See, this is why you don’t go by an individual day’s weigh in.  This morning my scales are reading 205lbs; I’ve lost a whole 5 pounds in one day!  Unfortunately, despite my ridiculously low calorie count yesterday it is physically impossible to lose 5 pounds of fat in one day without the aid of a scalpel.

If I hadn’t read the Hacker’s Diet I would probably be thinking how great this is, in 10 days time I’ll have lost 50lbs.  And when I get on the scales tomorrow and my weight has gone up, as it inevitably will, I would be downhearted and depressed and give it all up.

However, I now know to only look at the trend, and the trend in my PhysicsDiet.com profile is showing 209.5 pounds, a far more believable weight.