You'd be surprised... There's quite a bit of genetic variation. I can maintain my weight at around 190lbs on ~1900 kCal as an active man. That's measuring abs

You'd be surprised... There's quite a bit of genetic variation. I can maintain my weight at around 190lbs on ~1900 kCal as an active man. That's measuring absolutely everything religiously with a scale, and assuming all oil into every pan is ingested, etc. My sister is quite overweight and she can maintain weight easily around 1200 kCal.