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This is where the "calories out" part comes into play.
I assume you do a little more than lying down all day, every day?
I used to eat three meals a day in the army but it was honestly challenging for me, didn't suit me at all and made me sluggy and nauseous all day. Luckily on exercises I commanded the group that made the food, so I was in charge of the food and never announced if people were sick from exercises. Meaning I'd be set to feed 200 people for instance but only 185 showed up for the exercise so each meal if there's a treat like chocolate or something good, I get to pocket 15 of them. Plus have my own. Had cupboards full of tea, coffee and liquorice for years after I left the army, lol. Well not the licorice or choccie for long but they lasted a few weeks.
Back then I was around 93kg I'd say. Now I'm <70kg. But honestly most of that difference is muscle, not fat. Most as in more than half but I have lost some fat as well methinks, but legs are way skinnier also nowadays.
So CICO does matter but it's not all that matters. In nutrition nothing ever is as simple as that.
No mention of CICO in your comment. https://lemmy.world/comment/19499449
People are different. I know calories out are important that's why I eat as much as I do. I burn it so fast.
Are you quoting me back to... me..? And you think you need to source that?
No, I didn't explicitly mention the basic concept of nutrition science.
"I burn it so fast"
Perhaps. Or perhaps you don't absorb all of it, or you have a rapid transit time, or a billion other reasons. I don't know who you are, what you eat and what you do, so I couldn't possibly comment on what is objectively right for you or what is going on what you.
People are very different, yes, but some basics apply. Like all else being equal, CICO is the defining factor. And if it seems it isn't, there's likely a disorder of some sort.
It's a pretty undeniable fact that if you maintain a caloric deficit for long enough, you'll lose weight. And if you eat more than you consume, you gain weight. If it seems you're consuming something like 5000 kcal a day, not exercising at all and still not gaining weight, as a non-obese non-Shaq person, then you should probably consult a gastroenterologist for some tests.