Yep. Oh, there might be the occasional freak, but for everybody else, it's calories consumed vs. calories burned.
People don't like to be faced with that fact.
A lot of fat people are lazy or lack self-discipline. It takes a sustained effort to resist the urges which have served man through thousands of years of genetic programming tailored to surviving regular periods of famine. But without that sustained effort, we end up getting in touch with our Inner Porky.
I think you’re mostly right, I think the difference in people may be that some more calories doing the same thing, which of course would be their metabolisms. I recall a study done years ago that gave the amount of calories burned (I think they measured it by how much O2 was used—but it’s been a long time) by people who simply fidget a lot. It was amazing how many calories they fidgeted away. I tried to start fidgeting, but I guess it’s not in me, because it didn’t work! LOL
I think when someone states it’s only calories in vs calories out, they are giving a very simplistic answer to a very complex issue.
On the other hand, I KNOW I eat more than I should. So, Obama should make all food taste gross and most of us would lose weight!