> How hard your body holds on to calories is genetic. You realize this statement makes no sense right? It is also incongruent with your latter statement. Calor

> How hard your body holds on to calories is genetic. You realize this statement makes no sense right? It is also incongruent with your latter statement. Calories are merely units of measurement of energy. If you eat too much (compared to what your body uses), those energy will be stored as fat. Yes, I am aware that how fast your body sheds fat is genetic, as well as how hard your body holds on to fat cells. That's all kinda part of your TDEE. If your body is the kind that holds on to fat cells more, tough. You just have to eat a lot less, and move a lot more. Less and more is defined by how much your body uses energy. If your body uses only 2000 kCal a day, then if you want to lose weight, you simply eat less. If you have a body that dictates you use 1600 kCal a day, then less is simply less than 1600. It's really that simple (well, in writing... in practice, the discipline issue definitely comes into play)