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Thank you for posting this. This makes a lot of sense compared to something like the Hacker's Diet. (Quick summary of hacker's diet: weigh yourself each morning

Thank you for posting this. This makes a lot of sense compared to something like the Hacker's Diet. (Quick summary of hacker's diet: weigh yourself each morning, use app/spreadsheet to calculate moving average, count calories and adjust amount based on current vs desired trend.) Also it makes a lot more sense than a thought I had: plot a trend line similar to the one in the article but only compare the daily weight to that trend and don't eat on a day that is above the trend (terrible idea). I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask but: Do you use a very accurate body weight scale or does it not matter as much over time? Mine can show pretty large fluctuations by weighing twice when there should be no change (weighed twice in 1 minute without eating or excreting). On the other hand, maybe it doesn't matter too much since the noise might be smaller than the difference between starting and ending weight for the day. How do you measure the food and drink throughout the day? I have a good digital food scale but I'm picturing I'd have to probably carry it with me at first. Trying to picture how to do that at a restaurant. I suppose you would eventually know what works for lunch without a scale and then weigh yourself before dinner to see where things stand. I eat out at lunch a lot so I'm thinking about how to make this work.

yetihehe 10y ago
Mine weight scale has resolution of 0.1 and accuracy of about 0.2-0.3. It doesn't matter that much because if your input is noisy your output will be noisy but if you use it intelligently you don't have to eat -0.2kg ;). I've seen that typically I need to eat about 0.7-1.5kg daily and if some day I get result lower than 0.2kg I just eat 0.2kg, no less. It may mean that I eat very little for about two days and then it's back to normal amount. Your mileage may vary, but if you use this diet you WILL lose weight. After going to target weight my calculator maintains constant weight reference so that I can control my weight and don't have yoyo effect. Measuring food - I just weigh myself after morning piss and calculate amount of food to eat that day. 1/4 for breakfast, 1/4 for lunch and leave 1/2 for dinner, but before dinner I make last measurement and eat accordingly. Before that diet I've only eaten 2 toasts for breakfast, but now I'm feeling fuller through day. For food weighing I have small pocket scale which can measure up to 0.5kg (res 0.1g) but I could use a scale which has a resolution of 0.01kg. I don't measure drinks, this is a small source of noise but not really important. After several days of measuring various foods you have pretty good mental scale. I don't eat lunch with friends/coworkers, so premaking measured food portions was best case for me.

yetihehe 10y ago

Mine weight scale has resolution of 0.1 and accuracy of about 0.2-0.3. It doesn't matter that much because if your input is noisy your output will be noisy but if you use it intelligently you don't have to eat -0.2kg ;). I've seen that typically I need to eat about 0.7-1.5kg daily and if some day I get result lower than 0.2kg I just eat 0.2kg, no less. It may mean that I eat very little for about two days and then it's back to normal amount. Your mileage may vary, but if you use this diet you WILL lose weight. After going to target weight my calculator maintains constant weight reference so that I can control my weight and don't have yoyo effect. Measuring food - I just weigh myself after morning piss and calculate amount of food to eat that day. 1/4 for breakfast, 1/4 for lunch and leave 1/2 for dinner, but before dinner I make last measurement and eat accordingly. Before that diet I've only eaten 2 toasts for breakfast, but now I'm feeling fuller through day. For food weighing I have small pocket scale which can measure up to 0.5kg (res 0.1g) but I could use a scale which has a resolution of 0.01kg. I don't measure drinks, this is a small source of noise but not really important. After several days of measuring various foods you have pretty good mental scale. I don't eat lunch with friends/coworkers, so premaking measured food portions was best case for me.