If you want to increase your passive fat consumption, one option is gaining some muscle. Muscle tissue consumes glucose even at rest. When there's no sugar lef

If you want to increase your passive fat consumption, one option is gaining some muscle. Muscle tissue consumes glucose even at rest. When there's no sugar left, your body will start using reserves. (That's when you will have to be careful since you might have cravings, if you are used to eating too much - slow carbs like beans or oats can help with those). The counter intuitive part is that bulking up usually means gaining some weight at the beginning. This happens because muscle tissue is denser than fat deposits. So when you start the scale will complain. Look at your trousers instead. If they feel a bit looser, you are on the right direction. Finally, drastic changes to your body composition are usually a bad idea. What gets lost quickly gets gained back quickly too. Slow and steady is the name of the game. If you can find some physical activity that you enjoy doing, that's the best way to bulk up. Doing 30 minutes every day is better than doing 3.5 hours once per week in one go. Exercise (for most people) is only a complement for most people in the western world; we just don't do enough of it to "cancel out" what we eat, the calories are so easily available. "You can't outrun the fork", as they say. Your main tool for loosing weight is still your diet.