XPost: alt.food.vegan.science, alt.cooking-chat, rec.food.cooking   
   From: not.jim.silverton@verizon.net   
      
    Jerry  wrote  on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 10:22:38 -0400:   
      
   > On 6/16/2010 10:12 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:   
   >> On Jun 15, 9:51 pm, "Stormmee"  wrote:   
   >>> i know lots of people use it as an excuse but you are simply   
   >>> wrong, there are lots of relevant factors for different gene   
   >>> pools even, and trust me i know lots more about this than i would   
   >>> like to know, i never have given up trying to lose   
   >>> weight and am always reading more but if it were just   
   >>> a mattter of calories in/out noone would be overweight...   
   >>   
   >> Hallelujah!  We are free of the tyranny of the Second Law of   
   >> Thermodynamics!   
   >>   
   >> Stormmee will no doubt be called by the Nobel Committee to   
   >> come claim her prize.   
   >>   
   >> Although you can measure (or estimate pretty well) the amount   
   >> of calories you take in, you can't readily measure the amount   
   >> of calories that you burn. You're fooling yourself if you   
   >> think you somehow magically gain weight while still eating   
   >> less than you burn.  You just can't get around physics.   
      
   > Are you sure? :-) I occasionally weigh myself just before   
   > going to bed, and again when rising in the morning. Sometimes,   
   > I weigh more in the morning than I did the night before. My   
   > partner assures me that I don't eat while sleepwalking. Do you   
   > think I need a new scale?   
      
   I think you need a new scale! I wonder what is the accuracy of the thing   
   or its reproducibilty? You can check the last by weighing yourself   
   several times in succession and you might be surprised how much   
   variation there can be. With electric scales, it can depend on how much   
   time there is between weighings. If you can find it, the scale   
   instruction book might have some advice.   
      
   Even if you don't get up at all after going to sleep, you will have   
   exhaled water and CO2 and simply must be lighter on getting up, how much   
   I don't know.   
      
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