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>>14601141
>It sounds like you're counting calories incorrectly

people have a strong tendency to underestimate their calories consumed and overestimated calories burned.
I have a fat friend who talked about losing weight for years. every time I suggested he track calories for a week just to get an idea of how much he consumes he'd say no, it's fine, just need to start walking more and drinking less.

then one day we hang out and he says he'd been tracking calories for the last week and was like 500-1000 over what he estimated every day. Over the next few months he lost 30ish lbs just by calorie counting.