Why do people put on differing amounts of weight?

Re:Why do people put on differing amounts of weight? by pietjepuk88 on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @02:58PM (#10975560)

Of course no two persons are exactly the same, so your statement about gain/loss is true no matter what. However, I just want to say that a wide margin is only about ~10%, or two tablespoons of peanut butter for a typical "doing nothing" metabolism. This is assuming roughly the same physique and exercise pattern [1]. People differ, but in my experience the influence of genes is overestimated quite often.

Of course, top athletes can burn through 2-3 times what a desk-worker might burn through. And I think the small number I mentioned above also tells that you can slowly but steadily put on quite some weight, by eating every day just one slice of bread more than you need.

[1] https://examine.com/faq/does-metabolism-vary-between-two-peo...

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Re:Why do people put on differing amounts of weight? by leshow on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @03:10PM (#10975648)

Examine.com is a great resource.

I coach myself and other bodybuilders/figure athletes on the side, consider this anecdotal. Working with the extremes of muscle mass I've found that it can affect metabolism a great deal. Simply by the fact that you have so much more weight to carry around/maintain. For example, I maintain weight at 205lb @ 5'7" (relatively) lean at 3500 kcal, for a competition I have to be ~170lb, my maintenance intake at that weight is closer to 2000kcal. Note that exercise also increases closer to a competition, so that 2000kcal maintenance is with higher activity levels than offseason.

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Re:Why do people put on differing amounts of weight? by Shorel on Tuesday January 26, 2016 @10:19PM (#10977976)

> Of course no two persons are exactly the same

With this research, it's seems possible to make two persons to react the same to most food, by making their microbiotic flora the same.

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