while I agree there is a lot of variation in caloric maitenance requirements, and OPs comment was overly broad, having a thyroid condition makes you an outlier

while I agree there is a lot of variation in caloric maitenance requirements, and OPs comment was overly broad, having a thyroid condition makes you an outlier and not something we can base the response of the average individual on. Everything else you said is observational and irrelevant when comparing yourself to another individual as there are many many things that could explain those differences.