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> You obviously have a high metabolism such a tired excuse 96% of the population is in the range of 1680-2320kcal daily http://examine.com/faq/does-metabolis

• dragonwriter 12y ago
  That's a huge range that demonstrates the point you are trying to contradict. Someone on the low end of that range will gain between a quarter of a pound and almost a full pound a day on the same diet as soneone on the top end, with a similar activity pattern and assuming similar absorption (which is an additional source of variation besides metabolism; these are probably combined in what most people think of as "metabolism" since people seem to tend to think of it in end-to-end terms, though technically metabolism is more limited.)
• jere 12y ago
  The top and bottom of that range is an entire meal difference. Or put another way, if two people on opposite ends of that range eat 2320kcal daily, we expect the person with the lower metabolism to gain 50lb a year. Awesome. This is where you come in and say, "Oh well, the person with the lower metabolism should eat less." So now the person with the lower metabolism has to eat a meal's worth of food less than the other person just to maintain their weight to say nothing of losing it. And I'd wager the person providing their body with 1600kcal is probably feeling sluggish and depressed all day. Which is why I include willpower.
  • SixSigma 12y ago
    > entire meal difference not for fatties, that's an entree's worth
    • __david__ 12y ago
      "Fatties", really? I don't think that's called for, here.
      • SixSigma 12y ago
        It is universally warranted.
        • __david__ 12y ago
          As if on cue: http://blog.ycombinator.com/new-hacker-news-guideline http://blog.ycombinator.com/new-hacker-news-guideline