Constrained total energy expenditure

[shpalman]

Basically, if you do more exercise, your overall calorie expenditure doesn't increase as much as you might think, because other things reduce to compensate. So eat less and move more, but moreso. Weight training is good.

The evidence for constrained total energy expenditure in humans and other animals

Herman Pontzer, Eric T. Trexler
Current Biology

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2026.01.025