XPost: alt.food.vegan.science, alt.cooking-chat, rec.food.cooking   
   From: jya@ieee.org   
      
   On 6/16/2010 12:06 PM, Gary wrote:   
   > James Silverton wrote:   
   >>   
   >>   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.   
   >   
   > That's very true!   
   >   
   > Your true weight will always be first thing in the morning after "relieving"   
   > yourself.  It's always less than the night before unless you have snacked   
   > since then.   
   >   
   > Ever want to test your heartbeat rate?  When you first wake up and are still   
   > in bed, take your pulse (time it).  That is your true resting heart rate. I   
   > got mine down to about 42 bpm when I ran everyday.  It's about 60 now that   
   > I'm an older lazy ass!   
      
   Of course it's the scale acting up. It's a digital scale, usually   
   repeatable to within half a pound, so it's good short term. I think it   
   is temperature sensitive, reading high when it's cold.   
      
   Jerry   
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