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Having more muscle mass increases BMR.

Having a higher cardiovascular capacity increases the number of potential calories you can burn per hour.

Weight loss strategies that don't include exercise can work, but it is silly to do so. Exercise improves longevity, mental health, and expedites weight loss. All things equal, if you add a 5 mile walk to your daily regiment, you will lose weight faster.

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Cool. Glad that works for you. Not everyone can walk. These discussions are always very "me me me" and rarely of much value.

Over 99% of humans can walk. I don't think that's very "me me me".

> Over 99% of humans can walk.

Clearly not, even before considering particular disability; average age of children first walking is over a year, and the number of children under 1 is well over 1% of world population.

More relevant to the discussion, though, in the US, 13.7% of adults have a mobility disability with serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs. [0]

[0] https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/disabilityandhealth/infographic-d....

You know what. You are right. This is an excellent critique and I'm quite literally quivering in my boots at the sheer intellectual dominance exuding from your comment. I've learned my lesson and in the future will consider my opinions to be irrelevant and not useful. Please continue enlightening the world with your critical thinking prowess. I look forward to reading your future work.

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