Do I have to eat less to burn fat?

09 July 2014 There's a common misconception of what the phrases, losing weight, burning fat and increasing muscle tone mean. While many treat these three phrases as separate goals, the truth is that they're different ways of saying the same thing. Weight loss is a reduction in body fat; burning fat causes a decrease in body weight and increase in muscle tone. Regardless of what you want to call it, the same steps lead to weight loss, decreased body fat and increased muscle tone.