Yea you are right, for every pound you lose, your base calorie burn for the next 24 hours does drop, by like 3 to 5 calories. Got to cut back half a celery stalk or you might get fat??? You can see that with any estimator tool online to see your base rate. Your body ain’t magical. Plus, metabolic rate increases over time with exercise and diet. It’s obvious especially after an earned cheat day. That article sounds like either a fat guy or a magic pill salesman talking. I don’t know anyone that eats relatively healthy and works out a little bit with an ever slowing metabolism. That’s flat out stupid. Guess 2+2=22 then. But hey, people also think if they don’t eat for a few hours, starvation mode kicks in and they magically get fatter by not eating.

Only part I agree with that article, 3500 calories per pound wasn’t accurate for me. 3800 was about right, for me. But it’s not like 3500 is far off. I used it as a base rate until a month of data told me otherwise.

Here’s the reason why people think the simple rule of physics doesn’t work on their body, they are lying to themselves.

Some people think they burn 6000 calories like Michael Phelps because they bobbed in a pool for half an hour. Walked 20 min outside? I “hiked uphill” for 30 min then, I burned 300 calories. A serving of potato chips is 150 calories for 12 chips? Half a family bag is only 300 calories then! My body won’t notice a few cookies.

This is the bullshit people tell themselves regularly. I’ve heard it from MYSELF and from other obese folks who bitch about their problems.

Accurately count every single calorie you take in with a spreadsheet and you’ll see just how much of a fatass you are. That’s what I did for my once fat booty. Even count that cookie and candy bar. No excuses. Count every exercise accurately as well.

Human bodies are amazingly efficient. Scary efficient when you start to think that a slice of bread can walk your sack of meat about a mile. But physics and math will ALWAYS prevail. Energy is never created, only transfered. Fat is stored energy. Real basic high school stuff here people. That bow flex can’t bend the laws of physics.

And quit acting like survivorship bias is an excuse for laziness. So tired of everyone saying survivorship bias so they can complain about their problems these days. Sure, not everyone will succeed through hard work. But I also admit, I won’t put in the same effort as The Rock. That man earns his glorious cheat days. Earned, not whined. Hell, do you see any relatively decent athlete eating ice cream all day “oh I don’t work at anything, I just take this secret pill that all failures don’t take”.

Seriously, enough already. Do the work and quit with the excuses. Once I quit giving myself reasons why “oh I’m fat because...”, I started losing weight. I stopped eating fast food. Dropped simple carbs. Haven’t had soda since I started. What’s fun, I literally have to eat more steak to make calories and protein everyday. Fantastic perk to all of this. Props to OP for 2.7 average per week. Mine is 1.5 a week. But I’ve also been weight lifting so I’m assuming the muscle mass is slightly offsetting that.

Moral of the story, your comment is hurting people that are on the edge of making a positive change in their life. Stop hurting people for your own crocodile tears.