Are analog scales accurate? What scale should I go by?

jessicafunkyy
jessicafunkyy Posts: 20
in Health and Weight Loss
I'm confused about my weight. At the gym there's a physician's scale, which is supposedly the most accurate. I weighed myself yesterday there at the gym and I was 123. I figured I was probably a little less (about a pound maybe) since I had already eaten a full three meals that day plus water. I'm visiting relatives today and staying in my vacation house which has a classic bathroom scale. According to that scale, I'm 120 pounds. Which one should I go by?

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  • farway
    farway Posts: 1,264 Member
    Did you weigh at same time, same clothes etc?

    Both can make a difference, but I would trust the physician scale primarily
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Your weight varies by up to 5 pounds during the course of each day, stop trying to find the True Number.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Just make sure you weigh yourself on the same scales in the same place at about the same time. That way the numbers will be consistant and you can go by that. Wether that is your true weight is almost impossible to tell as there are so many variables. Just use your weight as a guide
  • maca416
    maca416 Posts: 142 Member
    Only weigh yourself first thing naked, before breakfast & after a poo.

    Too may other thing that will change weight otherwise

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