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It's not. Human body can't create energy out of nothing, but it can vary the consumption of energy in a wide range which is very similar in terms of externally

It's not. Human body can't create energy out of nothing, but it can vary the consumption of energy in a wide range which is very similar in terms of externally observable effects. It's a common story when people start to eat 20% less, continue the same lifestyle and lose exactly zero weight as the result. Their body didn't create 20% of energy out of nothing but it just started to waste less energy as body heat.

tekla 1y ago
Irrelevant, energy out > energy in, you lose weight
- alexey-salmin 1y ago
  The latter is true, the former is not. Anything that can influence "energy out" is by your own definition "relevant".
- 827a 1y ago
  How are you measuring energy out, such that it can directly influence decisions on how much energy you should be deciding to take in? I promise you: Your methodology is inaccurate.
- iteria 1y ago
  They have literally done studies showing that this is a naive take. You might lose weight, but the literal moment you consume more calories your body stores every stray calorie it can and it battles you about loses weight every moment. Your body will save calories to the point of discomfort and ill health. The impacts of extreme calorie deficits last for extremely long times and bias your body towards weight gain. The body is more like a thermostat system. Environmental effects can convince your body to move the temperature/weight up or down, but for both weight gain and weight loss is a battle. Your body tries to maintain it's understood ideal weight. Your body if given a chance and you haven't convinced it to change the thermostat setting, will immediately do all it can to gain/loose weight. This is why crash diets never work. It takes sustained effort to convince your body that it's wrong about your initial weight.
  - tekla 1y ago
    They have literally done studies that show people who claim they can't lose weight are vastly underestimating the amount of calories they eat. These are excuses, in the fitness community, the response to "I can't lose weight" is "eat fewer calories", and its incredibly effective
maccard 1y ago
20%? That’s 4-500 calories a day less. Have you hit any links to this as it’s a pretty wild claim

tekla 1y ago

Irrelevant, energy out > energy in, you lose weight

alexey-salmin 1y ago
The latter is true, the former is not. Anything that can influence "energy out" is by your own definition "relevant".
827a 1y ago
How are you measuring energy out, such that it can directly influence decisions on how much energy you should be deciding to take in? I promise you: Your methodology is inaccurate.
iteria 1y ago
They have literally done studies showing that this is a naive take. You might lose weight, but the literal moment you consume more calories your body stores every stray calorie it can and it battles you about loses weight every moment. Your body will save calories to the point of discomfort and ill health. The impacts of extreme calorie deficits last for extremely long times and bias your body towards weight gain. The body is more like a thermostat system. Environmental effects can convince your body to move the temperature/weight up or down, but for both weight gain and weight loss is a battle. Your body tries to maintain it's understood ideal weight. Your body if given a chance and you haven't convinced it to change the thermostat setting, will immediately do all it can to gain/loose weight. This is why crash diets never work. It takes sustained effort to convince your body that it's wrong about your initial weight.
- tekla 1y ago
  They have literally done studies that show people who claim they can't lose weight are vastly underestimating the amount of calories they eat. These are excuses, in the fitness community, the response to "I can't lose weight" is "eat fewer calories", and its incredibly effective

maccard 1y ago

20%? That’s 4-500 calories a day less. Have you hit any links to this as it’s a pretty wild claim