Let’s take an example. Suppose you eat 2,000 calories per day. Your weight is stable, so you are burning 2,000 calories per day. There are 3,500 calories in a pound of fat, so if you carry 100 pounds of fat, there are 350,000 calories in fat stores. Now, let’s say you want to lose weight, so you reduce your daily calories to 1,200. Initially, fat will be lost to make up for the reduced calories. However, if you have insulin resistance, then persistently high insulin levels will make it difficult to access fat stores. The high insulin is instructing the body to store energy, not burn it. The
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