For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for October 27, 2023

Did you weigh yourself on Mom’s scale 2 weeks ago?

X amount of muscle weighs more than X amount of fat.

Might have lost water/fat and gained a little muscle…so could actually weigh more but be trimmer. Well, after a week or two anyway.

Which scale is that, Ellie?

Geez, if you had not munched all that halloween candy, you would have lost weight

Is having more than one bathroom scale in the house a Canadian thing?

Drop the towel, they’re pretty heavy

Looks like all the weight is in her feet in P2.

Duh! Did you forget to deduct the weight of the towel which could be a pound and a half? You went running without the towel on! Didn’t you?

Does she always weigh herself wrapped in a wet towel?

…. and you probably come back hungrier than you would be if you hadn’t run!

You convert fat to muscle. Muscle weighs more.It’s not about weight; it’s about fitness. Throw the scale away.

If you have more than one scale in your house, you will never know how much you weigh.

I can say Elly doesn’t look bad in that towel. She only looks bad in her ‘frumpy’ clothes ! ! !

Here we go again with another story arc of Elly vs. Belly

Ah yes, women’s weight and religion, both pick and choose what you like.

The towel! Go get a lighter, smaller one. I’ll wait.

I’ve noticed that all non-hospital or Government scales weight me 5 lbs lighter. I keep meaning to take my own scale to the Dr’s office to show them how wrong their scale is, but I forget.

Dieting is for weight loss – exercise is for health and living longer. The overlap is very small.

Get rid of the wet towel.

You have to weigh on the same scale to know if you’ve lost! On mine you tip up and to the left just a bit for the best reading! ;)

Keep looking till you find something that will tell you what you want to see or hear.

There’s only one possible explanation — the towel has gained weight. :-D

One cubic inch of muscle weighs more than one cubic inch of fat. It is entirely possible to shrink the size of your butt and hips by running but not lose any weight.

The problem with all these scales seems a little fishy to me.

Uh… Mom’s scale has probable not been ‘zeroed’ for several years… LOL

She is rationalizing—

She should eliminate the heavy wet towel.

The old rerun of this toon jumped 15 days, instead of being on Friday Oct 28, 1994 its on Saturday Nov 12, 1994.

https://www.gocomics.Com/forbetterorforworse/1994/11/12

Which might mean they jump over and we miss the puppies story.

READ what she said. It’s not running for a couple of days or a couple of weeks. It’s “a couple of days a week”. She runs at least two days per week. She doesn’t say how many weeks she’s been running.

Drop the towel. That may shave off a few ounces….

Maybe scarfing down those bags of chips has something to do with it

A really wet towel adds a pound or so.

Never trust an electronic scale. A calibrated mechanical three beam scale is best. And never assume weight is a simple case of calories in and calories used. The body is a black box and has its own ways of deciding how and when to use the calories available to it. Having said that, a healthy diet and moderate exercise is the best way to maintain a proper weight.

Exercise may convert unhealthy fat into healthy muscle without significant weight loss.

The number is not what’s important…it’s the difference from the LAST number.

Who weighs themselves holding a towel over your body? (I mean, aside from Elly, or course),

Have some more candy. Even if the kids don’t catch you the scale will.