> If i wanted to gain 2kg of weight id have to consume around 10000 excess calories over a period of two weeks. Which is of course trivial to do. That's one ke

> If i wanted to gain 2kg of weight id have to consume around 10000 excess calories over a period of two weeks. Which is of course trivial to do. That's one kebab extra per day. You just don't eat caloricilly dense food at a high frequency and grossly underestimate how many calories someone can eat in a day [1]. Also, for most people losing 1kg a week is considered very fast weight loss at the border of what's recommended for safe caloric restriction. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36339530 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36339530