Anyone know where I might be able to weigh myself?

LadyAsrai · June 2013

So, I don't have a scale right now, and I'm really quite broke so I would rather not have to buy one. Is there any public place where I can weigh myself? I've been eating healthier and exercising for a couple of weeks now, maybe a month, and I'd like to see how I'm doing...

RAEQ127 · June 2013

Your Doctor, the health department, or Walmart.

CaseyBee · June 2013

2nd Walmart. Or Bed, Bath & Beyond, Target, Fred Meyer, Sharper Image... anyplace that sells scales. There's almost always a floor model that you can take for a test drive. I used them for ~6mo before finally buying my own.

susannamarie · June 2013

Haha thanks for posting this, I haven't been able to weigh in nearly a month because I don't feel like buying a scale and I'm visiting family. I have some ideas now!

MeIShouldB · June 2013

. I used them for ~6mo before finally buying my own.

LMAO you are sooooo my type of person LOL

erulasse · June 2013

If you're serious about losing weight, surely a couple bucks for a scale is the most basic piece of equipment you should own? Lol

LadyAsrai · June 2013

If you're serious about losing weight, surely a couple bucks for a scale is the most basic piece of equipment you should own? Lol

Yes, I would like a scale, but I am a starving student and food and books are more important than a scale if I can find one that I can use for free :P

poohpoohpeapod · June 2013

most dr's office would let you.

ally_cole · June 2013

I third the Walmart idea!! I did it most of the way through college when I didn't have a lot of money and didn't really need one. Totally worth it! If you don't shop at Walmart regularly, wherever you normally shop will probably have one.

poohpoohpeapod · June 2013

oh and some gyms have them. If you are a student, student health clinic

danrenee · June 2013

Do you go to a gym or do you work in a place that may have a locker room? Those are two places that should have them.

swingsintherain · June 2013

I found mine at goodwill for less than $5. You might check out somewhere like that (and try it out before you use it- mine was set to kg rather than lbs when I bought it lol).

Gigsluvscw · June 2013

oh and some gyms have them. If you are a student, student health clinic

I would vote for this one. There may even be one in the school gym. Or maybe nicely ask one of the coaches in the athletic department. Explain to them you are trying to get healthy, most would welcome you I would think.

The reason why is because each scale is different. ***Recently I saw a post on her of someone saying she was frustrated because on the same day, she weighed at her doctor's office, her gym, then at WalMart she tried three different models and they ALL read a different number. If you always just go to WalMart, then I'm afraid you may get inconsistent readings. By using the one one campus, it remains consistent.

12skipafew99100 · June 2013

a docs office, no apt nessessary

Pearlyladybug · June 2013

chemists, All so some malls have machines in the bathroom where you put in a dollar it does your height and weight, But if you keep doing that it will add up and you might as well have brought one from the start. I don't have one because i think i would become to obsessed with weighing myself!

drosen32 · June 2013

If you're a student, then certainly the health center at your college would have one.

ncthomas09 · June 2013

I like the walmart (or other stores) idea but keep weighing on the same model! Not all scales are calibrated the same so one model may say you're 150 and the one next to it says 153. So even if one is incorrect in your actual weight you will still be consistent with the same model so you will know for sure how much you gain/lose.

I don't own one either but I work in a hospital and we have one just down the hall. I weigh on that one at the beginning of my shift. But there have been times I go to the Dr. and weigh there then come to work 30 min later and weigh here and there's a 5lb difference.

msliu7911 · June 2013

. I used them for ~6mo before finally buying my own.

LMAO you are sooooo my type of person LOL

:drinker: mine too! Awesome!!!!!!! lol

truddy6647 · June 2013

I u r in college most colleges have medical centers that have them or the weight room at the gym. My pcp let me use their scale without a few when I was saving money up to get one

mickey2168 · June 2013

There may be a health clinic at your school with a scale?

mrshoneydew · June 2013

A mall or truck stop bathroom. I'm not even joking. But I will be honest, I've gone months without a scale thinking I was around 180 pounds because that's what I had weighed the last time I had gone to the doctor's office and when I finally got a cheap scale from Wal-Mart and discovered that I weighed 214 lbs.......that was the boot in the *kitten* that I needed to get serious about losing weight. That cheap scale changed everything. I walked immediately to my computer after weighing myself that night and signed up for a gym membership and found MFP.
Some people do great without scales, but that 10 dollar scale was my wake up call and well worth the money (though I've since replaced it with a more high tech version).

Funny story though:
When I was in my early 20's and I moved to Chicago on my own, I was working part time and could only afford to pay rent (barely). I had noticed that I was losing weight at a rapid pace (I was walking everywhere) but I didn't have a scale. I was living with a girl that I had met through a mutual friend and she had been looking for a roommate. We never really talked to each other much and we just kind of lived our own lives and would go weeks without seeing each other. One day, I walked by her room and noticed she had a scale. She wasn't home and I didn't really see how it would hurt for me to just check my weight and leave. To my delight, I had lost weight. So once in awhile I would do this.
Well one day.....her door was open and I had heard no sound all day, so I walked in and she was tucked in bed watching a movie on her laptop with her headphones on and our eyes met and it was the most awkward thing EVER. I'm just like "Um...hi. Just checking to see if your home....so.....yeah" and I walked back out. We never spoke of it. It was super weird even though my intentions were completely innocent, but there was nothing I could have said that would't have come off as weird.

So I guess the moral of that story is, don't be a weirdo like me, buy a scale. :laugh:

inside_lap · June 2013

Lol! I never owned one until my doctor yelled at be durning my pregnancy about gaining weight and told me I had to get one. Ends up the darn tech didn't zero the doctors scale right and I didn't gain the massive 4 pounds that month that she thought I had :P. before if I was curious I would use the gym scale, friends scales, or Walmart! So I say Wally world as well!

heatherfutch · June 2013

Publix usually have a scale too! I agree with all the posts about there being one at your college...far easier and try and take advantage of their exercise equipment too! That's usually free with tuition

Take advantage of ANY discounts you can get by flashing a student id...they are likely ALL over town!!

karensdream · June 2013

If you're serious about losing weight, surely a couple bucks for a scale is the most basic piece of equipment you should own? Lol

Yes, I would like a scale, but I am a starving student and food and books are more important than a scale if I can find one that I can use for free :P

another thought..does your college have an infirmary or a student health center? I'm sure you could get weighed there

dpdsouza · June 2013

I would recommend buying one as soon as you can if you are looking at long term weight loss. The best time to weigh yourself is in the morning on an empty stomach after you have done your morning rituals. Going to public weighing booths can give you very inconsistent results (here in Mumbai it is mostly coin operated machines at railway stations which have given me as much as a 5 kg difference). Also since you are likely to have eaten something before going to an external machine your results will probably show greater variance. Till you can afford one, go to your doctor. I used to visit my GP's clinic before he would come in and weigh myself. They don't mind as long as you dont butt in when he has patients and you will get more consistent results. Take a 3-4 week average for more stable results.

youcantfoolme · June 2013

If your birthday is coming up ask for one as a gift. If not ask anyone you know who may be replacing theirs if you can have the old one.

mrshoneydew · June 2013

I would also like to add that you can often find simple scales at thrift stores for like a dollar or two because people are often replacing those scales for electronic easy to read scales. I recently donated my old one. My dad bought one from a garage sale once.

Schonprinzessin · November 2013

I don't have a scale either - found this thread, curious to what other people would suggest - one I don't think anyone else has mentioned yet is the vet. My local vet clinic has a big scale in the lobby that's meant for dogs, but I'm sure they let people use it too. (Or you could just do it quickly while nobody's looking).

OmahaRocks · January 2014

Great piece of sarcasm there .. but if she is like me, owning a scale is torment. If I had a scale I would be on it all day long. I go to my Dr's office and weigh myself (gratis) on his scale every Sat. morning. So, NOT owning a scale is preferable for some people. Maybe she cannot afford to purchase a reliable scale. This business of losing weight is tough enough without getting ridiculed for asking a question.