UlHmately weight loss is about the balance between calories taken in and calories burned ² Maintain food diary-‐Studies have found that people who maintain food diaries wind up eaHng about 15 percent less food than those who don’t. ² Muscle burns at least four Hmes as many calories as fat does, so try twenty minutes of strength straining two to three Hmes a week ² Stop the evening eaHng. You don’t want to eat and then go to sleep. All those calories just sit there unused while you sleep.