does your body need energy just maintain its body fat?

[jg42058p]

hi

Does your body naturally burn off calories simply to maintain it's body fat weight?

i.e. you have your BMI, the number of calories needed to maintain your lean tissue mass..

and then you have some body fat weight

Do you naturally need to burn calories (without exercising), simply to maintain your body fat as well?

If so, then how many calories/ how much?

[ModelInProgress]

Fat is metabolically inactive. Your body utilizes energy to perform all of the necessary functions to keep you alive (such as breathing, keeping your heart pumping, even thinking) whether or not you exercise. Muscle is metabolically active and requires energy even when you are at rest (which is why building lean body mass is so important to increasing your metabolism and/or losing body fat). Your body will not burn calories just to maintain your body fat.

[jg42058p]

Gotcha. Glad somebody could answer my question