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[quote=Anonymous]At 32, 5'9" and 170 lbs with 22% body fat, I maintain in the range of 1650 calories. Which is stupidly low given my weight/age/muscle. But it is 100% accurate - I lost over 150 lbs through calorie counting + low carb (low carb doesn't make you lose weight on its own, but it does suppress some of the appetite, inflammation, and insulin response that can make it hard to lower calories). So I definitely know how to calorie count and weigh/measure accurately.

My metabolism is just a POS. Some of it is from chronic dieting, but the mechanisms of metabolism and genetics are poorly understood. 50 years from now we'll look back on nutritional science today the way people look back on lobotomies for mental health issues.

I will say, exercise is very proven to be vital for maintaining weight. It has very little impact on losing weight, oddly, but it's really key for maintenance. I know that's hard for some people to grasp because they think it's a simple calorie calculation and you should be able to adjust those factors, but the science is still unclear on why exercise impacts maintenance more than weight loss. I suspect something to do with the hormones exercise releases and muscle maintenance. [/quote]

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