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Can't fathom it (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You actually have to expend calories, too

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Being alive uses energy, if someone fasts for a week their basal metabolic burn rate would come from their stored fat.

    Call it 1,500 a day for the average adult. A pound is about 3,300.. so they should burn a pound of fat every two days just for existing

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