How does your body use 2000 calories each day, but you need to run an extra mile to use up an additional 100 calories?

Question

Why can’t we eat and lose calories.. LOL

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Answer 1

Just existing is what burns up most of those 2000 calories , breathing , thinking , and what not all burn calories

Not to mention we are wildly efficient at making the energy molecules for muscle movement , movement has to be efficient as a hunter especially the kind humans are. Ever notice that humans are not particularly fast for “hunter” species? But there’s one thing we can do , and that’s go far. Human muscle systems are so dang efficient we can technically outrun most animals eventually , so just cardio doesn’t burn much energy for us , but adding more body to our body makes a huge change in the daily needs. This is why a 6’5 guy can eat way more and never gain weight compared to a 5ft gal even if she’s way more active then him.

There’s also the aspects of metabolism to consider and your genetics can play a role too