burn as many calories as they eat stay the same, and those who burn more than they consume lose weight.

The balance is key because it governs how much your body stores or burns in terms of calories and body fat. Unused calories are stored by the body for use in times when you don't consume enough calories to meet its needs. The way your body stores the energy is by converting it into body fat. When there are not enough calories to meet the body's needs, it converts your stored body fat into usable energy.

Therefore, to burn body fat and achieve weight loss, you should burn more calories than you eat in order to reduce the amount of body fat stored in your body. Find out about burning calories on the next page.

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