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There are some people who claim some pretty questionable things, but that's a different matter altogether, and a real understanding of the differences between people is pretty important because there really are differences.

I can eat pretty much anything and not gain too much weight, without paying attention to anything, while another people can't. People really do process excess calories different: some turn more of it in to fat, whereas others just excrete it or turn it in to muscle tissue. I'm also the kind of person who can not eat anything all day and basically just be fine (I don't really get hungry fast).

I play the game on easy mode, whereas others play it on hard or even nightmare mode.

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I do think this is true on some cases others are an mis judging of calories that are being eaten. The calories on menus have been great in this case. Going to order a salad at say cheese cake factory - some push to nearly 2000 calories. Add that second patty on burger with fries 1500 calories. These come close to a full days calorie needs on a single meal.

And of course another big one is drinks. I don't think people really appreciate what things like soft drinks do to the body. A single 20oz bottle of Coke has 240 calories. If somebody naturally burns 2000 calories a day then having just one bottle of Coke per day would equal out to the equivalent adding 1.5 months of extra 2000 calorie 'feedings' onto your diet. And the zero calorie versions are even worse. All studies are now demonstrating just an endless slew of health related problems driven by sugar substitutes, in general, but especially aspartame [1].

[1] - https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/314345#Aspartame-b...

I lost weight cutting out sugar soda. I did move initially to zero calorie but have cut down on that and moved to seltzer. I didn’t experience being hungrier drinking the artificially sweetened stuff but would lean towards it better to have it in moderation. Alcohol is another big one.

Some people don’t have to count calories but as someone growing up in America I think I can speak to this - some of y’all are eating full meals when cooking with taste testing or having what would be considered 3 serving of pasta or cereal in a sitting. Serving sizes might be significantly smaller than you imagine.

> I do think this is true on some cases others are an mis judging of calories that are being eaten.

I'm sure that is the case, but my point was that I don't even need to pay attention to calories on menus, or anywhere else for that matter.

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