[anon291]

While I don't know of this guy's diet. I can say I agree with his observations, having seen it in myself. I was on 1800/day for a year (6'2", 33yo male here)... Absolutely no change in weight. I weightlift heavy 4x week. I walk 15k steps a day (walk for most chores) and biked (again for daily life). No change whatsoever.

I recently bumped up to 2200 and the weight has shed off. This was on chatgpts suggestion.

I have no explanation. I feel much warmer on 2200 and my workouts are easier for sure.

But yeah, I started at 1800 / day thinking I'd do it for a few months and lose 15-20 lbs and then go to maintenance, but that did not work.

Now you can claim I wasn't measuring or whatever... Maybe that's true. However, I've followed my same methodology in increasing my calories, which means, if I was over counting then , then I am over counting now too.

But the conclusion is the same .. I ate more and lost weight. That is simply an objective reality