They are not hard wired to store what they do not eat.
I will never see them as a sympathetic “victim”.
If they would move enough they could eat anything they want.
I’ve seen Marine recruits eat 3500-4000 calories a day and maintain <10% body fat. Hundreds of them.
I’ve also seen people become obese on <2000 calories a day.
The difference being movement.
And it’s time to stop telling the big lie, that obesity has nothing to do with how much you eat or how much you move, when it is directly and provably the ONLY factors in the equation.
Don’t give anyone a pass on this lest you become an enabler.
“when it is directly and provably the ONLY factors in the equation”
Ever known anyone whose hormones went out of whack? You can be made fat by hormone injections, which strongly suggest hormones play a bigger role than the “Calorie in, calorie out” fans realize.
And the modern American diet is geared to screwing up our hormone balance.
Maintaining the calorie expenditure of a 18 year old marine recruit isn’t practical for most people, however most people can boost their baseline metabolism and get light exercise which makes a huge difference.
However, ignoring what you eat and only considering how much is doomed to failure.
Pretty much every contestant on “Biggest Loser” gained the weight back because calorie restriction destroyed their base metabolism and they could not maintain the level of exercise required and hold down a job, care for a family, etc.
I lost 40 pounds several years ago and have had no trouble keeping it off. I don’t go hungry and I don’t spend several hours a day exercising. I eat like my parents and grandparents did before the medical community and department of agriculture sabotaged our diet.