Drew
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This article supports my assertion - if calories burned exceed calories consumed, you will lose weight - no matter what condition you might have. Some relevant quotes (my emphasis):
If a high BMR is induced by the administration of drugs, such as amphetamines, animals often have a negative energy balance which leads to weight loss.
What does a negative energy balance mean? It means that you burn more calories than you take in. And what happens as a result? You lose weight.
Look: No one is saying that it is equally easy for all people to burn calories - as the article asserts, different people have different basal metabolic rates. But you cannot cheat the laws of physics: if you burn more calories than you consume, weight gain is simply not possible.
No one is suggesting that you are lying, handy. I am suggesting, instead that you must be mistaken.
Another quote from the article:
Thus, if the thyroid is extremely overactive, the individual’s BMR increases which leads to increased caloric requirements to maintain that weight. If the person does not increase the calories consumed to match the excess calories burned, then weight loss will ensue.
Again - a clear assertion that weight gain (or loss) is indeed a "numbers game" - you will lose weight if you burn more calories than you consume.