Koreans apparently have the metabolism all fat people lack You know all those fats who say, "I ate under 1000 calories a day, worked out, and didn't lose weight"? Well, I was watching a series of interviews with Korean celebrities and many of them have been on extreme diets because of public pressure. Such a diet usually entailed around 500 calories a day with light exercise, and even though these celebrities were already in the normal weight range, they lost weight very quickly - usually something like 15 to 20 pounds in a month. Apparently Koreans, or Asians in general, just don't have the "condishuns" gene.