PhilGoetz comments on Akrasia and Shangri-La - Less Wrong

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 10 April 2009 09:41:22PM *  3 points [-]

On the engineering level, only one fact matters: change in energy stored equals energy consumed minus energy expended

Bullshit.

0 < bullshit(change in weight = consumption - exercise) < bullshit(you can lose a pound of fat a day with my new diet even though you expend less than a pound of fat's worth of calories in a day).

Or e.g. when exercise creates new lean muscle that burns more calories on its own.

From personal experience, this is a great one, and seldom mentioned. Bodybuilding can be a better way to lose weight than running, even though the running burns more calories while you're doing it.