How Your Body Burns Calories (Made Simple)
1. Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR)
The calories your body needs just to stay alive.
This is where most of your calories are burned — even when you’re doing nothing.
2. Daily Movement & Exercise
Steps, workouts, cleaning the house, carrying groceries — it all adds up, and it all affects your results.
3. Thermic Effect of Food (TEF)
Yes, you burn calories by eating.
Protein burns the most — which is why high-protein diets change bodies faster.