Moving to uni soon, bringing my own scale

eringrace95_

i heard that if you weight yourself in different rooms of your house your weight can fluctuate due to the elevation of the floor or whatever being different so I'm a little nervous about my first weigh in away from home??

Advice?

juggernaut1974

ESotrops wrote: »

i heard that if you weight yourself in different rooms of your house your weight can fluctuate due to the elevation of the floor or whatever being different so I'm a little nervous about my first weigh in away from home??

Advice?

Stop fretting about it.

Your weight isn't one static number...you're constantly fluctuating within a range of 4-5 lbs up or down all day every day.

Single data points are immaterial - it's the long term trend that matters.

ChiliPepperLifter

Just pick a non carpeted flat surface and use that. Its ok if it's off by a pound or two, just use your weight at uni as your new standard. The trend is more important than the actual value anyway. Good for you for weighing at school Its easy to gain at first!

nordlead2005

If a floor isn't level it can throw off the scale, but who cares. (elevation has no measurable effect on the scale) So long as it consistently has the same error you get the same useful information from the scale (change in weight). So, the point is to weigh yourself in the same room, not carry the scale from one place to another every day. If you are going to be at uni for 9 months, then just weigh there for 9 months. If your weight goes up 1lb because the floor isn't level it doesn't matter. What matters is change over time.

eringrace95_

Okay very good points! Thanks everyone