# I am a thermodynamic miracle!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-thermodynamic-miracle/799850>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 25, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-thermodynamic-miracle/799850 "2017-10-25T22:09:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-thermodynamic-miracle/799850/41 "2017-10-29T03:44:04Z")

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**Scribble** if you want to try logging what you eat for a few weeks, just to see what’s actually happening, Weight Watchers has a good app, and there’s also one called “My Fitness Pal” that I like. Enter everything you’re eating or drinking, at the time you’re consuming, and see what the numbers look like at the end of the day/week.

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**Author:** ![Scribble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scribble/32/3317_2.png) [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-thermodynamic-miracle/799850/42 "2017-10-30T02:41:29Z")

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> [@Sunny\_Daze](#):
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> **Scribble** if you want to try logging what you eat for a few weeks, just to see what’s actually happening, Weight Watchers has a good app, and there’s also one called “My Fitness Pal” that I like. Enter everything you’re eating or drinking, at the time you’re consuming, and see what the numbers look like at the end of the day/week.

Thanks for the suggestions. So far, I’m just using pencil and paper, which seems to be going ok. Maybe having an app would be better, though

Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-thermodynamic-miracle/799850/43 "2017-10-30T02:50:16Z")

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> [@3trew](#):
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> Last time I was in the gym after the first three months I weighed the same, but my waist was 2 inches smaller.

I keep gaining weight but my waist isn’t changing. It is starting to worry me.

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**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-thermodynamic-miracle/799850/44 "2017-10-30T04:11:09Z")

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> [@Scribble](#):
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> Thanks for the suggestions. So far, I’m just using pencil and paper, which seems to be going ok. Maybe having an app would be better, though
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> Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk

The nice thing about the apps is that a lot of foods are already in there, so you get accurate calorie counting.

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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2017, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-thermodynamic-miracle/799850/45 "2017-10-30T06:42:14Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> The article quotes _a Yale M.D._ (who didn’t actually graduate from Yale Med School and isn’t affiliated with it, but whatever).

[Maybe it’s not the Yale you’re thinking of!](http://dilbert.com/strip/1994-12-26)😃

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