NurseLeah_Nash said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
No disagreement, though it depends on where somebody is starting from, and this thread has been assuming a starting point nobody stated.
hans_munich said:Weight is a noisy signal — daily variation of one to two kilograms from glycogen, sodium and gut contents — so a fortnight of flat readings is well…
Saving this. It is the first explanation that did not require me to already understand it. Adding it to my notes with a link back to this thread.
NurseLeah_Nash said:The distinction that resolves most of these threads is between what is true on average and what is true for one person.
I do not accept the framing. The question has been narrowed to the version that has a tidy answer, and the part that was dropped is the part the OP actually asked about.
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That is the short version; the long version is somebody else's post.
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