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Exactly, a great example is my team at work, none of us are overweight & all are pretty healthy - but, two of the guys eat multiple muffins a day & do no exercise & maintain their weight - me & the other guy have to visit the gym 4 times a week & monitor our calorie intake to do the same.
Everybody knows a few ultra skinny guys who eat like pigs, its hardly a rare occurrence - if one extreme exists why wouldn't another?. The simple fact is we all respond differently to food.
Yes but also some people look like the eat a lot, but actually eat very little in total. In the gym I get so many people go "I eat so much but I'm not gaining weight" then when you break down their daily diet it's actually not that calorific. Also eating a double your calorific allowance per day once in a while won't do you any harm and you won't suddenly get fat over night.
If you read through metabolism studies the normal distribution of metabolic activity is actually fairly standard and even, the people outside that normal distribution are the exception that make the rule.
However as activity decreases and exercise decreases, metabolic activity decreases and then it becomes that ever decreasing circle. Some people have higher testosterone levels too which also helps, and the midlife spread can also be attributed to lowered activity along with key hormonal decreases.
Of course there will always be those that fall outside those limits, but in general I don't accept that.