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by gduffy 1297 days ago
> 10lb of muscle (easily gained by a "newbie" who is eating well) will add about 1,500 calories per day to your baseline metabolic rate

Per month?

https://www.unm.edu/~lkravitz/Article%20folder/metabolismcon...

It’s still helpful: even 50-70 Calories per day is 18k-25k Calories per year. At 3500 Calories per pound of fat that’s 5-7 pounds offset each year, but it’s not a panacea for someone with 100 pounds of body fat.

You can’t out-lift your fork!