[header] How to burn fat (for men ) [title] Determine how much you should be eating. [step] Many people eat more calories than their bodies can use. When this happens, your body will store those calories for later as fat. 
An important first step in getting rid of unwanted fat, then, is to stop eating more than your body needs. [substeps] A simple way to figure out roughly how much you should be eating to reach your target weight is as follows: start with your desired weight in pounds, and multiply it by 12.