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Jiro comments on Open thread, Aug. 17 - Aug. 23, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Jiro 19 August 2015 02:00:43PM 1 point [-]

weigh yourself every day, and don't eat for the rest of the day when you are above the center line.

Do scales actually work with enough accuracy that doing this even makes any sense?

Comment author: David_Bolin 19 August 2015 06:30:43PM 2 points [-]

It doesn't matter. Fluctuations with scales and with water retention may mean that you may end up fasting an extra day here and there for random reasons, but you will also end up eating on extra days for the same reason. It ends up the same on average.