eli5: If I consume a pound of olive oil containing 4010 calories, and a pound of fat is 3500 calories, how would I gain more than a pound of fat despite only consuming a pound?

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Water? Idk

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You’ve already got your answer for gaining weight so here’s a fun fact :

When losing weight, most of it is lost through breathing as your body turns fat intro Carbon dioxide and water (mostly). In fact 84% of weigh loss is achieved through breathing. Heres a [source](https://www.livescience.com/49157-how-fat-is-lost-body.html#:~:text=The%20researchers%20showed%20that%20during,of%20the%20medical%20journal) that contains further references to scholars resources.