Totally different weight at the doctors

candistyx
candistyx Posts: 547 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
So I check in with a healthcare assistant once every two weeks to keep me accountable. She weighed me today and tells me I am 4.4kg lighter than last time (and I lost a similar amount between that and the previous so it can't be I was just particularly heavy that day). I checked the conversion and that's 9ish lbs! By way of contrast my own measurements put me as having lost about 2.9lbs in that timeframe.

I would LOVE to have lost 9lbs in 2 weeks but should I think of that as the reality? Or the 2.9lbs?

What I found really weird is she said it was "slow but steady" - 9lbs in 2 weeks is not slow at all...

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  • neekmichelle922
    neekmichelle922 Posts: 71 Member
    My scale and the one at the doctors is always the same there are so many scales that make you more then what you weigh ;( you probably did lose 9 but no one can really tell you for sure except your doctor right :)
  • NinjaJinja
    NinjaJinja Posts: 147 Member
    edited November 2014
    The scales in each room at the vet's office all weigh my dog differently. I also have an old mechanical scale (with the bubble level and the weight you have to balance) that consistently weighs me a good 15 lbs more than my electronic one. I determined the electronic one was the accurate one by hopping on the scale at Publix.

    I would find another scale somewhere and see what THAT says. If it matches one of them then use that.
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    I agree, you need to get a third opinion :)
  • uconnwinsnc1
    uconnwinsnc1 Posts: 902 Member
    edited November 2014
    They always weigh me with like jeans and shirt on, phone/keys/wallet in my pocket, and shoes. Makes me mad. I rather just tell them my real weight. :#
  • CindyB97
    CindyB97 Posts: 146 Member
    In my opinion it doesn't matter if a scale is accurate. What matters is that you use the SAME scale every time, at the SAME time of day, wearing approximately the SAME amounth of clothes (or none at all). Only then can you track your progress.
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    CindyB97 wrote: »
    In my opinion it doesn't matter if a scale is accurate. What matters is that you use the SAME scale every time, at the SAME time of day, wearing approximately the SAME amounth of clothes (or none at all). Only then can you track your progress.
    Well both loss amounts use different "the same scale"'s, my tracking is with my home scale, and the health assistant's tracking is with a specific scale (she makes sure it's always the same one) at the doctor's office.
  • Cortneyrenee04
    Cortneyrenee04 Posts: 1,117 Member
    That's strange. I'm always heavier at the doctor! Maybe she read it wrong? Or recorded it incorrectly last time? I have no idea about the slow and steady remark- maybe she's never had to lose weight before?

    How confusing!
  • stacyjh1979
    stacyjh1979 Posts: 188 Member
    I take it you did not inquire about it at the time? Did you see the weight on the dr's scale yourself? My best guess would be maybe she just said the wrong number by mistake. If she said it was coming off "slow but steady" I would think she got a measurement closer to the 3lbs that you thought based on your own scale versus 9lbs. Maybe give them a call and ask what your last weight was. Either way I'm sure it's most likely an error.
  • candistyx
    candistyx Posts: 547 Member
    stacyjh1979 wrote: »
    I take it you did not inquire about it at the time? Did you see the weight on the dr's scale yourself? My best guess would be maybe she just said the wrong number by mistake. If she said it was coming off "slow but steady" I would think she got a measurement closer to the 3lbs that you thought based on your own scale versus 9lbs. Maybe give them a call and ask what your last weight was. Either way I'm sure it's most likely an error.
    Twice in a row? I never remember the KG numbers because I only use the metric system for food not for people. To me it looked like I was a KG or so more than she said but it's an analogue scale and the dial also looked behind the zero not on the zero to me before I got on. She said I was 103kg which is about one or two pounds (depending on time of day and level of hydration) less than my current home weight.

    However I did have a hot bath about half an hour before going to the doctor so maybe that dehydrated me a bit. I just would have figured all the water in my hair would make up for it.
  • galprincess
    galprincess Posts: 683 Member
    I would go by the less amount and if its the higher then even better. I would suggest you measure yourself too as the scale is only half the story but well done on the loss and being accountable the number is going down and so that's great.
  • MKEgal
    MKEgal Posts: 3,250 Member
    uconnwinsnc1 wrote:
    They always weigh me with like jeans and shirt on, phone/keys/wallet in my pocket, and shoes. Makes me mad. I rather just tell them my real weight.
    I take everything out of my pockets, take off my shoes, and try to wear light clothes when I go to my weight doc to check in.

    What annoyed me was last year when I had surgery, the nurse insisted that I get on the scale (I'd told her how much I weighed), but the average person across the hall got to just tell her his weight.

    (Oh, and they gave me a regular-size gown, which my arms got stuck in, & the nurse had to pull it off me. And they refused to give me anti-anxiety medicine. And they didn't listen to me when I told them I'm hard to start an IV on, didn't wrap my arm in a hot pack, etc., so turned me into a pincushion - at least 6 sticks in arms & feet - and I woke up with an IV in my neck! Thanks to that, I'm now somewhat phobic about IV's, though I suspect I'm a bit easier now with less fat in the way.)

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