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[HydrogenBond]

There is a principle in science called the conservation of energy. Energy can neither be created or destroyed. Relative to obesiety, being over or under weight, if the energy input is greater than the energy output one will put on weight.

Something like a virus or a sedate life style can cause the metabolism to slow down such that average energy output can decrease relative to other people. But one can balance this by adjusting the energy input. In other words, if I eat 1500 calories and burn 1500 calories it is physically impossible to gain weight (besides something like water weight).

If one does not want to adjust their energy input, because of all the tasty vittels, than they need to increase their energy output. This can be done via increasing the proportion of lean muscle tissue.

Let give me an example. Picture a pickup truck towing a gas storage tank. The overflow to the pick-up goes into the storage tank. If I have a 20 gallon tank but add 22 gallons every time I fill, I will begin to collect gas in the tank. This makes the pickup and tank heavier with time, causing my mile per gallon to drop. This means I have to fill up more often because I burning more gas ( I am hungry more often), overfilling with each fillup. The collected gas is saved fuel. One needs to run another line from the tank back to the pick-up. Just underfill for a while to use up the stored gas. This will make one lighter requiring fewer and fewer fillups