People are different. They have lots of different goals and ways of accomplishing them. I don't often denigrate other people's approaches, I do try to understand and incorporate what makes sense to me.
In the end though, whatever works and keeps you healthy,... works.
Personally, on the path to where I am now, I tried focusing on exercise while paying less attention to diet,... It's an approach, lots of people do it. For me, I got hungry. It worked for a while; you really can eat 5000 calories in a day, as long as you burn 5001. My personal problem was,... when I got hurt (or bored), the appetite remained and the weight returned.
I think the root of this is perception. I can look at a thousand calorie meal (that I weighed and calculated) and not feel deprived, or think that an 8 ounce steak (380 calories) is nothing. Unless you measure calories (and Fitbit does make it easy to measure) it is difficult to really grasp how many calories one is consuming. It's why there are so many people who feel like they eat nothing, maintaining a calorie deficit, and can't understand why they are gaining weight, while still feeling hungry.
The simplest, most likely answer to why a person maintaining a calorie deficit isn't losing weight is that they are not. Calories from between meal snacking aren't free. Healthy, natural foods are more filling; you can eat a steak or a glazed donut, but you'll be hungrier after the donut,... and I do occasionally choose the donut.
The 1000 calorie idea, and others discussed here and in William Anderson's books are helpful, and I for one am glad in these times that I consistently weigh far less than I used to.
When whatever works and keeps you healthy,... doesn't, these are good places to go for ideas.
Regards,
To be clear, I do eat more calories to compensate for those burned during exercise, rather than exercising less.
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