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Comment author: Brillyant 01 January 2016 10:17:18PM 0 points [-]

For some of those, you may not be able to succeed at them at all, regardless of how much effort you put in. The equations have no solution for X. The word "enough" is not a magic spell: sometimes there is no such thing as "enough to succeed".

I agree.

I think individual differences in BMR are a big part of why certain individuals have a more difficult time controlling their weight.

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