They think that I am just extremely low metabolism. It seems that the estimates of calories burned are just observational. They do not know, really, how many calories YOU burn. One doc said I should be proud my body is so efficient. Should the sh!t hit the fan, I’ll live longer. Yay.
Look, your doctor is not going to start an argument with you in his office and call you a liar to your face. I’m not going to call you a liar either, but I do know that a lot of people overlook a lot of calories they consume without realizing it or wanting to admit it to themselves, especially with drinks.
Can I be certain that I’m right in your case? No. Would I bet good money that if I could lock you in a house for a month with no other access to food besides the 1200 cals I delivered every day would you be a lot lighter after a month? Yes. Maybe you’re somehow right and I would lose that bet, but I don’t think I would. Maintaining 262 lbs on 1200 cals a day unless you laid in bed all day stretches the laws of physics in ways that shouldn’t really be possible.