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> I’ve been wondering what they both share in common

It's pretty simple really: they're paying more attention to what they eat, meaning they take in more reasonable amounts of calories as a side effect.

Ultimately it is all about calories. Source: lost and kept off 150lbs, no thanks to fad diets.

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> they're paying more attention to what they eat, meaning they take in more reasonable amounts of calories as a side effect.

That doesn't necessarily follow. The vegans could end up eating huge amounts of soda and potato chips, and the low-carb people could go crazy on bacon.

The difference is that if all you ate was 4,000 calories of bacon a day, you’d lose weight. That many calories of soda and chips and you’d get ill fast.

In what world do you lose weight by eating 4000 calories a day?

One where your at stable weight and your regular diet is 4500 ?

I assume OP did not choose 4000 randomly, it is meant to be a _high_ number (about 2x what an average person needs). Implying that you could eat twice as much calories and stay lean _if the calories came from bacon_.

When your basal metabolism is 4500 calories a day.

Just because it goes in your mouth doesn’t mean you metabolism and store it.

> The difference is that if all you ate was 4,000 calories of bacon a day, you’d lose weight.

> Just because it goes in your mouth doesn’t mean you metabolism and store it.

I don't think that logic follows.

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