two scales two weights????
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rebekahstrachan3
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I just bought my first electronic scale and there is a weight difference of 8lb compared to my old scales. I'm a bit miffed to have gained 8lbs in seconds, lol. which do I trust??
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Chances are your new scales are the ones that are right, or closest, but in reality most scales will weigh differently unless they're in a situation where they are calibrated regularly. Yeah, it sucks, but you've still lost what you've lost, and you actually haven't 'gained'.0
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Best way to know which one is closer is get weight at your doctor's. My home scale is off by 1 lb from my doctors0
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I'll maybe try the scales at boots and see which is closer.0
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Do you have something that you know the weight off that you can test on both? A big bag of dog food?0
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My dad had me pull out his old analog scale to compare it to mine that's a year old. Mine read five pounds less than his. But yeah, test them out with a weight or a bag of sugar.0
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I have two scales, they weigh 600 grams difference. If i check with the Boots scale, the lower one is nearly always accurate, so i go with that and then double check with Boots one in a while. Also until recently, even though they say they can weigh up to about 120kg or whatever it is, they were usually really far out, like 4-6lbs. But no matter which scales you use they will show you your lossess if you only use those scale's.0
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I have the same problem, old analogue scales weigh me 3lb less than new digital scales so I'm now just focusing on lbs lost not the actual number0
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It strikes me funny that so many people on threads like this say to weigh something with a "known weight" and then mention a bag of sugar or dog food - when in other threads they're the same people that say "oh but manufacturers can be off as much 20% on package sizes so you really have to weigh everything."
Do you really think that every 5-lb bag of sugar is going to be exactly 5 pounds????? The chance is really, really slim. And dog food is probably even further off.
If you want to weigh something that you are (more) sure the weight of, a dumbbell is a good bet and reasonably cheap to buy; you could even return it after your testing if you have no intention of using it for other purposes.0 -
thats why you should use the SAME scale in the same place to measure your weight EVERY TIME. it may be inaccurate, but the loss is still real.
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I NEVER weigh myself. It sets me up for a miserable day/night if I am not where I think I should be. I go by clothes and their fit. Also, how strong and healthy I feel. Simple.0
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It strikes me funny that so many people on threads like this say to weigh something with a "known weight" and then mention a bag of sugar or dog food - when in other threads they're the same people that say "oh but manufacturers can be off as much 20% on package sizes so you really have to weigh everything."
Do you really think that every 5-lb bag of sugar is going to be exactly 5 pounds????? The chance is really, really slim. And dog food is probably even further off.
If you want to weigh something that you are (more) sure the weight of, a dumbbell is a good bet and reasonably cheap to buy; you could even return it after your testing if you have no intention of using it for other purposes.
Seems funny to me too.0 -
It's like having two clocks - you are never quite sure what time it is.0
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Trust both although obviously one or maybe both are wrong.
The number isn't important, the progress is what you look at.
Pick one and use only that one.0 -
It's better and easier to test your scales with something small that you genuinely know the weight of. For example, a gallon of water weighs 8.34 pounds. Step on the scale carrying a gallon of water and check the reading. Put the water down. Did the number go down by ~8 lbs? Then your scale is probably pretty accurate. (You can weigh the water jug empty on a food scale if you want to get obsessive about it.)0
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cdcllcga01 wrote: »It's like having two clocks - you are never quite sure what time it is.
I like that analogy...
Clocks give you a rough estimate of what time it actually is. In the grand scheme does it really matter if it's 2:14 or 2:17? However, they do a pretty dang good job of measuring the passage of time.
Think of scales the same way...they'll give you a rough guess of your weight, but the exact number is relatively immaterial. They are pretty good though at measuring the change in weight...and that's what's most important.
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What everyone else said- find something with a known weight, weigh it on both scales and see what happens. Generally, the item has to weigh at least a few lbs. If you have a dumbbell, that would be ideal, but bags of flour, dog food bags, bags of potatoes (that you weighed at the grocery store), gallons of water, etc. will all work.0
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I'm a numbers person so when the two scales I have in my house didn't match, it drove me crazy. I finally decided to just pick one (the one with the lower weight on it, of course ) and stick with it. I try to stay consistent with when I weigh myself and where I put the scale (old house, somewhat crooked floors). The loss/change in weight is more important than the actual number in the long run.0
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We have two scales. According to one, I lost like a lb a day week before then it all shot back up to only .5 lbs lost for the week and shows me losing *nothing* last week and this week, while the other had me losing nothing week before or last week, but today is 3 lbs lower than two weeks ago (putting me at a healthy weight!). Both always show a 3 lb weight as 3 lbs... so... yeah. I just figure the trend is generally down so it's all good... that or gravity affects me - and not the 3 lb weight - different in the 1 ft space between the scales! XD0
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The digital scale is probably the more accurate one. Before I had a digital scale, my normal ones marker would hover above 0 and I would have to manually readjust it every time I stepped on it - annoying and inaccurate. Although, my digital one started borking out on me recently and giving me different readings every time I stepped on it. Replacing the battery fixed that though.0
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