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It makes sense. Sedentary lives encourage muscle loss so protein excess encourages retention. Labourers don't grow a ton of muscle working once they peak and need more calories from fat and carbs.
People need to stop thinking that excess protein intake when sedentary will develop muscle. The bottom line is that excess calories consumed beyond total daily energy expenditure will cause weight gain. And not the muscular kind of weight. Protein has 4 calories per gram so it's not a freebie diet food that magically builds muscle. It only builds muscle if you exercise. Not sitting on yer arse.
Protein is only used as fuel in extremis, it's a dirty fuel and the body will poop what it doesn't need for repair if there's enough other calories coming in. Also only some amino acids are biochemically amenable to conversion to energy, whereas the 4cal/g figure is from burning it all in air. Protein does not turn into cake, you can however argue the excess is wasted, but how much is excess for a given individual is a hard question.
You're quite right about needing stimulus to grow, but the statement was about maintenance.
This right here. I would eat 3500-4000 Cals a day and LOSE 5 to 10 lbs over the course of field season.
When I worked a physical job outside in cold weather (sub-freezing temps) it was closer to 7-8,000 calories per day and I would still lose 5-10 lbs in 3 months.
I put it back on in the spring.
Then lost it again in the summer as the heat suppressed my appetite.
Then gained it back in the fall as the temperatures were more pleasant.
And repeat...
What kind of work? 8k calories is fucking insane. I can't even visualize that. That's like 8 big mac meals or something. how do you even fit that in you?