I Ran on an Empty Stomach Every Morning to Burn Fat—Here’s What a Sports Scientist Showed Me About the Next 24 Hours
Fasted running is built on a simple promise: skip breakfast, burn more fat. But a deep dive into the science reveals a critical gap between burning fat during a workout and actually losing body fat. When a sports scientist walked me through what happens in the next 24 hours, the reason my scale never budged finally made sense.