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simple case studies can prove some people simply don't get fat even when they eat more. there are differences in not only metabolism (burn rate) but absorption rates and storage rates. i've read one study where a guy went up in daily intake by 600 cal without any other changes and didn't gain a pound.

this doesn't stop thermodynamics from winning in meaningful calorie deficient. !commenters

Our greatest oppressor:

In the last 50 years, two theories have arisen that have ultimately been devastating for the average American: Pop Tarts should have frosting; and chips should come in Family and Party sizes, but you need not prove you have a family or party.

Pop Tarts are delicious, but only one is sufficient. However, the foil bags they come in contain always two Pop Tarts--and it's not resealable, so it's a fact that you'll always be eating an even number. And after you eat two, you always want a third (I do). But a third really means a fourth. And four means five. Do you see where I'm going? How am I expected to stop?

Second: chips are delicious. But why don't they come in individual sizes? I've never seen that. Instead, they come in bags that you could fit a baby in, and you're expected always to eat the whole bag all at once. My typing Doritos I've got here say that they're only 320 calories per serving. But I have a Redditor bag: 35 servings. Using multiplication on a calculator, we get 2200 calories: more than your DRV. However, multiple meals requires multiple Pop Tarts which themselves require multiple Redditor bags of Doritos.

Anyway this and men in general are why people assume I'm supposedly morbidly obese (scales are unhealthy, and I don't understand why people think this about me: they're not my doctors!?!?!?)

/u/ramesesbolton

>in the last 50 years

ancient doctors wrote about diet and excercise all the time

Hippocrates said being fat makes you sick so you should eat right and exercise

so you don't be like a fat Scythian

Hippocrates went on and on about Scythians were flabby impotent fat fats who don't get enough exercise

" They are flabby and squat at first, because, as in Egypt, they are not swathed(?);[443] and then they pay no attention to horsemanship, so that they may be adepts at it; and because of their sedentary mode of life; for the males, when they cannot be carried about on horseback, sit the most of their time in the wagon, and rarely practise walking, because of their frequent migrations and shiftings of situation; and as to the women, it is amazing how flabby and sluggish they are. The Scythian race are tawny from the cold, and not from the intense heat of the sun, for the whiteness of the skin is parched by the cold, and becomes tawny.

21. It is impossible that persons of such a constitution could be prolific, for, with the man, the sexual desires are not strong, owing to the laxity of his constitution, the softness and coldness of his belly, from all which causes it is little likely that a man should be given to venery; and besides, from being jaded by exercise on horseback, the men become weak in their desires. On the part of the men these are the causes; but on that of the women, they are embonpoint and humidity; for the womb cannot take in the semen, nor is the menstrual discharge such as it should be, but scanty and at too long intervals; and the mouth of the womb is shut up by fat and does not admit the semen; and, moreover, they themselves are indolent and fat, and their bellies cold and soft.[444] From these causes the Scythian race is not prolific. "

The laws of thermodynamics have been a disaster for fatty cope.

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I asked chatgtp

You see alot of people claim, especially fat redditors that they are on 500 calories incapable of loosing weight. Is there any confirmed cases of this being true?

In most cases, claims of being on an extremely low-calorie diet (e.g., 500 calories per day) while not losing weight are due to miscalculations rather than a true metabolic anomaly. Scientific studies overwhelmingly show that weight loss follows the basic principle of calories in vs. calories out (CICO)—if you're in a caloric deficit, you will lose weight.

Possible Explanations for These Claims:

1. Underestimating Intake – People often miscalculate portion sizes or forget to count certain foods, snacks, or liquid calories (e.g., coffee creamers, sauces, or oils).

2. Metabolic Adaptation – Prolonged extreme dieting can lead to a reduced metabolic rate, but not to the extent that a 500-calorie diet would maintain weight.

3. Water Retention – Factors like high sodium intake, hormonal fluctuations, or stress can cause water retention, masking fat loss.

4. Medical Conditions – Conditions like hypothyroidism, PCOS, or Cushing's syndrome can slow metabolism, but they do not completely prevent weight loss on an extreme deficit.

5. Binge Episodes – Some may eat 500 calories on certain days but have untracked high-calorie days that balance out the deficit.

6. Non-Adherence – Some may misreport or even deceive themselves about their intake.

Are There Any Documented Cases of "True" 500-Calorie Non-Loss?

No scientifically verified cases exist where a person truly consumed 500 calories consistently and did not lose weight. Studies on starvation diets (e.g., the Minnesota Starvation Experiment) show that even on low intakes, significant weight loss occurs. In extreme cases like The World's Heaviest Man (Manuel Uribe) and The Fasting Doctor (Angus Barbieri, who fasted for 382 days), weight loss was inevitable.

Bottom Line:

Unless a person has an extreme medical anomaly (which would be exceedingly rare), if someone is claiming to eat 500 calories daily without losing weight, they are almost certainly miscalculating, retaining water, or not accurately tracking their intake.