Prismattic comments on Optimizing for attractiveness - Less Wrong

13 Post author: MrMind 31 May 2013 09:14AM

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Comment author: Prismattic 31 May 2013 11:54:23PM 2 points [-]

(I was also under the impression that the very same pair of trousers that fit me tightly the day before yesterday fit me loosely yesterday. No idea what the hell was going on there.)

Changes in what you eat from day to day will alter the amount of water your body is retaining. The water bloat can have surprisingly big day-to-day effects.

Comment author: [deleted] 01 June 2013 01:25:39PM 1 point [-]

I know that the amount of water in my body varies from day to day, so... how comes I was surprised that that water actually occupies space, rather than being stored in the fifth dimension but somehow still detected by my bathroom scale? :-/