How I Burn 1000 Calories at Home on a Lazy Day

You can’t miss this if you want to suppress hunger without starving yourself.

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When you’re trying to lose weight and you start eating less, your body doesn’t just burn fat. Nah, it also taps into your muscles, and that’s the last thing you want.

Muscles are the engines that keep our metabolism fired up, our bodies resilient, and our energy high.

Losing it? Not an option.

The body’s pretty smart though. The second it realizes food is scarce, it slows your metabolism down to conserve energy. That means fewer calories burned, and that’s where things can get frustrating.

But here’s the part that gets me fired up: exercise changes the game. Even on your laziest days, if you just move a little, your calorie burn can spike like wildfire. The harder you push — even just a tiny bit — the more energy your body demands. It’s called MET (metabolic equivalence), and the higher your MET, the more calories you torch.

Take walking, for example. A gentle 30-minute stroll can burn around 100 to 120 calories. That might not sound like much, but string that together over a month, and you’re looking at one pound of fat burned. One walk at a time.