[navjack27]

If bodys were thermodynamic engines. We aren't! We have hormones and steroids and various receptor sites we have the stomach to brain connection... That's how someone can be put on antipsychotic medication or certain bipolar medications and then end up gaining a whole bunch of weight without changing their diet. We aren't simple calorie and calorie out engine machines we are extremely complex.

[inemesitaffia]

Regardless of your disease, if someone else controls your food input and limits it the weight will go out.

No one will gain weight with 500G of plain bread and water 3x daily + supplements

No one's getting fat on cucumbers

[IshKebab]

Sure we aren't simple thermodynamic engines but we are thermodynamic engines.

Calorie counting works. If you input less energy than your body consumes, you WILL lose weight. If you disagree with basic physics like that then you're deliberately misunderstanding.

And sure, many factors affect the exact balance, but it remains true that reducing calorie intake will reduce your weight.

When people say "calorie counting doesn't work" they really mean "calorie counting is hard to stick to", which is fair.