Losing weight is a time-consuming process. Generally, to lose weight and bring the body into shape, you must burn the stored fat in the body. It is believed that if you burn calories, it also burns your body fat.
In such a situation, your body quickly comes into shape. Whereas burning fat and burning calories are two different things. You may even see your weight come off by burning calories. But this is also burning your fat, it is not necessary.
You might be surprised to know that your body burns calories even when you are sleeping. But at that time the stored fat in your body does not burn. So, today in this article, RituPuri, Dietician, ESIC Hospital, Central Government Hospital, is telling you what is the difference between burning fat and burning calories-
What is calorie burning?
Burning calories means that you use your body's fuels, minerals, vitamins and other nutrients, then it is called calorie burning. Usually, during a particular type of workout, you burn calories very fast. Actually, during this time all kinds of macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients are required to run the muscles of your body and provide it with energy. Not only this, but your diet also helps in burning calories. There are many such food items, for which the body needs extra calories to digest.
What is fat burning?
Fat burning means that you are mainly focusing on burning only and only the fat stored in the body. It does not focus on any kind of macro-nutrients. Certain workouts specifically help you burn body fat. Similarly, certain types of diets like the keto diet etc. are also helpful in fat burning.
Difference between calorie burning and fat burning
Our body burns calories to some extent while walking, eating and drinking, even while sleeping, but this does not mean that the stored fat in the body is also being burnt. When you eat, the calories that are not used immediately get converted into triglycerides and get stored in your fat cells. In such a situation, to burn fat from the body, you must use more calories than the calories consumed. For this, you need to increase physical activity by reducing your daily calorie count slightly.
Burn fat like this
It is advised to focus on diet and exercise for fat burning. Remember that all workouts burn calories, but they don't necessarily burn fat. During exercise, your body first uses calories from carbohydrates. Once they're used up, triglycerides are released from fat stores, and then you burn fat. To burn fat, you should do high-intensity workouts like an aerobics class, cycling or skiing etc. Whereas low-intensity workouts, such as Pilates or yoga, will help tone your muscles, they usually aren't as helpful at burning fat.
So now you must have also understood that you need to burn fat to get the body in shape. However, for this, you should avoid consuming harmful supplements. They have negative effects on your body.
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