Your goal: Subtract fat by adding muscle.

Your fat-burning profile: In terms of body composition, you have a greater percentage of lean body mass (versus fat), which means your metabolism is more efficient.

What you need to do now:

• Add some weight to lose pounds    By building muscle strength, it sets you up for a greater calorie burn. For every pound of muscle you add, you bump up your metabolic rate by about 35 to 45 calories per day. It doesn't take a huge time commitment: just combine five minutes of strength training with 15 minutes of cardiovascular activity three times per week.

• Get into the movement habit    Aim to work out three to four times a week for 30 to 45 minutes. If you choose an activity that's not as vigorous, like walking, lengthen your bouts to 60 minutes. The more intense your workout, the longer your metabolism stays high and continues to burn calories. A neat trick to try: Keep tabs on your temperature. If you feel warm after exercising, it means your metabolism is still high and incinerating calories.

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  Don't slack off on exercise because you're thin    It's easy to get lazy about exercise if you seem to burn off all the calories you eat. And while it may not show up on the scale, inactivity leads to a loss of muscle and bone mass, which undermines your metabolic rate. Skinny slackers can also expect more fat accumulation    not in visible places like hips and thighs but around internal organs and under the skin.

• Quit skipping meals    Now is the time to develop regular eating patterns and stick to them. Eating on a regular basis helps keep your metabolic rate high.

• Aim to take in 2,400 calories a day    Eat 25 to 30 percent of your daily calories at breakfast, about 40 percent at lunch and 25 to 30 percent at dinner.

• Don't Crash Diet    Often in crash dieting, women don't lose the right kind of weight. They lose muscle, bone and water but still have as much fat as they did, before they began dieting.

• Don't let pregnancy sideline you    For moms-to-be, maintaining a fitness programme can improve your chances of returning to your pre-pregnancy weight.

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