[–] Swole_is_life ago
Yes, the people losing a pound a day are usually immense, like 400 pounds overweight. Fat takes 3-4 cal/day per pound to maintain so that's a lot of extra.
For reference, muscle is estimated to take as many as 10 cal/day per pound to maintain, which is why gaining muscle mass helps long-term. 30 pounds of extra muscle can mean up to 30 lbs/year of fat lost or not gained.
[–] Jessee 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Yeah, that's why I always laugh when fat people are so proud they "lost 20 pounds"
When they're over 300-400 pounds they literally have to follow a human diet for 3 weeks and they could easily lose it without any exercise
[–] dontdoxxmebro 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Much like everything else, their understanding of basic scientific concepts is distended.