dude, icyclist, you're really dumb. calories are the measure of energy. if i expend more calories than i take in, i will lose weight (body fat), period. if i eat more because i'm hungrier, then i'll be taking in more calories than i'm burning, and i won't lose weight. um, no shiit. why are you telling me this? it's so obvious.

saying that exercise won't help someone lose weight is the most inane thing i've ever heard. of course it will help. if you pig out and defeat the purpose of exercise, of course it will backfire. duh. so, if i go to the barber and get my hair cut, are you saying that won't help make my hair shorter? if the barber takes someone else's longer hair and superglues it to my head, yeah, ok, then my hair would be longer, so you have to make sure the barber doesn't glue someone else's hair to your head when he's done cutting it. i'll keep my eyes out.

if i eat 2000 calories of mcdonalds and expend 3000 calories a day, i will lose weight. if i eat 2000 calories in vegetables and expend 3000 calories a day, i will lose weight. do you think 2 plus 2 is 3? what the hell are you talking about?

thanks for all your trenchant insights.....