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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The answer is as you suspect in large part water. There is around 10% water in human fat tissue. Fatt tissue is cells so there are proteins and other stuff too.

So you eat all the stuff that is added to you weight it is just not part of the olive oil.